Four MPs will be shortlisted before party conference, with Badenoch, Cleverly, Tugendhat and Patel current favourites
Four Conservative MPs will be shortlisted by the parliamentary party to make their pitch to colleagues and members at party conference in October. Sunak will remain acting leader until his successor is agreed.
Those who had been pushing for a speedy timetable with a new leader elected by September argued that the alternative would allow Labour to set the narrative and Nigel Farage to position himself as the opposition leader.A senior Tory said the agreed November timetable was a “foolish decision, which hands Starmer the next election on a plate.
Prospective candidates will need a proposer, a seconder and eight nominations to proceed to the ballot by MPs. Nominations open on 24 July and close on 29 July. The parliamentary party will shortlist four candidates in September, who will make their case to grassroots members at Tory conference in early October.
Blackman said the country and Tory members “want to see us engaged in proper debate not personal attacks”.
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