The Conservatives are choosing a new leader!
The proposed schedule is as follows:
Candidates must gather 10 nominations (including themself) by Monday 29th July to stand
Nominations close on Monday 29th and the 1922 Committee will confirm how many valid candidates have been nominated
MPs will vote in multiple rounds. In each round, the candidate with the least votes is eliminated (candidates who were close to losing quite often drop out at this point as well) and the others go through to the next round of voting
If there are more than four nominees, MPs will vote on candidates to whittle them down to the final four in time for Conservative Party conference
The final four candidates will give their pitch at the conference (29th Sep to 2nd Oct)
MPs will continue voting to get down to the final two candidates
The Conservative Party membership will vote on the final two candidates
The new leader will be announced on 2nd November
During two of the most recent leadership contests, it did not end up going to the members. In the 2016 contest, May and Leadsom were the final two candidates, but Leadsom withdrew and May got the job without a member vote. In the second 2022 contest, Johnson and Mordaunt withdrew before nominations closed meaning that Sunak won unopposed.
Will the race go to a member vote this time?
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