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10 contenders vying to succeed Johnson as next UK leader

This photo combo provided by UK Parliament show Kemi Badenoch, left, formally the minister of state at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities and the former Foreign Office Minister Rehman Chishti. Candidates to replace Boris Johnson as Britain’s prime minister are scattering tax-cutting promises to woo their Conservative Party electorate. Badenoch, a former banker, says she wants to lower taxes and lead a “limited government focused on essentials” Little-known junior minister Rehman Chishti became the 11th candidate to declare he wanted to succeed Johnson. (UK Parliament via AP) Conservative MP Tom Tugendhat arrives at BBC Broadcasting House to appear on the BBC One current affairs programme, Sunday Morning, in London, Sunday July 10, 2022. A crowded field of contenders are vying to replace Boris Johnson as the next Conservative leader and British prime minister. Tugendhat, a 48-year-old lawmaker and former soldier, has never served in government but heads the influential foreign affairs committee in Parliament. He is seen as a centrist and has billed his candidacy as a clean start. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP) Hon Suella Braverman, attorney General, arrives for a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London, Thursday, July 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) FILE - Conservative party leadership candidate Jeremy Hunt takes questions during a Conservative leadership hustings at ExCel Centre in London, July 17, 2019. The contest to succeed British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has no single frontrunner but there are many prominent contenders. Hunt, a former health secretary and foreign secretary, ran against Johnson in the 2019 leadership race, billing himself as the more serious candidate. He lost heavily, and was dumped from the Cabinet. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File) FILE - Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak attends a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street, London, May 24, 2022. The contest to succeed British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has no single frontrunner but there are many prominent contenders. Sunak, the best-known of the Conservatives' potential leadership contenders, quit the government Tuesday, July 5. In a damning resignation letter, he wrote, “The public rightly expect government to be conducted properly, competently and seriously." (Daniel Leal/Pool via AP, File) FILE - Britain's Defence Secretary Penny Mordaunt speaks ahead of Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt launching his leadership campaign for the Conservative Party in London, June 10, 2019. The contest to succeed British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has no single frontrunner but there are many prominent contenders. Mordaunt, 49, has emerged as a surprise potential contender, with supporters saying she could help heal party divisions.(AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File) FILE - Britain's Secretary of State for Education Nadhim Zahawi leaves after attending a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London, June 7, 2022. The contest to succeed British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has no single frontrunner but there are many prominent contenders. Johnson appointed Zahawi, 55, to head the Treasury after Sunak’s resignation Tuesday, July 5. Barely two days later, Zawahi joined the public calls for Johnson to quit. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File) FILE - Elizabeth Truss Britain's Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs speaks to an aide as she leaves Downing Street in London, May 18, 2022. The contest to succeed British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has no single frontrunner but there are many prominent contenders. Truss, 46, took on the high-profile Cabinet post in September after serving as trade minister. She has been gaining momentum as a contender since then and has made no secret of her ambitions. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File) FILE - Britain's Health Secretary Sajid Javid arrives for a Cabinet meeting at a pottery in Stoke-on-Trent, England, Thursday, May 12, 2022. The contest to succeed British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has no single frontrunner but there are many prominent contenders. Javid, 52, also resigned Tuesday, July 5 declaring “enough is enough” and that “the problem starts at the top.”(Oli Scarff/Pool Photo via AP, File) FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021 file photo, from left, Britain's Health Secretary Sajid Javid, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak attend a media briefing in Downing Street, London. Johnson was dealt a major blow Tuesday, July 5, 2022 when two of his most senior Cabinet ministers quit, saying they had lost confidence in Johnson’s leadership. (Toby Melville/Pool Photo via AP, File)