2019 Conservative Party (UK) leadership election

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The 2019 Conservative Party (UK) leadership election was the internal party contest that selected Boris Johnson as Conservative leader and UK Prime Minister following Theresa May’s resignation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Conservative Party (UK) leadership election
political party leadership election
announcementDate 2019-07-23
ballotType postal ballot for party members
candidate Andrea Leadsom
Boris Johnson
Dominic Raab NERFINISHED
Esther McVey
Jeremy Hunt
Mark Harper
Matt Hancock NERFINISHED
Michael Gove
Rory Stewart
Sajid Javid NERFINISHED
country United Kingdom
electorate Conservative MPs in House of Commons
Conservative Party members
endDate 2019-07-23
finalBallotCandidate Boris Johnson
Jeremy Hunt NERFINISHED
followedBy 2022 Conservative Party (UK) leadership election
follows 2016 Conservative Party leadership election
surface form: 2016 Conservative Party (UK) leadership election
leaderAfterElection Boris Johnson NERFINISHED
leaderBeforeElection Theresa May NERFINISHED
location United Kingdom
mainIssue Brexit
memberBallotResult Boris Johnson 92,153 votes
Jeremy Hunt 46,656 votes
memberTurnoutPercentage 87.4
notableDebate BBC leadership debate 2019
2019 Conservative Party (UK) leadership election self-linksurface differs
surface form: ITV leadership debate 2019
officeContested Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (de facto)
organisedBy Conservative Party (UK)
parliamentaryBallotsCount 5
percentageForRunnerUp 33.6
percentageForWinner 66.4
precededByEvent Theresa May announcing intention to resign on 2019-05-24
primeMinisterAfterElection Boris Johnson NERFINISHED
primeMinisterBeforeElection Theresa May NERFINISHED
resultedIn Boris Johnson becoming Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
Boris Johnson becoming Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
startDate 2019-05-24
triggeredBy resignation of Theresa May as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
resignation of Theresa May as leader of the Conservative Party
votingSystem exhaustive ballots of Conservative MPs followed by postal ballot of party members
winner Boris Johnson

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Subject: 2019 Conservative Party (UK) leadership election
Description of subject: The 2019 Conservative Party (UK) leadership election was the internal party contest that selected Boris Johnson as Conservative leader and UK Prime Minister following Theresa May’s resignation.

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Jeremy Hunt ranInElection 2019 Conservative Party (UK) leadership election
2019 Conservative Party (UK) leadership election notableDebate 2019 Conservative Party (UK) leadership election self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: ITV leadership debate 2019