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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 ...
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 ...
The first full day of campaigning for the remaining two Conservative leadership candidates begins, following a shock result in the last ballot of MPs on Wednesday. ... Tory MPs speculated there ...
Tom Tugendhat, with 31 votes, had the fewest votes and was eliminated from the leadership race. [138] Fourth ballot The MPs' fourth ballot was held on 19 July 2022. [219] Tobias Ellwood had lost the Conservative Party whip, making him ineligible to vote. [220] Kemi Badenoch, with 59 votes, had the fewest votes and was eliminated from the ...
[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 ...
Q: Do candidates realise that focusing on Tory members might alienate general voters? RebootedyetagainHans2. A: I suspect the candidates would answer: “We have a leadership election to win first ...
On 6 June 2022, a vote of confidence was held amongst Conservative Party MPs on the prime minister, Boris Johnson 's, leadership of their party. 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.