Conservative leadership: Who could be the next prime minister?

The next UK prime minister will be either Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt.

They are now the only two candidates left in the race to become the new leader of the Conservative Party.

At the start of today, four Members of Parliament (MPs) were still in the running to get the job, but Home Secretary Sajid Javid and Environment Secretary Michael Gove have been eliminated.

Now there are just two candidates are left, the decision is handed over to members of the Conservative Party across the UK - of which there are around 160,000.

They will choose which of the final two MPs they would like to see as the new leader of their party.

Theresa May announced she would stand down from the job on 7 June, although she remains prime minister until the process to choose a new party leader is completed.

Read on to find out more about the final candidates and those no longer in the race.

Who are the Tory leader candidates?

Jeremy Hunt

Who: Jeremy Hunt is the only cabinet minister to have served continuously since 2010 as culture, health and now foreign secretary.

Fact: Jeremy Hunt lived in Japan for two years and can speak Japanese.

Boris Johnson

Who: Former foreign secretary and mayor of London. He consistently tops first choice in membership polls.

Fact: Boris's real name is Alexander - reportedly his family call him 'Al'.

Eliminated by Tory MPs on 20 June

Michael Gove

Who: Environment secretary Michael Gove stood against Mrs May last time there was a leadership contest in 2016, losing in the final round of the parliamentary ballot.

Fact: It took him seven attempts to pass his driving test.

Sajid Javid

Who: Sajid Javid has been home secretary since April 2018.

Fact: Before starting his career in politics, Mr Javid worked for two banks, so he knows a bit about finance.

Eliminated by Tory MPs on 19 June

Rory Stewart

Who: Rory Stewart is international development secretary.

Fact: Rory Stewart lived on-and-off in Afghanistan for three years from 2005. He has walked 6,000 miles across Iran, Nepal, Pakistan, Afghanistan and India.

Eliminated by Tory MPs on 18 June

Dominic Raab

Who: Former Brexit secretary, who resigned after the withdrawal agreement was first published.

Fact: Dominic Raab holds a black belt in karate.

Dropped out of the race on 14 June

Matt Hancock

Who: Health Secretary and former Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.

Fact: When he was culture secretary he introduced his own app - the Matt Hancock MP app.

Eliminated by Tory MPs on 13 June

Mark Harper

Who: Mark Harper is also a former chief whip, whose job it is to make sure the whole party votes in the House of Commons the way the leader wants.

Fact: When he stood for election in 2001, Mark Harper's wife, Margaret, also stood for election as the Conservative candidate in Worcester. He has two rescue Labradors called Chase and Sophie.

Andrea Leadsom

Who: Former Leader of the House Andrea Leadsom also ran for leadership of the Conservative party when David Cameron resigned in 2016.

Fact: Before politics, she worked in banks and she has spoken out about being proud to be a Christian.

Esther McVey

Who: Former work and pensions secretary who resigned after the Theresa May's Brexit deal was revealed because she didn't agree with it.

Fact: Esther McVey used to be a TV presenter and even presented on CBBC in 1991!

Pulled out before officially confirmed:

James Cleverly

Who: Brexit minister who also served as the deputy chair of the Conservative Party. He pulled out of the race after saying he it had "become clear" that was "highly unlikely" he would make it as one of the final two candidates.

Fact: He has spent more than 20 years as an officer in the Territorial Army, rising to the rank of Major.

Sam Gyimah

Who: Former universities and science minister Sam Gyimah was the only candidate to be calling for a second referendum on Brexit. He pulled out because he failed to secure enough people to support him.

Fact: Sam studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics and Oxford University, and became president of the Oxford Union. He also supports Arsenal football club.

Kit Malthouse

Who: Housing minister and former deputy mayor of London (another leadership contender, Boris Johnson, was his boss during that job).

Fact: On his website Kit Malthouse says he likes to garden, read, write, watch modern dance and "force himself into the gym".