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) central organisation
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 Conservative Party (UK) leadership
politicalAlignment centre-right politics
conservatism
precededBy Liz Truss
reportsTo Conservative Party (UK) membership
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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