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The Conservative management contest is underneath method.
Rishi Sunak formally stood down after main the Tories to their worst efficiency at a common election, however is staying on as appearing chief till his alternative is chosen.
That individual would be the sixth Tory chief in lower than eight and a half years.
Each candidate wanted the assist of a minimum of 10 MPs to get on to the poll, together with a proposer and seconder. MPs might nominate just one candidate per voting spherical.
This is a a lot decrease bar than over the last management election in 2022, when hopefuls wanted the backing of 100 MPs. Mr Sunak was the one one to enter the race with that degree of assist, and so turned the social gathering chief.
There are at the moment 121 Tory MPs however those that are additionally whips, or sit on the chief of the backbench 1922 committee, can not nominate a candidate.
MPs should additionally show they will increase £200,000 for the social gathering.
On 29 July, the Conservative backbench 1922 Committee introduced six candidates had reached all the necessities.
Shadow well being secretary Victoria Atkins dominated herself out of the race. Former house secretary Suella Braverman stated she had additionally determined to not run for chief as “most of the MPs disagree with my diagnosis and prescription”.
A three-month campaign began when nominations closed on 29 July.
This gives the six candidates the summer parliamentary recess to make their case to fellow MPs and Conservative party members.
When Parliament returns, two rounds of voting among Conservative MPs from the 4 September will reduce the field to four leadership hopefuls.
In each round, the candidate who finishes last will be eliminated.
The final four will be given a chance to speak directly to Conservative members at the party’s conference between 29 September and 2 October.
Precise details of this “magnificence parade” have yet to be announced.
An intensive round of hustings and multiple votes will follow the conference from 8 October, lasting three days, until only two candidates are left.
Conservative party members will then choose which of the final two candidates they want as the new leader.
If two candidates remain at the end of these ballots of MPs, members of the Conservative Party will receive a ballot on 15 October ahead of the final vote on 31 October.
Party members will make their choice via secure online voting, though this system has previously been criticised for its susceptibility to hackers and rogue state interference.
In recent years, party members have tended to pick the more right-wing candidate of the final two. In the first of the 2022 leadership elections, Mr Sunak consistently won more support from MPs than Liz Truss during each round until party members had their say.
To be eligible to vote, party members must have been active for 90 days before the ballot closes and must have been party members when nominations opened.
The new leader of the Conservative Party will be announced on 2 November – at which point Mr Sunak will hand over the reins.
The winner will grow to be the official chief of the opposition and the figurehead of the Conservatives’ efforts to rebuild the social gathering.
