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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 a online members' ballot was to be held shortly thereafter if more than one candidate received more than 100 nominations.
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.
Tory MPs speculated there was the possibility of individuals backing their second favourite candidate, assuming their preferred choice was already safe. One told the PA news agency: “One of two ...
Voting has now closed in the Tory party leadership race, with either Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak set to be declared the winner on Monday. Polling closed at 5pm, bringing to an end a long, fractious ...
[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 ...
Johnson won the vote with the support of 211 Conservative members of Parliament, 58.8% of the total. Out of 359 MPs, 148 (41.2%) voted against him. Out of 359 MPs, 148 (41.2%) voted against him. Despite this, just over a month later, on 7 July, following another scandal and mass resignations from his government , Johnson announced he would ...
Challenges facing Kemi Badenoch as new Tory leader Kemi Badenoch: Political scrapper set on 'governing right' 'A classic left-right era': Labour's big Budget and Badenoch's win reset politics
Liz Truss won the Tory leadership but it didn’t make her a good PM. Kemi Badenoch has praised Thatcher for smashing the glass ceiling. They have some things in common such as their plain speaking.