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The 2024 Conservative Party leadership election was announced on 5 July 2024 when then-Prime Minister Rishi Sunak declared his intention to resign as Conservative Party leader following the party's defeat at the 2024 general election. The leadership race commenced on 24 July and concluded on 31 October. [2]
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.
On 2 November 2024, Kemi Badenoch won the 2024 Conservative leadership election to succeed Sunak, becoming the first Black leader of any major UK political party and the second consecutive Conservative leader to be non-white. [10]
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
The performance of Reform UK scared many Conservatives, with leader Farage - a seasoned campaigner - promising to hound the Conservative Party and become the main voice of opposition.
Party Labour: Conservative: Liberal Democrats: Leader since 4 April 2020: 24 October 2022: 27 August 2020: Leader's seat Holborn and St Pancras: Richmond and Northallerton: Kingston and Surbiton: Last election 202 seats, 32.1% 365 seats, 43.6% 11 seats, 11.6% Seats won 411 [b] 121 72 Seat change 211 251 64 Popular vote 9,708,716: 6,828,925 ...
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 ...
Watch live as the Conservative party conference takes place in Manchester on Monday 2 October. Today is the second day of the annual event with chancellor Jeremy Hunt, former prime minister Liz ...