Kemi Badenoch, Secretary of State for International Trade (September 2022 – present), MP for Saffron Walden (2017–present)[60] (endorsed Rishi Sunak)[61][62] Suella Braverman, former Home Secretary (September–October 2022), MP for Fareham (2015–present) (endorsed Rishi Sunak)[63][64] James Cleverly, Foreign Secretary (September 2022 – present), MP for Braintree (2015–present)[65][66] (endorsed Boris Johnson, subsequently Rishi Sunak)[67][68] Michael Gove, former Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (September 2021 – July 2022), MP for Surrey Heath (2005–present)[69] (endorsed Rishi Sunak)[70] Jeremy Hunt, Chancellor of the Exchequer (October 2022 – present), MP for South West Surrey (2005–present)[71][72] (endorsed Rishi Sunak)[73] Sajid Javid, former Chancellor of the Exchequer (July 2019 – February 2020), MP for Bromsgrove (2010–present) (endorsed Rishi Sunak)[74] Brandon Lewis, Secretary of State for Justice (September 2022 – present), MP for Great Yarmouth (2010–present) (endorsed Rishi Sunak)[75] Theresa May, former Prime Minister (July 2016 – July 2019), MP for Maidenhead (1997–present)[76] Grant Shapps, Home Secretary (October 2022 – present), MP for Welwyn Hatfield (2005–present)[77] (endorsed Rishi Sunak)[78] Tom Tugendhat, Minister of State for Security (September 2022 – present), MP for Tonbridge and Malling (2015–present)[79] (endorsed Rishi Sunak)[80] Ben Wallace, Secretary of State for Defence (July 2019 – present), MP for Wyre and Preston North (2005–present) (endorsed Boris Johnson)[81][82]