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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.
Reform UK placed third in the share of the vote in the 2024 election and had MPs elected to the Commons for the first time. [12] Farage and his party Reform UK have done well in opinion polls in expense of both Labour and the Conservatives. The Liberal Democrats made significant gains to reach their highest ever number of seats.
Reform UK are the only major party to oppose the current net zero target made by the government. [224] Instead, it pledged to support the environment with more tree planting, more recycling and less single-use plastics. [225] [226] [227] Farage predicted Labour would win the election, but said he was planning to campaign for the next election ...
Cleverly, who had a career in publishing before being elected to parliament in 2015, ran for the party's leadership in 2019 but was the first candidate to drop out of the race. ROBERT JENRICK, 42
Former government ministers Mel Stride and Robert Jenrick have entered the race to become the next leader of Britain's Conservative Party, which lost power after 14 years at this month's election.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is attempting to rescue a faltering Conservative Party campaign through sweeping policies
Murdo Fraser, former deputy leader of the Scottish Conservatives, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife [88] Rachael Hamilton, deputy leader of the Scottish Conservatives, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire; Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland [89] (previously endorsed Tugendhat) Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland (previously endorsed ...
Davey was first elected to Parliament in 1997. The former economics researcher served as the government's energy and climate change secretary under an uneasy Conservative-Liberal Democrat ...