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Elected Leader. Michael Howard. The 2003 Conservative Party leadership election was held due to the enforced resignation of incumbent leader Iain Duncan Smith, who lost a confidence vote among his parliamentary party. The causes of Duncan Smith's fall are often cited as his lack of charisma and impact with the public, the uninspired direction ...
Margaret Thatcher. The 1989 Conservative Party leadership election took place on 5 December 1989. The incumbent Margaret Thatcher was opposed by the little-known 69-year-old backbencher MP Sir Anthony Meyer. It was the Conservative Party 's first leadership election for nearly 15 years, when Thatcher had taken the party leadership.
Leader before election. William Hague. Elected Leader. Iain Duncan Smith. The 2001 Conservative Party leadership election was held after the party failed to make inroads into the Labour government's lead in the 2001 general election. Party leader William Hague resigned, and a leadership contest was called under new rules Hague had introduced.
Stanley Baldwin. Arthur Balfour. Charles Balfour. George Balfour (Conservative politician) Gerald Balfour, 2nd Earl of Balfour. Harold Balfour, 1st Baron Balfour of Inchrye. Kenneth Balfour. Edward Ball (British politician) Frederick Banbury, 1st Baron Banbury of Southam.
The 1990 Conservative Party leadership election was called on 14 November 1990 following the decision of Michael Heseltine, former defence and environment secretary, to challenge Margaret Thatcher, the incumbent Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, for leadership of the Conservative Party . In the months leading up to the election, Thatcher's ...
The 1995 Conservative Party leadership election was initiated when the incumbent leader and prime minister, John Major, resigned as Conservative leader on 22 June 1995, in order to face a leadership challenge from his critics within the party. On 4 July 1995, he was re-elected, beating the only other candidate, the former Secretary of State for ...
Pages in category "Conservative Party (UK) parliamentary candidates" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 232 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
