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The timetable for the October 2022 leadership election was much shorter than the July one. An expedited process was set out; candidates were required to obtain 100 nominations from fellow Conservative MPs before 2 pm on 24 October, and an MPs' ballot followed by an online members' ballot was to be held shortly thereafter if more than one candidate received more than 100 nominations.
Kemi Badenoch has been elected leader of the Conservative Party. The former business secretary was declared the winner at an event in central London on Saturday, defeating rival Robert Jenrick by ...
Ms Badenoch has meanwhile called on Tory members to “go bold” and back her, as she said she could unite the party after 78 Tory MPs voted for other candidates in the last ballot of the ...
Robert Jenrick and Kemi Badenoch will go head-to-head in the final heat of the Conservative Party leadership contest, after James Cleverly was knocked out in the latest round of voting.
The fourth ballot, reducing the field to three, was held on 19 July, with results presented at 3 pm, and the fifth on 20 July, with the final two names known at 4 pm. [70] Finally, with only two candidates remaining, Conservative Party members were to vote to choose the next party leader on a one-member-one-vote basis, with the candidate ...
Tim Montgomerie, Conservative activist, creator of ConservativeHome and co-founder of the Centre for Social Justice think tank [119] (subsequently endorsed Jenrick) Shane Painter, National Secretary of Scottish Young Conservatives [ 120 ]
Barely 95,000 out of 131,680 Tory members voted in this year’s leadership election.
The secret ballot election was held on November 13 by a conference of Republican senators. A candidate must receive a majority of votes cast to become leader; if no candidate receives a majority, the lowest vote getter is eliminated and the senators vote again. [8]