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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.
The new Tory leader will be handed the keys to Number 10 on Tuesday after an audience with the Queen at Balmoral. Live: Liz Truss to become PM after winning Tory leadership contest Skip to main ...
Similar denials came from a Jenrick campaign source, who suggested the 120 Tory MPs voting in the contest had done so “in 120 different ways, for 120 different reasons”.
Kemi Badenoch has arrived at the Conservative Party headquarters to unveil her new shadow cabinet after winning the Tory leadership contest, ahead of its first meeting on Tuesday. (Stefan Rousseau ...
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 process for the 2022 leadership election was approved by the 1922 Committee on 11 July. [68] Nominations opened and closed on 12 July, with each candidate needing to have nominations from at least 20 Conservative MPs to reach the first ballot. [68] Johnson, as the departing leader, was not eligible to run in the ensuing contest. [69]
[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 ...
Ms Truss’s victory also means this is the first Tory leadership contest since 2001 that the candidate with the most votes among MPs has not won the most votes among party members.