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Boris Johnson resigned as the leader of the Conservative Party on Thursday, triggering a search for a new British prime minister.
Unlike in Australian leadership spills, things don't move as quickly and a replacement for Mr Johnson will take some time to appoint — but that hasn't stopped Conservative MPs from throwing their hats in the ring just days after the announcement.
So, who wants the gig?
Here is a list of everyone who has announced they want the job.
There is no clear favourite and these are not listed in order of likely prospects.
The rules of the leadership content will be announced next week.
Rishi Sunak
Former British Finance Minister Rishi Sunak announced his leadership bid on Friday with a campaign video in which he promised to confront the difficult economic backdrop with "honesty, seriousness and determination", rather than piling the burden on future generations.
"Someone has to grip this moment and make the right decisions," he said.
Mr Sunak was made chancellor of the exchequer (finance minister) in early 2020, and was praised for a COVID-19 economic rescue package, including a costly jobs retention programme that averted mass unemployment.
But he later faced criticism for not giving enough cost-of-living support to households.
Revelations this year about his wealthy wife's non-domiciled tax status and a fine he received for breaking COVID lockdown rules have damaged his standing.
His tax-and-spend budget last year put Britain on course for its biggest tax burden since the 1950s, undermining his claims to favour lower taxes.
Mr Sunak voted to leave the EU in 2016.
Kemi Badenoch
British Conservative MP Kemi Badenoch announced on Saturday she is launching a bid to serve as UK's next prime minister, promising a "focus on the essentials".
"I'm putting myself forward in this leadership election because I want to tell the truth," she wrote in The Times newspaper.
She said that the people of the UK are "exhausted by platitudes and empty rhetoric".
"What's missing is an intellectual grasp of what is required to run the country in an era of increased polarisation, protectionism and populism amplified by social media," she wrote.
Ms Badenoch voted to leave the EU in 2016.
Tom Tugendhat
The chair of parliament's foreign affairs committee, and a former soldier who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan, has also put his hat in the ring.
Mr Tugendhat has been a regular critic of Mr Johnson and would offer his party a clean break with previous governments.
However, he is relatively untested because he has never served in cabinet.
He voted to remain in the EU.
Suella Braverman
As Attorney-General, Ms Braverman was heavily criticised by lawyers after the government sought to break international law over post-Brexit trade rules in Northern Ireland.
She campaigned to leave the EU and served as a junior minister in the Brexit department under Theresa May, but resigned in protest at the then prime minister's proposed Brexit deal, saying it did not go far enough in breaking ties with the bloc.
Conservative Party MP Steve Baker endorsed Ms Braverman to replace Boris Johnson.
"With immovable loyalty, I am backing Suella for Conservative leader and prime minister," Mr Baker wrote in the The Telegraph on Friday.
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