Vaucluse MP Kellie Sloane has declared she won’t call for a leadership spill after the state Liberal Party’s disastrous loss in Saturday’s Kiama byelection.

Despite the drubbing, in which Labor’s Katelin McInerney won the seat vacated by convicted rapist Gareth Ward, senior Liberal MPs are closing ranks around Mark Speakman, who declared he will stay as leader when the party meets on Tuesday.

Approached by the Herald while arriving at Sunday’s Davis Cup match at Sydney Olympic Park, Sloane, whom many Liberals see as the next leader of the party and whom many would like to see topple Speakman, said he had her full support.

“On Tuesday, I will not challenge Mark. He has my support, and I’m not even sure anything’s going to happen on Tuesday,” she said.

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