Choosing the next Tory leader has been a process that has taken almost four months. For those who haven’t been following all the twists and turns of the race, here’s a brief look at how it plays out.

Each candidate needed the support of at least 10 MPs, including a proposer and deputy, to get on the ballot. MPs could only nominate one candidate in each round of voting.

On 29 July, the Conservative Party 1922 Committee announced that six contestants had met the requirements: Robert Jenrick, Kemi Badenoch, James Cleverly, Jenrick, Priti Patel, Mel Stride and Tom Tugendhat.

Applicants were also told they would need to raise £200,000 each for the party to make it to the final four.

Once the nomination process was completed, candidates had five and a half weeks to impress MPs before going to the polls. They were whittled down to four rounds of voting among their peers between 4 September and 9 October to reach the final pair of Jenrick and Badenoch.

Conservative members then cast their votes between October 15 and October 31 to determine the winner, which we will hear about shortly.

For a full breakdown of how the leadership process works, our political correspondent Sam Francis has you covered.