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Which Conservatives could succeed UK’s Johnson if he falls?

FILE - Britain's Secretary of State for Education Nadhim Zahawi leaves after attending a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London, Tuesday, June 7, 2022. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson managed to see off a no-confidence vote from his own Conservative Party — but the result dealt a heavy blow to his authority, and questions are already being asked over who could succeed him. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, 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, Monday June 10, 2019. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson managed to see off a no-confidence vote from his own Conservative Party — but the result dealt a heavy blow to his authority, and questions are already being asked over who could succeed him. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File) FILE - Britain's Environment Secretary Michael Gove arrives at Downing Street. London, Thursday, Jan 17, 2019. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson managed to see off a no-confidence vote from his own Conservative Party — but the result dealt a heavy blow to his authority, and questions are already being asked over who could succeed him. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, 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. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson managed to see off a no-confidence vote from his own Conservative Party — but the result dealt a heavy blow to his authority, and questions are already being asked over who could succeed him. (Oli Scarff/Pool Photo via AP, File) FILE - British Defense Minister Ben Wallace speaks with the media as he arrives for a meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, March 16, 2022. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson managed to see off a no-confidence vote from his own Conservative Party — but the result dealt a heavy blow to his authority, and questions are already being asked over who could succeed him. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, File) FILE - Britain's Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, listens to a question during a press conference with the Bishop of Truro Philip Mounstephen about the Bishop's final report into the Foreign Office's support for Persecuted Christians around the world, in London, Monday, July 8, 2019. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson managed to see off a no-confidence vote from his own Conservative Party — but the result dealt a heavy blow to his authority, and questions are already being asked over who could succeed him. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, Pool, File) FILE - Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak arrives for a regional cabinet meeting at Middleport Pottery in Stoke on Trent, England, Thursday, May 12, 2022. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson managed to see off a no-confidence vote from his own Conservative Party — but the result dealt a heavy blow to his authority, and questions are already being asked over who could succeed him. (Oli Scarff/Pool Photo via AP, File) FILE - Britain's Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss arrives for a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London, Tuesday, June 7, 2022. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson managed to see off a no-confidence vote from his own Conservative Party — but the result dealt a heavy blow to his authority, and questions are already being asked over who could succeed him. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File) FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson addresses his Cabinet during his weekly Cabinet meeting in Downing Street on Tuesday, June 7, 2022 in London. Conservative lawmakers voted by 211 to 148 to back Johnson as leader, but the scale of the revolt was considered more damaging than expected. If Johnson's opponents manage to push him out, or if he resigns, the party would hold a leadership contest to choose his replacement. (Leon Neal/Pool Photo via AP, FIle)