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| Conservative Party Leadership election, 2019 (A Different 2016) | ||||
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| Leadership of The Conservative Party
Gain the most votes to win | ||||
| 12th September 2019 | ||||
| Turnout | 89.3% | |||
| First party | Second party | Third party | ||
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| Leader | Michael Gove | George Osborne | Boris Johnson | |
| Party | Conservative Party | Conservative Party | Conservative Party | |
| First ballot | 70 (21.21%) | 77 (23.33%) | 47 (14.24%) | |
| Second ballot | 71 (21.52%) | 79 (28.18%) | 58 (17.58%) | |
| Third Ballot | 80 (24.24%) | 97 (29.39%) | 79 (23.93%) | |
| Fourth Ballot | 108 (32.72%) | 122 (36.96%) | 100 (30.30%) | |
| Members' Ballot | 79,776 (57.26%) | 59,542 (42.74%) | Eliminated | |
| Fourth party | Fifth party | Sixth party | ||
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| Leader | Theresa May | Jeremy Hunt | Sajid Javid | |
| Party | Conservative Party | Conservative Party | Conservative Party | |
| First ballot | 49 (14.85%) | 49 (14.85%) | 37 (11.21%) | |
| Second ballot | 55 (16.67%) | 53 (16.06%) | Eliminated | |
| Third Ballot | 74 (22.42%) | Eliminated | Eliminated | |
| Fourth Ballot | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | |
| Members' Ballot | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | |
Leader before election
David Cameron Conservative
Leader after election
Michael Gove Conservative | ||||
The 2019 Conservative Party leadership election occurred as a result of British Prime Minister David Cameron's retirement as leader before the 2020 General Election. Defence Secretary Michael Gove won the contest on 12th September 2019, after defeating Foreign Secretary George Osborne the member's vote.
Nominations opened on 1 August, and 6 candidates were nominated. The first ballot of MPs took place on 10 August, with exhaustive ballots of MPs also taking place on 15, 16 and 17 August, reducing the candidates to two. The general membership of the party elected the leader by postal ballot with the result announced on 12 September, with Michael Gove beating his opponent George Osborne by 15 points.
Gove would serve as Prime Minister until the Conservative Party's defeat in the 2020 General Election, and we was succeeded by Andy Burnham.