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She defeated fellow right-winger Robert Jenrick, 42, by 12,418 votes after a marathon contest to replace Rishi Sunak, who led the party to the biggest defeat in its history in July's general election.
The Conservative Party Conference takes place, where each of the four remaining leadership hopefuls give a speech. [38] 8 and 9 October: 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 ...
The Conservative leader claimed the process of rebuilding the party was a “marathon, not a sprint” and warned there were a number of challenges to face, including the local elections which she ...
Ex-Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson has said she believes there is a 35 to 40 per cent chance that Kemi Badenoch will lead the Conservative Party into the next general election.
In 2010 the Conservative Party had about 177,000 members according to activist Tim Montgomerie, [277] and in 2013 membership was estimated by the party itself at 134,000. [278] The Conservative Party had a membership of 124,000 in March 2018. [279] In May 2019 its membership was thought to be around 160,000, with over half of its members being ...
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 ...
Originally, the party leader was appointed opaquely by other high-ranking members of the party. This process was gradually democratised in the late 20th century; in 1965, the appointment was linked to a vote by party MPs, and in 1998, the process was opened to all party members to decide between the last two candidates selected by parliamentarians.
A Conservative member of the London Assembly was escorted out of the Tory party conference after he appeared to heckle Suella Braverman‘s speech on Tuesday, 3 October, Holly Patrick reports.