Suella Braverman has crashed out of the Conservative leadership race as she gained fewest votes in the second ballot of Tory MPs.
It leaves five candidates in the contest to replace Boris Johnson: Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss, Penny Mordaunt, Tom Tugendhat, and Kemi Badenoch.
Like Attorney General Braverman, Mr Tugendhat saw his vote drop but he managed to scrape through to the next stage.
Mr Sunak got 101 votes, Ms Mordaunt 83, Ms Truss 64, Ms Badenoch 49 and Mr Tugendhat 32.
Asked who she is backing in the contest, Ms Braverman told Sky News: “I’m not going to give an answer right now. I’m considering all of the options.”
However sources close to the Attorney General were later reported to have said that Ms Braverman will come out in support for Ms Truss.
Earlier Ms Truss, speaking in central London, used her campaign launch to stress her credentials to become prime minister, pledging that she would be ready from “day one”.
Nadhim Zahawi and Jeremy Hunt were eliminated from the contest on Wednesday night, with Mr Hunt throwing his support behind Rishi Sunak.
