Handful of Tory MPs Could Remove Any New Leader Under Current Rules

Here’s an interesting one for the next five years of Tory parliamentary politics. Under the current rules for electing the leader of the Conservative Party – introduced in 1998 – a leadership contest can be triggered in two ways: if 15% of Conservative MPs write to the Chairman of the 1922 Committee saying they no longer have confidence in the leader of the Conservative Party, and the leader then loses that vote; or, if the current leader resigns. […] Read the rest