July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election

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.
The election was held between 12 July 2022 and 5 September 2022. Liz Truss won and became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

## Candidates 
### Declared 
### Eliminated 
### Withdrew before voting 
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:

### Declined
The following Conservative Party politicians publicly ruled themselves out of standing:
* Steve Baker, MP for Wycombe *(endorsed Braverman, then Truss)*
* Jake Berry, MP for Rossendale and Darwen *(endorsed Tugendhat, then Truss)*
*Nadine Dorries, MP for Mid Bedfordshire  *(endorsed Truss)*
* Tobias Ellwood, MP for Bournemouth East *(endorsed Zahawi, then Mordaunt)*
* Michael Gove, MP for Surrey Heath *(endorsed Badenoch)*
* Matt Hancock, MP for West Suffolk *(endorsed Sunak)*
* Mark Harper, MP for Forest of Dean *(endorsed Sunak)*
* Gillian Keegan, MP for Chichester *(endorsed Sunak)*
* Kwasi Kwarteng, MP for Spelthorne *(endorsed Truss)*
* Esther McVey, MP for Tatton *(endorsed Hunt)*
* Priti Patel, MP for Witham
* Dominic Raab, MP for Esher and Walton *(endorsed Sunak)*
* Jacob Rees-Mogg, MP for North East Somerset  *(endorsed Truss)*
* Ben Wallace, MP for Wyre and Preston North *(endorsed Truss)*

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## Results 
## Opinion polling
### Final round
### Before 5th round
## References