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July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election

British leadership election to replace Boris Johnson

The July - September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election was to elect Boris Johnson's successor as leader of the Conservative Party. After the government crisis Johnson announced his resignation on 7 July 2022.[1] The election was held between 12 July 2022 and 5 September 2022. Liz Truss won and became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election
← 2019 12 July 2022 (2022-07-12) – 5 September 2022 October 2022 →
Full results for all candidates below
Opinion polls
Turnout82.6% (Members’ vote) Decrease 4.8
 
Candidate Liz Truss Rishi Sunak
Fifth MPs' ballot 113 (31.6%) 137 (38.3%)
Members' vote 81,326 (57.4) 60,399 (42.6)
leader before election

Boris Johnson

 Elected leader

Liz Truss

Candidates

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Declared

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Candidate Political office and constituency Campaign Date declared Proposer/
seconder 		Ref
 
Rishi Sunak 		Chancellor of the Exchequer
(2020–2022)
MP for Richmond (Yorks) (2015–present) 		 
Website Archived 2022-09-18 at the Wayback Machine 		8 July 2022 Dominic Raab
Mel Stride 		[2]
 
Liz Truss 		Foreign Secretary
(2021–2022)
MP for South West Norfolk
(2010–present) 		 
Website 		10 July 2022 Simon Clarke
Thérèse Coffey 		[3]

Eliminated

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Candidate Political office Campaign Declared Eliminated Proposer
Seconder 		Endorsed Ref
 
Penny Mordaunt 		Minister of State for Trade Policy
(2021–present)
MP for Portsmouth North (2010–present) 		 
Website 		10 July 2022 20 July 2022
(5th round) 		Andrea Leadsom
Craig Tracey 		Liz Truss [4][5]
 
Kemi Badenoch 		Minister of State for Local Government, Faith and Communities
(2021–2022)
MP for Saffron Walden (2017–present) 		 
Website Archived 2022-07-19 at the Wayback Machine 		8 July 2022 19 July 2022
(4th round) 		Lee Rowley
Julia Lopez 		[6][7]
 
Tom Tugendhat 		Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee
(2017–present)
MP for Tonbridge and Malling (2015–present) 		 
Website Archived 2022-07-11 at the Wayback Machine 		7 July 2022 18 July 2022
(3rd round) 		Anne-Marie Trevelyan
James Daly 		Liz Truss [8][9]
 
Suella Braverman 		Attorney General for England and Wales
(2020–present)
MP for Fareham (2015–present) 		 
Website Archived 2022-07-12 at the Wayback Machine 		6 July 2022 14 July 2022
(2nd round) 		David Jones
Miriam Cates 		Liz Truss [10][11]
 
Jeremy Hunt 		Chair of the Health and Social Care Select Committee
(2020–present)
MP for South West Surrey (2005–present) 		 
Website Archived 2022-07-11 at the Wayback Machine 		9 July 2022 13 July 2022
(1st round) 		Esther McVey
Anthony Mangnall 		Rishi Sunak [12][13]
 
Nadhim Zahawi 		Chancellor of the Exchequer
(2022–present)
MP for Stratford-on-Avon (2010–present) 		  9 July 2022 13 July 2022
(1st round) 		Brandon Lewis
Amanda Milling 		Liz Truss [13][14]

Withdrew before voting

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The following MPs announced that they would seek the leadership of the Conservative Party but subsequently did not stand, or withdrew from the race, due to insufficient support or other reasons before the first ballot was cast:

Candidate Political office Campaign Declared Withdrew Endorsed Ref
 
Grant Shapps 		Secretary of State for Transport
(2019–present)
MP for Welwyn Hatfield (2005–present) 		  9 July 2022 12 July 2022 Rishi Sunak [15][16]
 
Rehman Chishti 		Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
(2022–present)
MP for Gillingham and Rainham (2010–present) 		10 July 2022 12 July 2022 Tom Tugendhat,
then Rishi Sunak 		[17][18]
 
Sajid Javid 		Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
(2021–2022)
MP for Bromsgrove (2010–present) 		 
Website Archived 2022-07-11 at the Wayback Machine 		9 July 2022 12 July 2022 Liz Truss [12][19]

Declined

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The following Conservative Party politicians publicly ruled themselves out of standing:

Timeline

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Candidate status
Candidate on membership ballot
Candidate eliminated during MP ballots
Candidate withdrew
Events
Boris Johnson announces resignation
Nominations close
MP ballot
Results announced
Grant ShappsRehman ChishtiSajid JavidNadhim ZahawiJeremy HuntSuella BravermanTom TugendhatKemi BadenochPenny MordauntLiz TrussRishi Sunak

Results

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% votes per round Candidate MPs' 1st ballot:
13 July 2022[39][40] 		MPs' 2nd ballot:
14 July 2022[40][41] 		MPs' 3rd ballot:
18 July 2022[40] 		MPs' 4th ballot:
19 July 2022[40][42] 		MPs' 5th ballot:
20 July 2022 		Member's vote
Votes % Votes +/− % Votes +/− % Votes +/− % Votes +/− % Votes %
  Liz Truss
 50 14.0 64 +14 17.9 71 +7 19.8 86 +15 24.1 113 +27 31.6 81,326 57.4
  Rishi Sunak
 88 24.6 101 +13 28.2 115 +14 32.1 118 +3 33.0 137 +19 38.3 60,399 42.6
  Penny Mordaunt
 67 18.7 83 +16 23.2 82 −1 22.9 92 +10 25.8 105 +13 29.3 Eliminated
  Kemi Badenoch
 40 11.2 49 +9 13.7 58 +9 16.2 59 +1 16.5 Eliminated
  Tom Tugendhat
 37 10.3 32 −5 8.9 31 −1 8.7 Eliminated
  Suella Braverman
 32 8.9 27 −5 7.5 Eliminated
  Nadhim Zahawi
 25 7.0 Eliminated
  Jeremy Hunt
 18 5.0 Eliminated
Votes cast 357 99.7 356 −1 99.4 357 +1 99.7 355 −2 99.4 355 0 99.4 141,725 82.2
Spoilt ballots 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 +1 0.3 2 +1 0.6 654 0.4
Abstentions 1 0.3 2 +1 0.6 1 −1 0.3 1 0 0.3 0 -1 0.0 30,058 17.4
Registered voters 358 100.0 358 0 100.0 358 0 100.0 357 −1 100.0 358 +1 100.0 172,437 100.0

Opinion polling

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Final round

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Dates
conducted 		Pollster Sample
size 		Rishi
Sunak 		Liz
Truss 		Will not
vote 		Don't
know
16–17 Aug Conservative Home 961 Conservative Party members 28% 60% 3% 9%
8 Aug – 13 Aug Opinium 570 Conservative Party members 31% 68% N/A
12 Aug techneUK Archived 2022-08-12 at the Wayback Machine 272 Conservative Party members 33% 60% N/A 7%
5 Aug techneUK Archived 2022-08-12 at the Wayback Machine 261 Conservative Party members 36% 56% N/A 8%
3 Aug–4 Aug Conservative Home 1,003 Conservative Party members 26% 58% 1% 12%
29 Jul–2 Aug YouGov 1,043 Conservative Party members 31% 69% N/A
26% 60% 2% 11%
27–29 Jul techneUK Archived 2022-08-12 at the Wayback Machine 807 Conservative Party members 43% 48% 9%
20–21 Jul YouGov 730 Conservative Party members 38% 62% N/A
31% 49% 6% 15%
18–19 Jul Conservative Home 845 Conservative Party members 42% 49% N/A 9%
18–19 Jul YouGov 725 Conservative Party members 35% 54% N/A 10%
12–13 Jul YouGov 879 Conservative Party members 35% 59% N/A 6%
11–12 Jul Conservative Home 929 Conservative Party members 34% 51% N/A 14%
6–8 Jul Opinium 493 Conservative Party members 37% 33% 8% 22%
6–7 Jul YouGov 716 Conservative Party members 38% 43% N/A 19%

Before 5th round

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Dates
conducted 		Pollster Client Sample
size 		Kemi
Badenoch 		Suella
Braverman 		Jeremy
Hunt 		Sajid
Javid 		Penny
Mordaunt 		Rishi
Sunak 		Liz
Truss 		Tom
Tugendhat 		Ben
Wallace 		Nadhim
Zahawi 		Others
1–2 Aug 2022 YouGov N/A 1,043 – – – – – 31% 69% – – – –
12–13 Jul 2022 YouGov N/A 879 15% 5% 4% – 27% 13% 13% 8% – 1%
14%
Don't know on 8%
None of the above on 6%
6–7 Jul 2022 YouGov N/A 716 – – 5% 4% 12% 10% 8% 6% 13% 5%
39%
Don't know on 12%
None of the above on 9%
Michael Gove on 7%
Dominic Raab on 7%
Priti Patel on 3%
Steven Barclay on 1%

References

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