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Leadership elections only happen if a Conservative leader resigns or if they lose a vote of confidence among MPs. Boris Johnson during Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons (House ...
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.
Rishi Sunak topped the voting in the first round of the race to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative leader and Prime Minister.
Party members will select the new leader, who will be announced on 2 November.
Each leadership candidate must have the endorsement of ten current Conservative MPs to make the ballot for the election. This includes one proposer and one seconder. This includes one proposer and one seconder.
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.
Former chancellor Rishi Sunak is expected to top the ballot again but all eyes will be on the contest to decide his likely challenger. Votes being counted in latest stage of the Tory leadership ...
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 ...