Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)

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The Leader of the Conservative Party (UK) is the head of the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party and typically serves as its chief political strategist and, when in government, often as Prime Minister.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf party leadership position
political office
appliesToPoliticalParty Conservative Party (UK)
associatedWithIdeology British conservatism
associatedWithLegislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
canBeRemovedBy Conservative Party (UK) internal rules
country United Kingdom
hasAuthorityOver Conservative Party (UK)
surface form: Conservative Party (UK) central organisation

Conservative Party (UK)
surface form: Conservative Party (UK) parliamentary party

Conservative Party (UK) policy direction
hasDuty appoint senior party officials
form a government when the Conservative Party (UK) has a majority in the House of Commons
lead national election campaigns for the Conservative Party (UK)
shape legislative agenda of the Conservative Party (UK)
hasHistoricalHolder Benjamin Disraeli
Boris Johnson
David Cameron
John Major
Liz Truss
Margaret Thatcher
Robert Peel
Theresa May
Winston Churchill
hasRole chief political strategist of the Conservative Party (UK)
head of the Conservative Party (UK)
party leader
principal public representative of the Conservative Party (UK)
inception 1834
isPositionHeldBy Conservative Party (UK) MP
isUsually Member of Parliament (UK)
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
jurisdiction United Kingdom national politics
nativeLabel Leader of the Conservative Party
officeHolder Rishi Sunak
officeHolderStartTime 2022-10-24
partOf Leader of the Conservative Party (UK) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Conservative Party (UK) leadership
politicalAlignment centre-right politics
conservatism
precededBy Rishi Sunak
surface form: Liz Truss
reportsTo Conservative Party (UK) membership
Conservative Party (UK)
surface form: Conservative Party (UK) parliamentary party
residence United Kingdom
scope national-level party leadership in the United Kingdom
seatRequirement normally must hold a seat in the House of Commons
selectionMethod election by Conservative Party (UK) members and MPs
termLength no fixed term
usedLanguage English
whenInGovernmentUsuallyHoldsOffice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
whenInOppositionUsuallyHoldsOffice Leader of the Opposition (UK)

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John Major positionHeld Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
Edward Heath positionHeld Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
David Cameron positionHeld Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
Benjamin Disraeli positionHeld Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
Boris Johnson positionHeld Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
poll tax (Community Charge) supportedBy Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Conservative Party leadership
Anthony Eden positionHeld Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
Neville Chamberlain positionHeld Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
William Hague positionHeld Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
Alec Douglas-Home positionHeld Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
Leader of the Conservative Party (UK) partOf Leader of the Conservative Party (UK) self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Conservative Party (UK) leadership
Heath positionHeld Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
subject surface form: Edward Heath
2016 Witney by-election preByElectionMPPosition Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Leader of the Conservative Party
Cameron positionHeld Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
subject surface form: David Cameron
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby positionHeld Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
Philip May spousePositionHeld Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
Margaret Hilda Roberts positionHeld Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
Boris positionHeld Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
subject surface form: Boris Johnson
Arthur Balfour positionHeld Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
Eden positionHeld Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
subject surface form: Anthony Eden
Andrew Bonar Law positionHeld Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
Lucy Ridsdale positionHeld Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
subject surface form: Stanley Baldwin
Edward Stanley, 19th Earl of Derby positionHeld Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
Sajid Javid officeContested Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
Lord Derby positionHeld Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
14th Earl of Home positionHeld Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
subject surface form: Alec Douglas-Home
Nicholas Howard positionHeld Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
subject surface form: Michael Howard
Leader of the Labour Party (New Zealand) isComparableTo Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
this entity surface form: Leader of the Conservative Party (United Kingdom)
Robert Anthony positionHeld Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
subject surface form: Anthony Eden
2019 Conservative Party (UK) leadership election officeContested Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)