If Liz Truss is ousted, who could replace her as prime minister?

Five contenders who could succeed Truss as the Conservative party's fifth leader since the Brexit vote in 2016

Astonishing as it may sound to someone who has not paid attention to politics since about 2016, after little more than a month in office, a consensus is building that Liz Truss could be finished as prime minister. But who could succeed her as the Conservatives' fifth prime minister since Brexit, and third since the 2019 general election?