{"id":97316,"date":"2024-07-18T19:45:07","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T19:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/18\/tory-mps-win-1922-tug-of-war-with-party-officials-over-timeline-for-leadership-contest-to-replace-rishi-sunak\/"},"modified":"2024-07-18T19:45:07","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T19:45:07","slug":"tory-mps-win-1922-tug-of-war-with-party-officials-over-timeline-for-leadership-contest-to-replace-rishi-sunak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/18\/tory-mps-win-1922-tug-of-war-with-party-officials-over-timeline-for-leadership-contest-to-replace-rishi-sunak\/","title":{"rendered":"Tory MPs win 1922 tug of war with party officials over timeline for leadership contest to replace Rishi Sunak"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Senior Conservative MPs appear to have won a battle against party officials who wanted a speedy leadership contest to replace Rishi Sunak.<\/p>\n

At a meeting of the party’s board, new 1922 Committee chairman Bob Blackman told officials the overwhelming view of Tory MPs was: don’t rush the contest<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Leaders of the voluntary party had wanted a replacement for Mr Sunak elected in time for a coronation at the Tory conference in Birmingham, which starts on 29 September.<\/p>\n

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But following a long meeting of the 1922 Committee in the Commons on Wednesday evening, Mr Blackman told the board MPs favour hustings at the conference, with up to four candidates competing.<\/p>\n

An announcement on the timetable and rules for the contest had been expected after the board meeting, but the talks ended in deadlock and a decision was deferred until early next week.<\/p>\n

After the meeting, a party spokesperson told Sky News: “The party board met today and had a good discussion about the options for the leadership process presented by the 1922 executive committee.<\/p>\n

“The 1922 executive committee will meet again and announce the leadership process next week.”<\/p>\n

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Minutes later Mr Blackman issued a statement saying the committee had met on Wednesday “to set out the parameters for the upcoming leadership contest”.<\/p>\n

He said the board had met to “consider the options” and added: “The 1922 executive will meet next week to consider the rules and a statement will follow, outlining future proceedings.”<\/p>\n

The victory for Mr Blackman will come as a relief to MPs who fear a rushed contest could produce an unpopular leader and jeopardise hopes of a fightback after the crushing election defeat.<\/p>\n

On the Politics Hub<\/strong><\/a> on Sky News, Tory MP Alicia Kearns, who said she was elected as a member of the board on Wednesday, was asked by Ali Fortescue if she was in favour of a longer race.<\/p>\n

She replied: “I think it’s really important that we take the time as a party to discuss what’s happened, to learn. The reality is we have a lot of reflection to be doing.<\/p>\n

“And we need to be very humble in the way that we do that reflection. So I think it’s important we have the space to have that conversation as a party and to have that conversation with our members.”<\/p>\n

Who could compete to succeed Sunak?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Priti Patel, the former home secretary, has already let it be known she plans to stand.<\/p>\n

Sky News understands that if Mr Sunak wants to quit early, it is possible that an interim leader could fill the gap until a new leader is elected. Former leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith has been suggested.<\/p>\n

Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick are also certain to run and Suella Braverman, James Cleverly, Tom Tugendhat and Victoria Atkins are all likely candidates<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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After the board meeting ended with no agreement, a senior Tory insider told Sky News: “Bob Blackman and the 1922 Committee have won.<\/p>\n

“What appears to have happened is that the party board has had to give way.<\/p>\n

“At the ’22 on Wednesday every speaker said this should not be rushed.<\/p>\n

“The party officials wanted it to be rushed, however.<\/p>\n

“They wanted it over quickly and a new leader in time for the conference.”<\/p>\n

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MPs united on need for longer contest<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sky News understands that at the hustings for 1922 Committee chairman to replace Sir Graham Brady<\/strong><\/a>, which took place two weeks ago, Mr Blackman and his rival Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown both backed a long contest.<\/p>\n

“At the hustings, Bob Blackman proposed that four candidates should speak at the conference,” the Tory insider revealed.<\/p>\n

They added: “Geoffrey Clifton-Brown was not so specific, but was clear that a new leader should not be elected before the conference.<\/p>\n

“The MPs have effectively won, because they are now taking it beyond the summer recess.<\/p>\n

“Next week is the last full week before the House rises on 30 July, so the earliest the MPs can vote now is September.”<\/p>\n

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The Conservative Party board has around 20 members and is chaired by the party chairman, currently the interim chairman Richard Fuller, MP for North Bedfordshire.<\/p>\n

Its members include five members of the National Conservative Convention, the party treasurer and other officers, Scottish, Welsh and local government representatives and a Tory peer, former Thatcherite minister Lord Forsyth.<\/p>\n

As well as Ms Kearns, the MPs on the board are Mr Blackman, as 1922 Committee chairman, and three MPs who are elected: grandee and former cabinet minister Sir John Whittingdale, and ex-minister Mark Garnier. Ex-MP Nickie Aiken, party deputy chairman, is also a member.<\/p>\n

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If Mr Blackman’s proposals are adopted next week the election process will be similar to that in 2005, when five candidates took part in a “beauty contest” at the Tory conference in Blackpool.<\/p>\n

At the conference, in Blackpool’s Winter Gardens, David Cameron surged from outsider to favourite after a performance described by Sky News as “electrifying”.<\/p>\n

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