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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]
Badenoch, who is the sixth Tory leader in less than nine years, now faces the task of uniting a fractured party and leading opposition to Sir Keir Starmer's Labour government.
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.
[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 ...
The 2019 Conservative Party leadership election was triggered when Theresa May announced on 24 May 2019 that she would resign as leader of the Conservative Party on 7 June and as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom once a successor had been elected. Nominations opened on 10 June; 10 candidates were nominated.
Speaking on Politics East, Mike Steel, the deputy chairman of the North West Essex Conservative Association, said he was "extremely proud" Ms Badenoch had been selected as party leader. He said ...
The leader of the Scottish Conservatives has given his “warmest congratulations” to Kemi Badenoch on being elected leader of the UK opposition party. Scottish Conservative leader Russell ...