Title: 2019 Conservative Party leadership election Content: The 2019 Conservative Party leadership election happened when the prime minister and leader of the Conservative Party, Theresa May, announced on 24 May 2019 that she would resign as leader on 7 June, and resign as Prime Minister when a replacement is elected. Nominations closed on 10 June 2019 with ten candidates officially being nominated. The first ballot of MPs took place on 13 June. A second one took place on 18 June with a third on 19 June and a fourth and fifth ballot on 20 June. The entire contest is expected to be completed by mid-July. After the fifth ballot, Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson were the final two candidates. The general membership of the party elected Johnson as the leader by postal ballot on 22 July 2019. ==Candidates== ===Nominated=== The following MPs were officially nominated by the Conservative Party as candidates for the leadership position. Each candidate passed the first five ballots. File:Official_portrait_of_Mr_Jeremy_Hunt_crop_2.jpg|Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt from Surrey File:Boris_Johnson_election_infobox.jpg|Former Foreign Secretary and Mayor of London Boris Johnson from Greater London ===Eliminated=== ====Fifth ballot==== The following MP was eliminated on the fifth ballot on 20 June. They failed to obtain over 24% of the votes to advance further into the contest. File:Official portrait of Michael Gove crop 2.jpg|Environment Secretary Michael Gove from Surrey ====Fourth ballot==== The following MP was eliminated on the fourth ballot on 20 June. They failed to obtain over 50 votes to advance further into the contest. File:Official portrait of Sajid Javid MP.jpg|Home Secretary Sajid Javid from Worcestershire ====Third ballot==== The following MP was eliminated on the third ballot on 19 June. They failed to obtain over 30 votes to advance further into the contest. File:Official portrait of Rory Stewart crop 2.jpg|International Development Secretary Rory Stewart from Cumbria ====Second ballot==== The following MP was eliminated on the second ballot on 18 June. They failed to obtain over 30 votes to advance further into the contest. File:Official portrait of Dominic Raab crop 2.jpg|Former Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab from Surrey ====First ballot==== The following MPs were eliminated on the first ballot on 13 June. They failed to obtain 17 votes to advance further into the contest. File:Official portrait of Andrea Leadsom crop 2.jpg|Former Leader of the House of Commons Andrea Leadsom from Northamptonshire File:Official portrait of Mr Mark Harper crop 2.jpg|Former Chief Whip Mark Harper from Gloucestershire File:Official_portrait_of_Esther_McVey_crop_2.jpg|Former Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey from Cheshire ===Withdrawn=== ====During the ballot==== The following individuals were officially nominated as a candidate for the leadership of the Conservative Party but then eventually withdrew after the first ballot of the race, due to insufficient support or other reasons: File:Official portrait of Matt Hancock crop 2.jpg|Health Secretary Matt Hancock from Suffolk ====Before the ballot==== The following individuals announced that they would seek the leadership of the Conservative Party but then eventually did not stand, or withdrew before the first ballot of the race, due to insufficient support or other reasons: File:Official portrait of James Cleverly crop 2.jpg|Parliamentary Brexit Secretary James Cleverly from Essex File:Official portrait of Mr Sam Gyimah crop 2.jpg|Former Universities Minister Sam Gyimah from Surrey File:Official portrait of Kit Malthouse crop 2.jpg|Housing Secretary Kit Malthouse from Hampshire ==Timeline==