Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss, Tom Tugendhat, Penny Mordaunt, Kemi Badenoch, Nadhim Zahawi, Jeremy Hunt and Suella Braverman will go into the first ballot of MPs in the Tory leadership contest on Wednesday.
The list of hopefuls to replace Boris Johnson was revealed by Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the 1922 Committee on Tuesday evening.
Eight MPs are on the list: Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss, Tom Tugendhat, Penny Mordaunt, Kemi Badenoch, Nadhim Zahawi, Jeremy Hunt and Suella Braverman.
Each secured the necessary support of 20 or more fellow Tory MPs to make it onto the ballot paper.
The candidates were attending a hustings by the Centre for Social Justice in another evening of high drama at Westminster.
And an explosive row erupted as Nadine Dorries accused Mr Sunak of pulling “dirty tricks” after he and Mr Hunt made it into the first ballot.
Moments before the list was revealed, Sajid Javid pulled out of the race having failed to gain sufficient support. Priti Patel earlier announced she was not going to enter the leadership race.
Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab and Transport Secretary Grant Shapps gave their backing to former Chancellor Mr Sunak as he launched his leadership bid on Tuesday morning.
Ms Truss, the Foreign Secretary, has also received a significant boost for her campaign after being backed by fellow Cabinet ministers, Jacob Rees-Mogg and Nadine Dorries.
Meanwhile former Brexit secretary David Davis announced he is backing Ms Mordaunt.
