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Now there are 8: UK leader field slims as nominations close

British Conservative Party Member of Parliament Rishi Sunak launches his campaign for the Conservative Party leadership, in London, Tuesday, July 12, 2022. Contenders to replace British Prime Minister Boris Johnson were racing Tuesday to clear their first hurdle: amassing enough support from colleagues to make the Conservative Party leadership ballot. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali) Tom Tugendhat speaks at the launch of his campaign to be Conservative Party leader and Prime Minister, at 4 Millbank, London, Tuesday July 12, 2022. Contenders to replace British Prime Minister Boris Johnson are racing to clear their first hurdle: amassing enough support from colleagues to make the Conservative Party leadership ballot. Nominations officially opened Tuesday morning and will close at 6 p.m. (Yui Mok/PA via AP) British Treasury chief Rishi Sunak speaks at the launch of his campaign to be Conservative Party leader and Prime Minister, at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre in London, Tuesday July 12, 2022. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP) Conservative Member of Parliament Sajid Javid, one of the contenders to be the new leader of Britain's ruling Conservative Party, leaves after a press conference in London, Monday, July 11, 2022. Candidates to replace Boris Johnson as Britain's prime minister are scattering tax-cutting promises to their Conservative Party electorate, as party officials prepare Monday to quickly narrow the crowded field of more than ten candidates. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) Britain's Labour leader Keir Starmer, centre, speaks to Anneliese Dodds, foreground left, Lucy Powell, second left, Rachel Reeves, centre right and David Lammy, foreground right, as he travels by train with members of his shadow cabinet to High Wycombe to hold a shadow cabinet meeting at Adams Park, the home of Wycombe Wanderers football club, in Buckinghamshire, England, Tuesday July 12, 2022. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP) Conservative Party member Rishi Sunak launches his campaign for the Conservative Party leadership, in London, Tuesday, July 12, 2022. Candidates to replace Boris Johnson as Britain's prime minister are scattering tax-cutting promises to their Conservative Party electorate, as party officials prepare Monday to quickly narrow the crowded field of more than ten candidates. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali) A protestor shouts outside parliament during elections for a new executive of the Conservative 1922 committee, which helps set party rules in London, Monday, July 11, 2022. The 1922 committee will immediately meet once the vote has taken place to decide on the rules of the road for the Conservative leadership contest. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) A man takes a picture of the Elizabeth Tower, known as Big Ben, and the Houses of Parliament, framed by an underpass arch on the south bank of the River Thames, in London, Monday, July 11, 2022. Candidates to replace Boris Johnson as Britain's prime minister are scattering tax-cutting promises to their Conservative Party electorate, as party officials prepare Monday to quickly narrow the crowded field of more than ten candidates. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)