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Electing a new leader - Conservative
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Electing a new leader - Conservative The contest has two stages. First of all any Conservative MP's who wish to stand, put their name forward. From this list (5 people in 2001), the members of the conservative party vote on whom they wish to be leader, until the top two candidates are found. After this, another ballot is taken in which all the Conservative MPs vote on who they wish to become leader out of the two remaining people. This is a totally new system of electing a leader. The rules were changed in 1998 by William Hague to make the system fairer. Prior to this date only the parliamentary party voted for the new leader. In the 2001 election five people stood for the preliminary votes; Michael Ancram, David Davis, Kenneth Clarke, Iain Duncan-Smith and Michael Portillo. After the first vote no one dropped out as both...
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