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Tory leadership election: what happens – and when – in the race to replace Boris Johnson

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par Tom Quinn, Senior Lecturer, Department of Government, University of Essex

Boris Johnson’s resignation as Conservative leader has triggered the start of the process to find his successor. Rules setting out a two-month leadership election have now been confirmed by the 1922 Committee of backbench Tory MPs.

The Conservatives’ leadership selection system is a two-stage process. First, Tory MPs hold a series of ballots to whittle the field of candidates down to two. This usually takes one to two…

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