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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.
[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 ...
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”.
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 ...
Robert Jenrick and Kemi Badenoch will go head-to-head in the final heat of the Conservative Party leadership contest, after James Cleverly was knocked out in the latest round of voting.
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 ...
Rishi Sunak topped the voting in the first round of the race to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative leader and Prime Minister. Votes being counted in second round of Tory leadership contest Skip ...
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.