2019 Conservative Party leadership election

2019 Conservative Party leadership election

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Full results for all candidates below
Opinion polls
Turnout	87.4%
Candidate Boris Johnson Jeremy Hunt Fifth MPs' ballot 160 (51.1%) 77 (24.6%) Members' vote 92,153 (66.1%) 46,656 (33.5%)
Leader before election Theresa May Elected Leader Boris Johnson

The 2019 Conservative Party leadership election happened when the prime minister and leader of the Conservative Party, Theresa May, announced on 24 May 2019 that she would resign as leader on 7 June, and resign as Prime Minister when a replacement is elected.

Nominations closed on 10 June 2019 with ten candidates officially being nominated. The first ballot of MPs took place on 13 June. A second one took place on 18 June with a third on 19 June and a fourth and fifth ballot on 20 June. The entire contest is expected to be completed by mid-July.^[1] After the fifth ballot, Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson were the final two candidates. The general membership of the party elected Johnson as the leader by postal ballot on 22 July 2019.

1. ↑ "Theresa May resignation: Tories to choose new prime minister by July â€" live news | Politics". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 May 2019.