Former PM Boris Johnson was lagging behind, as was Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt.
The former chancellor is the first candidate to be the next prime minister believed to have reached the 100-nomination threshold.
The former prime minister cut short a family holiday in the Dominican Republic as the race to replace Liz Truss…
Candidates need the support of 100 MPs to get on to the ballot on Monday.
Dominic Raab, who was deputy PM in Boris Johnson’s government, thinks he would soon be ‘absorbed’ by the Privileges Committee…
In July, Mr Johnson had offered him the Northern Ireland secretary job.