She joins Mel Stride, Tom Tugendhat, James Cleverly and Robert Jenrick in the race to replace Rishi Sunak as Tory leader.
She wrote on Twitter: "I am standing to be the new Leader of the Conservative Party.
We must unite to win! "I can lead us in opposition and unite our party and get us match fit for the next election, with unity, experience and strength." She said she could deliver the "experienced and strong" leadership needed to unite the Tories' disparate factions, in an article for The Telegraph on Saturday.
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