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Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick will start making their pitch to Conservative Party members on Thursday, as they go head to head in the contest to succeed Rishi Sunak as Tory leader.
Also, Iain Duncan Smith became Tory leader of the opposition in 2001, but lost the confidence of his MPs and was deposed in a coup (orchestrated by the Tory whips office) two years later.
Ex-Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson has said she believes there is a 35 to 40 per cent chance that Kemi Badenoch will lead the Conservative Party into the next general election.
Conservative MPs vote in two more ballots, where candidates are reduced to two finalists. [41] 10–31 October An online ballot of the final two candidates takes place for all Conservative party members. [38] 2 November The result of the ballot is announced, and the winner becomes the leader of the Conservative Party. [38]
[128] [129] As a result of Mordaunt's withdrawal, Sunak won the leadership contest unopposed, and became the leader of the Conservative Party. [130] [5] It was the first time a candidate won a leadership election for one of the two main parties unopposed since Gordon Brown won the Labour Party leadership election to succeed Tony Blair in 2007 ...
Kemi Badenoch has promised to win back voters who have deserted the Conservatives after securing an historic victory in the party's leadership contest. The 44-year-old becomes the first black ...
Watch as Kemi Badenoch is confirmed as the new Tory leader, defeating Robert Jenrick to be crowned as Rishi Sunak's replacement on Saturday, 2 November. It concludes a four-month-long race after ...
The 2024 Victorian Liberal Party leadership spill took place on 27 December 2024 to elect the leader of the Victorian Liberal Party and, ex officio, Leader of the Opposition. [6] [7] Incumbent leader John Pesutto, a moderate, lost a spill motion and was replaced by Brad Battin, a conservative, in the subsequent leadership spill. [8] [9]