2024 Conservative Party leadership election

2024 Conservative Party leadership election

← Oct 2022 4 September – 31 October 2024 (2024-09-04 – 2024-10-31)
Full results for all candidates below
Candidate Kemi Badenoch Robert Jenrick Fourth MPs' ballot 42 (35.0%) 41 (34.2%) Members' vote 53,806 (56.5%) 41,388 (43.5%)
leader before election Rishi Sunak Elected leader Kemi Badenoch

A Conservative Party leadership election was announced on 5 July 2024 when then-Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced his plans to resign as Conservative leader after the party's defeat at the 2024 general election.^[1][2]

The leadership race began on 24 July and lasted for over three months, with Rishi Sunak's replacement being confirmed on 2 November.^[2]

On 9 October 2024, after James Cleverly was eliminated on the fourth ballot, Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick advanced to the final round of the election.^[3]

Badenoch won the head-to-head and was elected Conservative leader on 2 November 2024.

1. ↑ Heale, James (2024-07-11). "Sunak apologises to Tory MPs for election mess". The Spectator. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Conservative party plans to unveil next leader in November". Financial Times. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
3. ↑ Cite error: The named reference finaltwo was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).