Former security minister Tom Tugendhat has joined the race to replace Rishi Sunak as the next leader of the Conservative Party.
He is the second person to formally join the race, with shadow home secretary James Cleverly announcing his candidacy yesterday.
Nominations for the race opened up this evening, with Mr Tugendhat, Mr Cleverly, Suella Braverman, Priti Patel, Mel Stride, Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick understood to have picked up the paperwork required to stand.
Mr Tugendhat ran to be leader in the competition in 2022, and was rewarded with a cabinet role despite falling short of the top job.
Previously chair of the foreign affairs select committee, the former soldier is known for his hawkish views on China and Iran.
Writing in The Telegraph, the Tonbridge MP said he wants to leave the European Convention on Human Rights.
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