I have said before I think it would be really good to have a woman in the final two but that's a matter for the parliamentary party.

I think this is what we must not lose sight of, present a confident, positive and optimistic platform for our country's future in which this Party appeals to the centre ground of British politics.

I have said before I think it would be really good to have a woman in the final two but that's a matter for the parliamentary party.

There is definitely a mood in the party for making sure that two cabinet heavyweights we have got, who come from different traditions, different sides of the EU referendum campaign, Theresa May and Michael Gove - it would be right to put them to the party in the country.

Let's be honest, the fact that Michael [Gove] announced very late in the process this morning that he was going to put his name forward, showed how much he had wrestled with this.

I think it's too soon. We are less than 24 hours since the polls closed, it's too soon to speculate. There's all sorts of names, I'm sure, around.

I think honestly that Michael [Gove] came to this decision[Prime Minister candidate] very late, that he needed to step up.