2019 Conservative Party leadership election

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Withdrawn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:

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:

Timeline
Candidate status Candidate on membership ballot Candidate eliminated during MP ballots Candidate withdrewEvents Theresa May announces resignation Theresa May resigns as Conservative leader Nominations close MP ballot Postal ballots distributed to party members Final leadership hustings Results announced

 Results 
After each ballot of Conservative MPs, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated. A new rule was introduced in 2019 due to the number of candidates: In the first ballot, held on 13 June 2019, candidates also needed to pass a threshold of 17 votes to avoid elimination. In the second ballot, held on 18 June, candidates needed to pass a threshold of 33 votes to avoid elimination.

CandidateFirst ballot:13 June 2019Second ballot:18 June 2019Third ballot:19 June 2019Fourth ballot:20 June 2019Fifth ballot:20 June 2019Members' voteVotes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes% Boris Johnson 114 36.4 126 40.3 143 45.7 157 50.2 160 51.1 92,153 66.1 Jeremy Hunt 43 13.7 46 14.7 54 17.3 59 18.8 77 24.6 46,656 33.5 Michael Gove 37 11.8 41 13.1 51 16.3 61 19.5 75 24.0colspan="2"  Sajid Javid 23 7.3 33 10.5 38 12.1 34 10.9colspan="4" Rory Stewart 19 6.1 37 11.8 27 8.6colspan="6"  Dominic Raab 27 8.6 30 9.6colspan="8"  Matt Hancock 20 6.4colspan="10"  Andrea Leadsom 11 3.5colspan="10"  Mark Harper 10 3.2colspan="10"  Esther McVey  9 2.9colspan="10" Spoilt ballots00.000.000.020.610.35090.4 Turnout 313 100.0 313 100.0 313 100.0 313 100.0 313 100.0 139,318 87.4

References

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