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{{Short description|British leadership election to replace Boris Johnson}}

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{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election
| type = presidential
| flag_image = 
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 2019 Conservative Party leadership election
| previous_year = 2019
| election_date = {{Start and end dates|2022|07|13|2022|09|05|df=y}}
| turnout = 82.6% (Members' vote)
| next_election = October 2022 Conservative Party leadership election
| next_year = October 2022
| votes_for_election = {{crossreference|[[#Results|Full results for all candidates below]]|selfref=no}}
| 1blank = Fifth MPs' ballot
| 2blank = Members' vote

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| candidate1 = '''[[Liz Truss]]'''
| 1data1 = 113 (31.6%)
| 2data1 = '''81,326 (57.4%)'''

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| candidate2 = [[Rishi Sunak]]
| 1data2 = '''137 (38.3%)'''
| 2data2 = 60,399 (42.6%)
| title = Leader
| before_election = [[Boris Johnson]]
| after_election = [[Liz Truss]]
}}
The '''July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election''' was triggered by [[Boris Johnson]]'s announcement on 7 July 2022 that he would resign as [[Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)|Leader of the Conservative Party]] and [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]], after a series of political controversies.

In the [[2019 Conservative Party leadership election]], Johnson was elected to succeed [[Theresa May]] after she had been unable to secure a majority for her [[Brexit withdrawal agreement]]. After having lost his working majority to defections and his own suspensions of rebel [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Members of Parliament]], Johnson called [[2019 UK general election|a general election]] on a platform of completing the [[Brexit|UK's withdrawal from the European Union]]. In that general election, the Conservative Party won their biggest majority in Parliament since 1987, and Johnson was able to pass a revised version of May's withdrawal agreement.

In response to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom|COVID-19 pandemic in the UK]], Johnson and his government had instituted public health restrictions, including limitations on social interaction, that Johnson and some of his staff were later found to have broken. The resulting [[political scandal]] ([[Partygate]]), one of many in a string of controversies that characterised Johnson's premiership, severely damaged his personal reputation. Johnson won [[2022 vote of confidence in the Conservative Party leadership of Boris Johnson|a confidence vote]] by Conservative MPs in June 2022. The situation escalated with the [[Chris Pincher scandal]] in July 2022, and between 5 and 7 July, more than 60 [[List of government ministers of the United Kingdom|government ministers]], [[Parliamentary Private Secretary|parliamentary private secretaries]], [[Prime Ministerial Trade Envoy|trade envoys]], and [[Chairman of the Conservative Party|party vice-chairmen]] resigned in what was the largest mass resignation in British history. Many previously supportive MPs called for Johnson to resign. This brought about [[July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis|a government crisis]], culminating on 7 July, when Johnson announced that he would resign as party leader. Johnson also announced that he would remain as prime minister until a successor was elected.<ref>{{cite news |date=7 July 2022 |last1=Peston |first1=Robert|author-link = Robert Peston|title='Sad to be giving up': Johnson confirms he is resigning as prime minister |url=https://www.itv.com/news/2022-07-07/boris-johnson-set-to-resign-say-reports |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707190309/https://www.itv.com/news/2022-07-07/boris-johnson-set-to-resign-say-reports |archive-date=7 July 2022 |access-date=7 July 2022 |work=[[ITV News]]}}</ref>

Voting took place between 13 July and 2 September. After a series of MP ballots, the list of candidates was narrowed down to [[Liz Truss]], who served as [[Foreign Secretary]] and [[Minister for Women and Equalities]] under Johnson's leadership, and [[Rishi Sunak]], who served as [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] until 5 July. On 5 September, Truss was elected to lead the party, and [[Premiership of Liz Truss|assumed the premiership]] on 6 September.<ref name=final /><ref name=stillfinal /> In her victory speech, Truss thanked Johnson and stated that [[Truss ministry|her new government]] would cut taxes and deal with [[2021–2022 global energy crisis|the energy crisis]]. Truss would later resign after 50 days in office amid an [[October 2022 United Kingdom government crisis|economic and political crisis]], which made her the [[List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom by length of tenure|shortest-serving prime minister in British history]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Culbertson |first=Alix |date=2022-10-20 |title=Liz Truss resigns as prime minister after 44 days. |url=https://news.sky.com/story/liz-truss-to-resign-as-prime-minister-sky-news-understands-12723236 |access-date=2022-10-20 |website=Sky News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Walker |first1=Peter |last2=Crerar |first2=Pippa |last3=Elgot |first3=Jessica |date=2022-10-20 |title=Liz Truss resigns as PM and triggers fresh leadership election |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/oct/20/liz-truss-to-quit-as-prime-minister |access-date=2022-10-20 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref> Truss would be succeeded by Sunak, after he won [[October 2022 Conservative Party leadership election|the leadership contest to replace her]].<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Elgot |first1=Jessica |last2=Walker |first2=Peter |last3=Mason |first3=Rowena |date=2022-10-24 |title=New Tory leader Rishi Sunak says party facing 'existential threat' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/oct/24/sunak-poised-become-uk-pm-mordaunt-johnson-withdraw |access-date=2023-05-22 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

== Background ==
=== Brexit and the 2019 leadership election ===
{{main|Brexit|2019 Conservative Party leadership election}}

{{Boris Johnson sidebar}}
In the aftermath of the [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum]], [[David Cameron]] resigned the office of prime minister and was succeeded by [[Theresa May]]. As prime minister in the aftermath of the referendum, May began to negotiate a withdrawal agreement with the EU. After triggering [[Withdrawal from the European Union|Article 50]], a legal process that started the UK's formal departure from the EU, she called an [[2017 United Kingdom general election|early general election]], aiming to secure a larger Conservative majority to support her proposals for [[Brexit]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=9 June 2017|title=General election 2017: Why did Theresa May call an election?|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2017-40210957|access-date=19 January 2022|archive-date=4 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104194127/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2017-40210957|url-status=live}}</ref> However, the result of the election was a [[hung parliament]], with the Conservatives losing their majority.<ref>{{cite web|title=Results of the 2017 General Election – BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2017/results|access-date=19 January 2022|work=BBC News|archive-date=31 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531172514/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2017/results|url-status=live}}</ref> To continue governing, May negotiated a [[Conservative–DUP agreement|confidence-and-supply agreement with the Democratic Unionist Party]] (DUP).<ref>{{cite news|last=Maidment|first=Jack|date=26 June 2017|title=DUP agrees £1bn deal with Conservatives to prop up Theresa May's minority Government|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/26/arlene-foster-meet-theresa-may-finalise-dup-deal-prop-tory-minority/|url-status=live|access-date=26 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170626192342/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/26/arlene-foster-meet-theresa-may-finalise-dup-deal-prop-tory-minority/|archive-date=26 June 2017}}</ref> In December 2018, the Conservative Party triggered a vote of no confidence in May. She told Conservative MPs that she would resign after the UK's withdrawal from the EU, and before the next election. She survived the vote with 200 Conservative MPs voting for confidence and 117 voting for no confidence.<ref>{{cite news|date=13 December 2018|title=Theresa May survives vote of no confidence with clear support from MPs|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/theresa-may-wins-vote-confidence-conservative-leadership-brexit-deal-eu-vote-a8679986.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220618/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/theresa-may-wins-vote-confidence-conservative-leadership-brexit-deal-eu-vote-a8679986.html |archive-date=18 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=19 January 2022|work=The Independent |first1=Joe |last1=Watts |first2=Lizzy |last2=Buchan}}</ref> The leader of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]], [[Jeremy Corbyn]], called a [[2019 vote of confidence in the May ministry|vote of no confidence against May]] in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]], which she survived by 325 votes to 306. May was unable to pass her [[Brexit withdrawal agreement]] through [[Parliamentary votes on Brexit|several Parliamentary votes]], and announced her resignation in May 2019.<ref>{{cite news |title=Theresa May resigns: The PM announced she would quit as party leader on 7 June|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-48394091|access-date=19 January 2022|work=[[BBC News]] |first1=Kate |last1=Whannel |first2=Paul |last2=Seddon |first3=Francesca |last3=Gillett |first4=Hamish |last4=Mackay |first5=Alex |last5=Therrien |first6=Matt |last6=Cannon |archive-date=15 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190615020141/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-48394091|url-status=live}}</ref>

Ten Conservative MPs were nominated in the 2019 leadership election and they were: former [[Foreign Secretary]] Johnson, who had served as foreign secretary under May before resigning from [[Premiership of Theresa May|her cabinet]], foreign secretary [[Jeremy Hunt]], [[Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs|environment secretary]] [[Michael Gove]], [[Secretary of State for Health and Social Care|health secretary]] [[Matt Hancock]], the [[Chief Whip|government chief whip]] [[Mark Harper]], [[Home Secretary]] [[Sajid Javid]], [[Leader of the House of Commons]] [[Andrea Leadsom]], [[Secretary of State for Work and Pensions|work and pensions secretary]] [[Esther McVey]], [[Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union|Brexit secretary]] [[Dominic Raab]] and [[Secretary of State for International Development|Development secretary]] [[Rory Stewart]]. The candidates went through sequential ballots of Conservative MPs until two candidates remained: Hunt and Johnson. Hunt and Johnson went to a vote by Conservative Party members, which saw Johnson elected with 66.4% of the vote to Hunt's 33.6% when the result was announced by the chairman of the 1922 committee, Dame [[Cheryl Gillan]], at the [[Queen Elizabeth II Centre]] in [[Westminster]] on 23 July 2019.<ref>{{cite news|date=23 July 2019|title=Boris Johnson elected new Tory leader|url=http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jul/23/boris-johnson-elected-new-tory-leader-prime-minister|access-date=19 January 2022|work=[[The Guardian]]|archive-date=23 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123233538/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jul/23/boris-johnson-elected-new-tory-leader-prime-minister|url-status=live |first1=Heather |last1=Stewart }}</ref>

=== 2019 general election ===
{{main|2019 United Kingdom general election|Premiership of Boris Johnson}}
As prime minister, Johnson initially had a majority of a single vote. He lost this when the Conservative MP [[Phillip Lee (politician)|Phillip Lee]] [[crossed the floor]] on 3 September 2019 to join the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]], accusing Johnson's government of "aggressively pursuing a damaging Brexit in unprincipled ways".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Proctor |first1=Kate |last2=Walker |first2=Peter |last3=Stewart |first3=Heather|date=3 September 2019|title=Phillip Lee quits Tories, leaving government without a majority|url=http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/03/phillip-lee-quits-tories-leaving-government-without-a-majority|access-date=19 January 2022|work=[[The Guardian]]|archive-date=20 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211220022727/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/03/phillip-lee-quits-tories-leaving-government-without-a-majority|url-status=live}}</ref> Twenty-one Conservative MPs voted to allow the House of Commons to consider a bill tabled by the Labour MP [[Hilary Benn]] that would require Johnson to seek an extension to date of the UK's withdrawal from the European Union from 31 October 2019 to 31 January 2020 if Parliament had not approved a withdrawal agreement or voted to allow the UK to leave the EU without a deal. Johnson [[2019 suspension of rebel Conservative MPs|removed the whip from the twenty-one MPs]] in what ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' described as "one of the biggest parliamentary bloodbaths in history".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Mikhailova|first=Anna|date=4 September 2019|title=Boris Johnson to strip 21 Tory MPs of the Tory whip in parliamentary bloodbath|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/09/04/parliament-whip-removed/|access-date=19 January 2022|issn=0307-1235|archive-date=5 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905012258/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/09/04/parliament-whip-removed/|url-status=live}}</ref> Shortly afterward [[Amber Rudd]] resigned from Johnson's cabinet and left the Conservative Party in protest, and Johnson's brother [[Jo Johnson]] resigned as a minister and announced that he would stand down as an MP.<ref>{{cite news|date=5 September 2019|title=Jo Johnson quits as MP and minister, citing 'national interest'|url=http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/05/jo-johnson-quits-as-mp-and-minister-citing-national-interest|access-date=19 January 2022|work=[[The Guardian]]|archive-date=8 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308112801/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/05/jo-johnson-quits-as-mp-and-minister-citing-national-interest|url-status=live |first1=Jessica |last1=Elgot |first2=Peter |last2=Walker}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=7 September 2019|title=Amber Rudd quits cabinet and attacks PM for 'political vandalism'|url=http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/07/amber-rudd-resigns-from-cabinet-and-surrenders-conservative-whip|access-date=19 January 2022|work=[[The Guardian]]|archive-date=12 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220312202515/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/07/amber-rudd-resigns-from-cabinet-and-surrenders-conservative-whip|url-status=live |first1=Toby |last1=Helm |first2=Michael |last2=Savage |first3=Andrew |last3=Rawnsley |first4=Daniel |last4=Boffey}}</ref>

Johnson sought an early general election, but was initially unsuccessful as a majority of MPs wanted to remove the possibility of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.<ref>{{cite news|last= Mason |first=Rowena|date=10 September 2019|title=Boris Johnson loses sixth vote in six days as election bid fails| url=http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/09/mps-order-johnson-to-hand-over-aides-messages-about-prorogation|access-date=19 January 2022|work=[[The Guardian]] |archive-date=30 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220130152615/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/09/mps-order-johnson-to-hand-over-aides-messages-about-prorogation|url-status=live}}</ref> After [[European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019|Benn's bill became law]] despite Johnson's opposition, he agreed an extension to the UK's withdrawal date and negotiated revisions to the withdrawal agreement. He went on to put forward the [[Early Parliamentary General Election Act 2019]], which passed and resulted in the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019 general election]].<ref>{{cite news|date=1 December 2020|title=Boris Johnson able to call early election under proposed new law|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-55144604|access-date=19 January 2022|archive-date=1 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220101085526/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-55144604|url-status=live}}</ref> The Conservative Party won a majority of eighty, with 365 seats. This was its largest majority since that of [[1987 United Kingdom general election|Margaret Thatcher in 1987]], and the largest share of the vote since [[1979 United Kingdom general election|Thatcher's 1979 victory]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Holder |first1=Josh |last2=Voce |first2=Antonio |last3=Barr |first3=Caelainn |date=13 December 2019 |title=How did Boris Johnson achieve his landslide victory? A visual guide |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2019/dec/13/boris-johnson-achieves-landslide-victory-visual-guide |access-date=10 July 2022 |archive-date=11 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220711085717/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2019/dec/13/boris-johnson-achieves-landslide-victory-visual-guide |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Fletcher |first=Harry |date=8 July 2022 |title=Boris Johnson's resignation speech in numbers |url=https://www.indy100.com/politics/boris-johnson-resignation-speech |access-date=12 July 2022 |website=indy100 |archive-date=9 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709121444/https://www.indy100.com/politics/boris-johnson-resignation-speech |url-status=live }}</ref> They gained seats in the north of England that had been held by the Labour Party for decades.<ref>{{cite web|title=Results of the 2019 General Election|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2019/results|access-date=19 January 2022|website=BBC News|archive-date=13 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213002342/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2019/results|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== COVID-19 pandemic and Partygate ===
{{main|COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom|Partygate}}
Less than two months after the 2019 election, cases of [[COVID-19]] (which was declared [[COVID-19 pandemic|a pandemic]] by the [[World Health Organization]] in March 2020) had [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom|spread to the UK]]. The ''[[BBC]]'' wrote "The UK's failure to do more to stop Covid spreading early in the pandemic was one of the country's worst public health failures, a report by MPs says."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-58876089 |title=Covid: UK's early response worst public health failure ever, MPs say |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701202741/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-58876089 |archive-date=1 July 2022 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=12 October 2021 |first1=Nick |last1=Triggle}}</ref> A legally-enforced [[COVID-19 lockdowns|lockdown]] was announced on 23 March, banning all non-essential travel and contact with other people, and shutting schools, businesses, venues and gathering places.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Timeline of UK coronavirus lockdowns, March 2020 to March 2021 |work=Institute for Government |access-date=6 September 2022 |url=https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/sites/default/files/timeline-lockdown-web.pdf |archive-date=10 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910103534/https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/sites/default/files/timeline-lockdown-web.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> People were told to stay at home except for essential purposes and to [[Social distancing|keep apart]] in public. Those with symptoms, and their households, were told to [[Self-isolation|self-isolate]], while those considered at highest risk were told to [[Social distancing#Shielding|shield]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=UK coronavirus: Boris Johnson announces strict lockdown across country – as it happened |last=Sparrow |first=Andrew |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=23 March 2020 |access-date=6 September 2022 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2020/mar/23/uk-coronavirus-live-news-latest-boris-johnson-minister-condemns-people-ignoring-two-metre-distance-rule-in-parks-as-very-selfish?page=with%3Ablock-5e791dd78f08cc9a81947036 |archive-date=8 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808204616/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2020/mar/23/uk-coronavirus-live-news-latest-boris-johnson-minister-condemns-people-ignoring-two-metre-distance-rule-in-parks-as-very-selfish?page=with:block-5e791dd78f08cc9a81947036 |url-status=live }}</ref> In late March, Johnson himself tested positive and was hospitalised with the disease.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Coronavirus: Boris Johnson moved to intensive care as symptoms worsen |work=BBC News |date=7 April 2020 |access-date=6 September 2022 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52192604 |archive-date=3 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603231733/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52192604 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[British government response to the COVID-19 pandemic|Johnson's government responded]] by enacting emergency powers and widespread societal measures including several [[COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom|lockdowns]], and approved a [[COVID-19 vaccination in the United Kingdom|vaccination programme]] that began in December 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Covid vaccine: UK woman becomes first in world to receive Pfizer jab |last=Murray |first=Jessica |work=The Guardian |date=8 December 2020 |access-date=6 September 2022 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/08/coventry-woman-90-first-patient-to-receive-covid-vaccine-in-nhs-campaign |archive-date=14 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714152838/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/08/coventry-woman-90-first-patient-to-receive-covid-vaccine-in-nhs-campaign |url-status=live }}</ref> While reception for Johnson's leadership during the crisis was mixed, the Conservative Party consistently, if narrowly at times, lead in the polls during the pandemic.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Verdict on Boris Johnson's Legacy Is Mixed |last=Ghosh |first=Bobby |work=Bloomberg.com |date=7 July 2022 |access-date=6 September 2022 |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-07-07/the-verdict-on-boris-johnson-s-legacy-is-mixed }}</ref> However, the Conservatives' polling lead began to falter in November 2021 following the emergence of the [[Owen Paterson scandal]], with Johnson backing an effort to overturn a parliamentary suspension that had been recommended after Paterson was judged to have breached rules relating to paid advocacy. While Johnson subsequently described his actions in supporting Paterson as a "total mistake"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Boris Johnson admits defending Owen Paterson was ‘total mistake’ |last=Walker |first=Peter |work=The Guardian |date=17 November 2021 |access-date=19 July 2023 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/nov/17/boris-johnson-admits-defending-owen-paterson-was-total-mistake}}</ref>, the incident dropped the Conservative Party to being roughly level with the Labour Party; the Conservatives would thereafter never regain a consistent polling lead for the remainder of Johnson's premiership.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Timeline of crises engulfing Boris Johnson’s leadership |last=Wingate |first=Sophie |work=Evening Standard |date=5 July 2022 |access-date=19 July 2023 |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/boris-johnson-downing-street-owen-paterson-geoffrey-cox-liberal-democrat-b1010437.html }}</ref>

[[File:Sue Gray report Fig 6.jpg|thumb|Johnson at one of the 2020 gatherings at which some attendees breached COVID-19 regulations. Reports of these gatherings led to the [[Partygate]] scandal, which ultimately played a role in Johnson's resignation as prime minister.]]

Beginning in December 2021, the media reported that there had been [[Partygate|social gatherings]] by the Conservative Party and UK government staff during public health restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. These included an occasion in which Johnson and the [[spouse of the prime minister of the United Kingdom]] [[Carrie Johnson]] were pictured with seventeen staff members having [[Wine and food pairing|cheese and wine]] in [[Garden of 10 and 11 Downing Street|the garden]] of [[10 Downing Street]] during the [[COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom|first COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom]], which the [[Prime Minister's Official Spokesperson (UK)|prime minister's official spokesperson]] later said was a "work meeting".<ref>{{cite news |date=19 December 2021|title=Chatting over cheese and wine: anatomy of Downing Street lockdown gathering|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/dec/19/chatting-over-cheese-and-wine-anatomy-downing-street-lockdown-gathering-picture|access-date=19 January 2022|work=[[The Guardian]] |first1=Peter |last1=Walker |archive-date=11 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111211855/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/dec/19/chatting-over-cheese-and-wine-anatomy-downing-street-lockdown-gathering-picture|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=20 December 2021|title=Downing Street garden photo shows people working, says Boris Johnson|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59722081|access-date=19 January 2022|archive-date=14 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220114120024/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59722081|url-status=live}}</ref> Johnson admitted attending "socially distanced drinks" organised by [[Martin Reynolds (civil servant)|Martin Reynolds]], Johnson's [[Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|principal private secretary]], during the same lockdown. Johnson said he thought it was a "work meeting", while [[Dominic Cummings]], who was an [[Downing Street Chief of Staff|adviser]] to Johnson at the time, said that he had warned the prime minister against it.<ref name="bbc_cum">{{cite news|date=7 January 2022|title=No 10 drinks may have broken lockdown rules, says PM's ex-aide Dominic Cummings|work=[[BBC News]]|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59913081|access-date=7 January 2022|archive-date=7 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107183440/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59913081|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="auto7">{{cite web|date=10 January 2022|title=Email proves Downing Street staff held drinks party at height of lockdown|url=https://www.itv.com/news/2022-01-10/email-proves-downing-street-staff-held-drinks-party-at-height-of-lockdown|url-status=live|website=ITV News|access-date=19 January 2022|archive-date=20 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120084744/https://www.itv.com/news/2022-01-10/email-proves-downing-street-staff-held-drinks-party-at-height-of-lockdown |first1=Paul |last1=Brand }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=11 January 2022|title=PM facing growing anger over Downing Street drinks party|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59951671|access-date=11 January 2022|archive-date=11 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111133510/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59951671|url-status=live}}</ref> There were other events reported involving Johnson and his staff.<ref>{{cite web|title=Covid: Ex No 10 staff member sorry for lockdown leaving party|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-59983239|access-date=14 January 2022|website=BBC News|date=14 January 2022 |archive-date=14 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220114080133/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-59983239|url-status=live}}</ref> An inquiry into the allegations was begun by the [[Cabinet Secretary (United Kingdom)|cabinet secretary]] [[Simon Case]], but after it was reported that his own office had held a party in December 2020, the inquiry was passed to [[Sue Gray (civil servant)|Sue Gray]], another senior civil servant.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sue Gray report: When is inquiry due, what does it mean for Boris Johnson and who decides what happens next?|url=https://news.sky.com/story/boris-johnson-what-could-sue-grays-inquiry-mean-for-the-pm-and-who-decides-what-happens-next-12515588|access-date=19 January 2022|publisher=[[Sky News]]|archive-date=19 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119135530/https://news.sky.com/story/boris-johnson-what-could-sue-grays-inquiry-mean-for-the-pm-and-who-decides-what-happens-next-12515588|url-status=live |first1=Lara |last1=Keay }}</ref> There was negative reaction against Johnson from Conservative MPs, with some calling for him to resign. Johnson said "nobody said this was something that was against the rules" and that he took "full responsibility for what took place".<ref>{{cite web|last=Culbertson|first=Alix|date=19 January 2022|title=Boris Johnson says 'nobody told me' Number 10 lockdown garden party was against the rules|url=https://news.sky.com/story/boris-johnson-says-nobody-told-me-no-10-lockdown-garden-party-was-against-the-rules-12519115|url-status=live|publisher=Sky News|access-date=19 January 2022|archive-date=19 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119200545/https://news.sky.com/story/boris-johnson-says-nobody-told-me-no-10-lockdown-garden-party-was-against-the-rules-12519115}}</ref> Johnson, his wife Carrie, and [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] [[Rishi Sunak]] all received [[fixed penalty notice]]s from the police.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PM, Carrie and Chancellor hit with fines for lockdown-busting party breaches |last=McShane |first=Asher |work=LBC |date=12 April 2022 |access-date=6 September 2022 |url=https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/pm-and-chancellor-to-receive-fines-for-downing-street-lockdown-parties/ |archive-date=26 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526115540/https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/pm-and-chancellor-to-receive-fines-for-downing-street-lockdown-parties/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Conservative Party rules mean that a confidence vote is triggered by 15% of MPs sending letters to [[Graham Brady]], who chairs the [[1922 Committee]]. There were reports that the threshold would be reached imminently in January 2022.<ref>{{cite web|title=Boris Johnson: More Tory MPs submit no confidence letters as pressure to oust PM mounts|url=https://news.sky.com/story/boris-johnson-more-tory-mps-submit-no-confidence-letters-as-pressure-to-oust-pm-mounts-12519687|access-date=19 January 2022|publisher=Sky News|archive-date=19 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119102906/https://news.sky.com/story/boris-johnson-more-tory-mps-submit-no-confidence-letters-as-pressure-to-oust-pm-mounts-12519687|url-status=live |first1=Alix |last1=Culbertson }}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'' reported that several Conservative MPs were waiting until Gray's report into the alleged parties before deciding whether to send letters to Brady.<ref name="Guardian-22Jan22">{{cite news |last1=Skopeliti |first1=Clea|date=22 January 2022|title=About a dozen Tory MPs said to have accused party whips of blackmail|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jan/22/about-a-dozen-tory-mps-said-to-have-accused-party-whips-of-blackmail|access-date=18 July 2022|work=[[The Guardian]]|archive-date=22 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122111312/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jan/22/about-a-dozen-tory-mps-said-to-have-accused-party-whips-of-blackmail|url-status=live }}</ref> The Conservative MP [[Christian Wakeford]] defected to the Labour Party on 19 January 2022, saying that Johnson and the Conservative Party were "incapable of offering the leadership and government this country deserves".<ref>{{cite news|date=19 January 2022|title=Tory MP Christian Wakeford defects to Labour|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-60054968|access-date=19 January 2022|archive-date=19 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119122427/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-60054968|url-status=live}}</ref> The ''[[New Statesman]]'' reported that some Conservative MPs were delaying sending letters to Brady after Wakeford's defection demonstrated that division in the Conservative Party benefitted Labour.<ref>{{cite web|date=19 January 2022|title=Why Tory MPs have given Boris Johnson a stay of execution|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/conservatives/2022/01/why-tory-mps-have-given-boris-johnson-a-stay-of-execution|access-date=19 January 2022|website=New Statesman|archive-date=19 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119193401/https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/conservatives/2022/01/why-tory-mps-have-given-boris-johnson-a-stay-of-execution|url-status=live |first1=Ailbhe |last1=Rea}}</ref> Around the same time, the Conservative MP [[William Wragg]] said that his party's whips were using [[blackmail]] and threats of withdrawing funding in MPs' constituencies to secure their votes.<ref name="Guardian-22Jan22"/> Another Conservative MP, [[Nus Ghani]], said that a whip had told her that her practice of [[Islam]] was discussed when deciding to fire her from her ministerial role in 2020.<ref>{{cite news |first1=Caroline |last1=Wheeler |first2=Rosamund |last2=Urwin |first3=Gabriel |last3=Pogrund|title=Nusrat Ghani: I was sacked as a minister 'because I was a Muslim'|newspaper=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/nusrat-ghani-i-was-sacked-as-a-minister-because-i-was-a-muslim-p38lmvlvg|access-date=24 January 2022|issn=0140-0460|archive-date=23 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123224519/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/nusrat-ghani-i-was-sacked-as-a-minister-because-i-was-a-muslim-p38lmvlvg|url-status=live}}</ref> Wragg and Ghani were vice-chairs of the 1922 Committee, which was said to be considering reducing the period after an unsuccessful vote of no confidence before which a new vote could be triggered from twelve months to six months. ''[[The Times]]'' reported these as all being serious threats to Johnson being able to remain in his position.<ref>{{cite news|last=Zeffman|first=Henry|title=Boris Johnson survival: Grenades are going off everywhere — but will any prove fatal?|newspaper=The Times|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/boris-johnson-survival-grenades-are-going-off-everywhere-but-will-any-prove-fatal-6dxr6gztc|access-date=24 January 2022|issn=0140-0460|archive-date=24 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124010745/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/boris-johnson-survival-grenades-are-going-off-everywhere-but-will-any-prove-fatal-6dxr6gztc|url-status=live}}</ref>

Sunak was thought by some cabinet ministers to be "plotting against" Johnson.<ref name=":2">{{cite news |first1=Caroline |last1=Wheeler |first2=Tim |last2=Shipman |title=Vengeful cabinet turns on 'plotter' Sunak as succession rumours intensify|newspaper=The Times|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/vengeful-cabinet-turns-on-plotter-sunak-as-succession-rumours-intensify-9ncmlpq8w|access-date=7 February 2022|issn=0140-0460|archive-date=7 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207072501/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/vengeful-cabinet-turns-on-plotter-sunak-as-succession-rumours-intensify-9ncmlpq8w|url-status=live}}</ref> ''The Times'' reported that his supporters were planning for him to lend votes to another candidate so that the foreign secretary [[Liz Truss]], seen as his main rival, would not reach the final two candidates.<ref name=":2" /> On 3 February 2022, when eight MPs had publicly announced that they had submitted letters of no confidence in Johnson, the ''[[Financial Times]]'' reported that "backbenchers estimate the actual number to be in the region of 30".<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Payne |first1=Sebastian |last2=Cameron-Chileshe |first2=Jasmine |date=4 February 2022 |title=Boris Johnson woos Tory backbenchers with a 'direct line' to Downing Street |work=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/74a74d5b-0520-4678-9035-07c69fdc9a7f |access-date=4 February 2022 |archive-date=4 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220204194045/https://www.ft.com/content/74a74d5b-0520-4678-9035-07c69fdc9a7f |url-status=live }}</ref> After the [[Sue Gray report]] was published on 25 May, several Tory MPs called for Johnson to resign. By 31 May 17 Conservative MPs had publicly announced they had sent in a letter of no confidence to the 1922 committee. Forty-one Conservative MPs questioning Johnson's position.<ref>{{cite news |last=Culbertson |first=Alix |title=Partygate: Which Conservative MPs have called on Boris Johnson to quit? |url=https://news.sky.com/story/all-the-tory-mps-who-we-know-have-submitted-letters-of-no-confidence-in-boris-johnson-so-far-12519797 |access-date=4 June 2022 |publisher=Sky News |date=31 May 2022 |archive-date=6 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220606083633/https://news.sky.com/story/all-the-tory-mps-who-we-know-have-submitted-letters-of-no-confidence-in-boris-johnson-so-far-12519797 |url-status=live}}</ref> ''The Times'' reported that one rebel believed the true number of letters to be "up to 67", with another backbencher saying 190 MPs could vote against Johnson, enough to remove him.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shipman |first1=Tim |title=Can Boris Johnson weather the coming storm? |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/can-boris-johnson-weather-the-coming-storm-tbcj89fjn |access-date=4 June 2022 |work=The Times |date=4 June 2022 |archive-date=4 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604170915/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/can-boris-johnson-weather-the-coming-storm-tbcj89fjn |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="VONC 7 June">{{cite web |last1=Neilan |first1=Catherine |date=31 May 2022 |title=Tory MPs believe 'enough' letters of no confidence in Boris Johnson have been submitted to trigger a leadership vote |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/enough-letters-to-force-boris-johnson-leadership-vote-tory-mps-2022-5 |access-date=31 May 2022 |website=Insider |archive-date=31 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531095836/https://www.businessinsider.com/enough-letters-to-force-boris-johnson-leadership-vote-tory-mps-2022-5 |url-status=live}}</ref>

=== June 2022 confidence vote ===
{{main|2022 vote of confidence in the Conservative Party leadership of Boris Johnson}}
On 6 June 2022, following the [[Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II]], [[Graham Brady]] announced that the threshold of 54 letters of no confidence had been met and that a vote of confidence in Johnson would be held in the evening of the same day.<ref name=":4">{{cite news |date=6 June 2022 |title=Boris Johnson to face no confidence vote today as scores of Tory MPs call on him to go |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jun/06/boris-johnson-face-confidence-vote-scores-tory-mps-call-on-him-to-go |access-date=6 June 2022 |work=[[The Guardian]] |first=Peter |last=Walker |archive-date=6 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220606071522/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jun/06/boris-johnson-face-confidence-vote-scores-tory-mps-call-on-him-to-go |url-status=live}}</ref> A majority of Conservative MPs voted confidence in Johnson to continue as party leader. More than 40% of Conservative MPs voted no confidence, which ''[[The Guardian]]'' described as "a larger than expected rebellion".<ref>{{cite web |date=6 June 2022 |title=Boris Johnson wins no-confidence vote despite unexpectedly large rebellion |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jun/06/boris-johnson-wins-no-confidence-vote-despite-unexpectedly-large-rebellion |access-date=6 June 2022 |work=[[The Guardian]] |first=Rowena |last=Mason |archive-date=6 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220606200653/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jun/06/boris-johnson-wins-no-confidence-vote-despite-unexpectedly-large-rebellion |url-status=live}}</ref>
{{#section:2022 vote of confidence in the Conservative Party leadership of Boris Johnson|voting}}

=== Government crisis ===
{{main|Chris Pincher scandal|July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis}}
[[File:Prime Minister Boris Johnson's statement in Downing Street 7 July 2022.png|thumb|right|250px|Johnson announces his pending resignation outside [[10 Downing Street]] on 7 July 2022; he left office on 6 September.]]
In late June 2022, the Conservative MP [[Chris Pincher]] resigned as [[Whip (politics)|deputy chief government whip]] after allegations were made that he had groped two men.<ref>{{cite news |date=1 July 2022 |title=Chris Pincher: Tory whip resigns saying he 'embarrassed himself' |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62002088 |access-date=6 July 2022 |archive-date=5 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705220059/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62002088 |url-status=live |first1=Joseph |last1=Lee |first2=Joshua |last2=Nevett}}</ref> Johnson initially refused to suspend the whip from him, and his spokesperson defended his initial appointment, saying Johnson had not been aware of allegations against him.<ref>{{cite news |last=Mason |first=Rowena |date=4 July 2022 |title=Chris Pincher: a timeline of allegations and investigations |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/04/chris-pincher-a-timeline-of-allegations-and-investigations |access-date=6 July 2022 |work=[[The Guardian]]|archive-date=5 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705183806/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/04/chris-pincher-a-timeline-of-allegations-and-investigations |url-status=live}}</ref> More allegations of groping were made against Pincher. The former permanent secretary to the foreign office [[Simon McDonald, Baron McDonald of Salford|Simon McDonald]] wrote that Johnson had been personally briefed on previous allegations against Pincher in 2019.<ref name=":12">{{cite news |last=Shipman |first=Tim |title=Boris the cat with nine lives has finally been neutered |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/boris-the-cat-with-nine-lives-has-finally-been-neutered-nq7hnwndv |access-date=9 July 2022 |issn=0140-0460 |archive-date=9 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709172315/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/boris-the-cat-with-nine-lives-has-finally-been-neutered-nq7hnwndv |url-status=live }}</ref> On 4 July, Johnson admitted that he had known about allegations at the time he appointed him.<ref>{{cite news |date=4 July 2022 |title=Johnson aware of some claims about Chris Pincher in February, No 10 admits |last= Mason |first=Rowena|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/04/no-10-pm-was-aware-of-some-claims-about-chris-pincher-in-february |access-date=6 July 2022 |work=The Guardian |archive-date=5 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705085320/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/04/no-10-pm-was-aware-of-some-claims-about-chris-pincher-in-february |url-status=live}}</ref> Several ministers resigned on 5 July, including the [[chancellor of the Exchequer]] Sunak and the [[Secretary of State for Health and Social Care|health secretary]] Javid.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cabinet resignations: Who's staying and who's going? Ministers reveal if they are backing Boris Johnson after Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid quit |url=https://news.sky.com/story/cabinet-resignations-whos-staying-and-whos-going-ministers-reveal-if-they-are-backing-boris-johnson-after-rishi-sunak-and-sajid-javid-quit-12646480 |access-date=6 July 2022 |publisher=Sky News |archive-date=6 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706062441/https://news.sky.com/story/cabinet-resignations-whos-staying-and-whos-going-ministers-reveal-if-they-are-backing-boris-johnson-after-rishi-sunak-and-sajid-javid-quit-12646480 |url-status=live}}</ref> Several politicians who had been discussed as potential leadership candidates, including Truss, expressed their continuing support for Johnson.<ref>{{cite news |date=5 July 2022 |title=Dominic Raab, Liz Truss and Priti Patel stand by Boris Johnson as Cabinet implodes |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-raab-truss-patel-b2116445.html |access-date=6 July 2022 |website=The Independent |archive-date=5 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705183234/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-raab-truss-patel-b2116445.html |url-status=live |first1=Jon |last1=Stone}}</ref> The journalist [[Tim Shipman]] wrote in ''[[The Times]]'' that the transport secretary [[Grant Shapps]], who had kept records of supporters in the earlier confidence vote, told Johnson that he could only guarantee 28 votes of confidence if a new vote were called.<ref name=":12" />

Johnson appointed the prospective leadership candidate [[Nadhim Zahawi]] as chancellor, with reports that Zahawi had threatened to resign unless he were given the role.<ref>{{cite news |last1= Stewart |first1=Heather |last2=Mason |first2=Rowena |last3=Elgot |first3=Jessica |date=5 July 2022 |title=Sajid Javid and Rishi Sunak quit – throwing Boris Johnson's future into doubt |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/05/sajid-javid-and-rishi-sunak-quit-throwing-boris-johnsons-future-into-doubt |access-date=6 July 2022 |work=[[The Guardian]] |archive-date=5 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705182454/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/05/sajid-javid-and-rishi-sunak-quit-throwing-boris-johnsons-future-into-doubt |url-status=live}}</ref> He appointed [[Michelle Donelan]] as education secretary, Zahawi's previous role.<ref>{{cite news |date=6 July 2022 |title=Who is Michelle Donelan and what is the new education secretary facing? |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-62061251 |access-date=7 July 2022 |archive-date=7 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707031603/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-62061251 |url-status=live |first1=Hazel |last1=Shearing}}</ref> Many more ministers resigned on 6 July.<ref>{{cite news |date=6 July 2022 |title=Government resignations: Who has gone, who is staying? |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62058278 |access-date=6 July 2022 |archive-date=5 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705211035/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62058278 |url-status=live }}</ref> Several Conservative MPs, including the [[Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities|levelling-up secretary]] Gove, told Johnson he should resign.<ref>{{cite news |date=6 July 2022 |title=Boris Johnson: Embattled PM vows to keep going amid Tory revolt |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62065534 |access-date=6 July 2022 |archive-date=6 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706120259/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62065534 |url-status=live }}</ref> Johnson fired Gove the same day, citing disloyalty.<ref>{{cite news |date=6 July 2022 |title=Michael Gove sacked 'for disloyalty': allies reveal how it happened |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/06/michael-gove-sacked-for-disloyalty-allies-reveal-how-it-happened |last1= Elgot |first1=Jessica|access-date=18 July 2022 |work=[[The Guardian]] |archive-date=6 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706210916/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/06/michael-gove-sacked-for-disloyalty-allies-reveal-how-it-happened |url-status=live}}</ref> The next day, Zahawi and Donelan called for Johnson to resign, with Donelan herself resigning from the cabinet.<ref>{{cite web |title=New Education Secretary Michelle Donelan quits as Nadhim Zahawi tells Boris Johnson "go now" |url=https://news.sky.com/story/nadhim-zahawi-tells-boris-johnson-you-must-do-the-right-thing-and-go-now-12647338 |access-date=7 July 2022 |author= Scott, Jennifer|publisher=[[Sky News]] |archive-date=7 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707075448/https://news.sky.com/story/nadhim-zahawi-tells-boris-johnson-you-must-do-the-right-thing-and-go-now-12647338 |url-status=live}}</ref> A poll by [[YouGov]] showed that 59% of Conservative Party members wanted Johnson to resign.<ref>{{cite web |title=Most Conservative party members want Boris Johnson to resign |author=Smith, Matthew |url=https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articles-reports/2022/07/07/most-conservative-party-members-want-boris-johnson |access-date=18 July 2022 |date=7 July 2022 |website=[[YouGov]] |archive-date=8 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708121946/https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articles-reports/2022/07/07/most-conservative-party-members-want-boris-johnson |url-status=live }}</ref> Johnson announced his pending resignation on the same day, 7 July, saying a new leader would take office before October 2022.<ref>{{cite news |last=Maidment |first=Jack |date=7 July 2022 |title=Boris Johnson to resign leaving power vacuum at top of Tory party |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/07/boris-johnson-resign-news-government-resignations-gove-zahawi/ |access-date=7 July 2022 |issn=0307-1235 |archive-date=7 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707060750/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/07/boris-johnson-resign-news-government-resignations-gove-zahawi/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{cite news |date=7 July 2022 |title=Boris Johnson to resign as Conservative leader |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/07/boris-johnson-to-resign-as-conservative-leader |access-date=7 July 2022 |work=The Guardian |archive-date=7 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707103305/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/07/boris-johnson-to-resign-as-conservative-leader |url-status=live |first1=Rowena |last1=Mason |first2=Jessica |last2=Elgot |first3=Heather |last3=Stewart}}</ref> He would stay on as prime minister until his successor's election. Several Conservative MPs said he should step down as prime minister, and [[Keir Starmer]], the leader of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]], said he would call a parliamentary [[Motion of no confidence|vote of no-confidence]] in the government if Johnson did not quickly resign as prime minister.<ref>{{cite news |date=7 July 2022 |title=Boris Johnson resigns as Conservative leader after cabinet revolt |last=Mason |first=Rowena |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/07/boris-johnson-resigns-as-conservative-leader-after-cabinet-revolt |access-date=7 July 2022 |work=The Guardian |archive-date=7 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707113557/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/07/boris-johnson-resigns-as-conservative-leader-after-cabinet-revolt |url-status=live}}</ref>

== Election details ==
The process for the 2022 leadership election was approved by the [[1922 Committee]] on 11 July.<ref name=":9">{{cite news |date=11 July 2022 |title=Britain to have new PM by 5 September as Tory leadership rules announced |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/11/britain-new-pm-5-september-tory-leadership-rules-announced |access-date=18 July 2022 |work=[[The Guardian]] |author=Allegretti, Aubrey |archive-date=11 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220711234943/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/11/britain-new-pm-5-september-tory-leadership-rules-announced |url-status=live }}</ref> Nominations opened and closed on 12 July, with each candidate needing to have nominations from at least 20 Conservative MPs to reach the first ballot.<ref name=":9" /> Johnson, as the departing leader, was not eligible to run in the ensuing contest.<ref name=":3">{{cite web |date=January 2021 |title=Constitution of the Conservative Party |url=https://public.conservatives.com/organisation-department/202101/Conservative%20Party%20Constitution%20%20as%20amended%20January%202021.pdf |access-date=28 May 2022 |archive-date=20 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920212357/https://public.conservatives.com/organisation-department/202101/Conservative%20Party%20Constitution%20%20as%20amended%20January%202021.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

The first MP ballot was held on 13 July. Under the new rules enacted for the election, candidates would need to have at least 30 votes from MPs to avoid dropping out, eliminating [[Health and Social Care Select Committee]] chair and current [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] [[Jeremy Hunt]] and current [[Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster]] [[Nadhim Zahawi]], who accrued 18 and 25 MP votes respectively.<ref name=":9" /> In each subsequent round, beginning with the second on 14 July, the candidate with the fewest votes were to be eliminated.<ref name=":9" /> The third ballot took place on Monday 18 July, to eliminate one more candidate, and results were announced at 8&nbsp;pm. The fourth ballot, reducing the field to three, was held on 19 July, with results presented at 3&nbsp;pm, and the fifth on 20 July, with the final two names known at 4&nbsp;pm.<ref>{{cite web |last=Stone |first=Jon |date=15 July 2022 |title=When is the next Tory leadership vote? |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tory-leadership-timetable-2022-when-vote-b2123969.html |access-date=17 July 2022 |work=[[The Independent]] |archive-date=17 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220717134538/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tory-leadership-timetable-2022-when-vote-b2123969.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Finally, with only two candidates remaining, Conservative Party members were to vote to choose the next party leader on a one-member-one-vote basis, with the candidate receiving the majority of the votes winning.<ref name="HoCL-briefing">{{cite web |last=Johnston |first=Neil |date=24 May 2019 |title=Leadership elections: Conservative Party |url=https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN01366/SN01366.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820172114/https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN01366/SN01366.pdf |archive-date=20 August 2016 |access-date=28 May 2022 |publisher=[[House of Commons Library]] |department=}}</ref><ref name=":3" />

A series of 12 public [[husting]]s were held for a 7-week period between July and August.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/21/when-and-where-are-the-conservative-leadership-tv-debates-and-hustings|title=When and where are the Conservative leadership TV debates and hustings?|first=Mabel|last=Banfield-Nwachi|work=The Guardian|date=21 July 2022|accessdate=2 September 2022|archive-date=3 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903041025/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/21/when-and-where-are-the-conservative-leadership-tv-debates-and-hustings|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/08/31/liz-truss-rishi-sunak-tory-leadership-final-hustings-london/|title=Tory leadership race results: Hour-by-hour guide to how the new PM will be revealed|first1=Dominic|last1=Penna|first2=Tony|last2=Diver|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=31 August 2022|accessdate=2 September 2022|archive-date=1 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901214351/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/08/31/liz-truss-rishi-sunak-tory-leadership-final-hustings-london/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bet |first=Martina |date=30 August 2022 |title=Key dates in the Tory leadership race – from hustings to winner's announcement |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/tory-leadership-race-key-dates-liz-truss-rishi-sunak-winner-announcement-hustings-b1021765.html |access-date=2022-09-03 |website=Evening Standard |language=en |archive-date=3 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903035637/https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/tory-leadership-race-key-dates-liz-truss-rishi-sunak-winner-announcement-hustings-b1021765.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Voting among Conservative Party members officially closed on 2 September.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-62769839|title=Tory leadership: Voting closes in race to decide next PM|work=BBC News|date=2 September 2022|access-date=2 September 2022|archive-date=2 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902161039/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-62769839|url-status=live}}</ref>

{{Liz Truss sidebar}}
On 5 September, it was announced that [[Liz Truss]] would become the Conservative leader and thus prime minister the next day.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Hui |first1=Sylvia |last2=Kirka |first2=Danica |date=5 September 2022 |title=Liz Truss set to become new UK Conservative prime minister |url=https://apnews.com/article/queen-elizabeth-ii-boris-johnson-london-economy-liz-truss-8e8b8d9ee58c5c9af9d33c603c7bf957 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905135545/https://apnews.com/article/queen-elizabeth-ii-boris-johnson-london-economy-liz-truss-8e8b8d9ee58c5c9af9d33c603c7bf957 |archive-date=5 September 2022 |access-date=5 September 2022 |website=AP news |language=en}}</ref> On 13 July, Johnson stated he plans to visit Queen [[Elizabeth II]] and resign on Tuesday 6 September, with the new prime minister likely to be appointed by the Queen later the same day.<ref>{{cite news |last=Doody |first=Kieran |date=13 July 2022 |title=Boris Johnson reveals exact date he will hand letter of resignation to the Queen |work=The Northern Echo |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/20276279.pmqs-boris-johnson-reveals-exact-date-will-hand-letter-resignation-queen/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714222802/https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/20276279.pmqs-boris-johnson-reveals-exact-date-will-hand-letter-resignation-queen/ |archive-date=14 July 2022}}</ref> On 31 August, Buckingham Palace announced that the audiences to accept Johnson's resignation and appoint the new prime minister would take place at [[Balmoral Castle]] in Aberdeenshire, rather than Buckingham Palace as in the past.<ref>{{cite news |last=Andersson |first=Jasmine |date=31 August 2022 |title=Queen to appoint new prime minister at Balmoral |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62728328 |url-status=live |access-date=31 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831142306/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62728328 |archive-date=31 August 2022}}</ref>

== Campaign ==
On 6 July 2022, [[July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis|more ministers resigned than in any single day in modern history]] following criticism of the prime minister [[Boris Johnson]]'s handling of the [[Chris Pincher scandal]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Turner |first=Camilla |date=6 July 2022 |title=Boris Johnson suffers most ministerial resignations in modern history |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/06/boris-johnson-suffers-ministerial-resignations-24-hours-since/ |access-date=6 July 2022 |issn=0307-1235 |archive-date=7 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707020152/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/06/boris-johnson-suffers-ministerial-resignations-24-hours-since/ |url-status=live}}</ref> This resulted in Boris Johnson's resignation statement on 7 July 2022 outside 10 Downing Street. Johnson appointed ministers to replace those who had resigned, some of whom were accused of being unsuitable and designed to "sabotage his successor's first weeks in office".<ref>{{cite news |date=9 July 2022 |title=Boris Johnson accused of trying to derail Rishi Sunak's bid to be next PM |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/09/boris-johnson-accused-of-trying-to-derail-rishi-sunaks-bid-to-be-next-pm |access-date=10 July 2022 |work=[[The Observer]] |archive-date=10 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710000638/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/09/boris-johnson-accused-of-trying-to-derail-rishi-sunaks-bid-to-be-next-pm |url-status=live |first1=Toby |last1=Helm |first2=Michael |last2=Savage}}</ref> A poll of Conservative members by [[YouGov]] showed that the defence secretary [[Ben Wallace (politician)|Ben Wallace]] was the favourite to win.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sanderson |first1=Daniel |last2=Sheridan |first2=Danielle |date=8 July 2022 |title=Exclusive: Ben Wallace to declare leadership bid, Tory MPs expect |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/08/exclusive-ben-wallace-declare-leadership-bid-tory-mps-expect/ |access-date=9 July 2022 |issn=0307-1235 |archive-date=8 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708233911/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/08/exclusive-ben-wallace-declare-leadership-bid-tory-mps-expect/ |url-status=live }}</ref> However, on 9 July, he announced that he would not be running.<ref name=":7">{{cite news |date=9 July 2022 |title=Ben Wallace rules himself out of Tory leadership race |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/09/ben-wallace-rules-himself-out-tory-leadership-race |access-date=9 July 2022 |work=[[The Guardian]] |archive-date=9 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709121230/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/09/ben-wallace-rules-himself-out-tory-leadership-race |url-status=live |first1=Peter |last1=Walker }}</ref> Wallace had been endorsed by the Conservative MPs [[Graham Stuart (politician)|Graham Stuart]] and [[David Mundell]].<ref name=":6">{{cite web |title=Full list: Tory endorsements for next leader |url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/full-list-tory-endorsements-for-next-leader |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708122203/https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/full-list-tory-endorsements-for-next-leader |archive-date=8 July 2022 |access-date=7 July 2022 |work=The Spectator|date=7 July 2022}}</ref>

[[Kemi Badenoch]], who resigned as local government minister on 6 July, announced her candidacy on 8 July in an article for ''[[The Times]]'' in which she said she wanted to "tell the truth" and advocated "strong but limited government".<ref name="Guardian_treacherous">{{cite news |date=9 July 2022 |title=Tory MPs hit back at 'treacherous' Rishi Sunak as leadership race begins |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/09/rishi-sunak-tory-leadership-race-boris-johnson |access-date=9 July 2022 |work=[[The Guardian]] |archive-date=9 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709100027/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/09/rishi-sunak-tory-leadership-race-boris-johnson |url-status=live |first1=Peter |last1=Walker |first2=Nadeem |last2=Badshah}}</ref> She worked as a banker before becoming the MP for [[Saffron Walden (UK Parliament constituency)|Saffron Walden]] in 2017.<ref name=":11">{{cite news |author= Walker, Peter|date=9 July 2022 |title=Kemi Badenoch brings culture war rhetoric to Tory leadership race |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/09/kemi-badenoch-brings-culture-war-rhetoric-tory-leadership-race-boris-johnson |access-date=9 July 2022 |work=[[The Guardian]] |archive-date=9 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709124442/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/09/kemi-badenoch-brings-culture-war-rhetoric-tory-leadership-race-boris-johnson |url-status=live }}</ref> Badenoch campaigned for the UK to leave the European Union (EU) during the [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum|2016 membership referendum]].<ref name="Malnick2022">{{cite news |last=Malnick |first=Edward |date=9 July 2022 |title=Kemi Badenoch: 'My late father taught me about responsibility' |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/09/kemi-badenoch-late-father-taught-responsibility/ |access-date=9 July 2022 |issn=0307-1235 |archive-date=9 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709151736/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/09/kemi-badenoch-late-father-taught-responsibility/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'' described her as being on the right wing of the Conservative Party.<ref name=":11" /> She called the target of [[Carbon neutrality|net zero]] carbon emissions "ill-thought through" and said that politicians had become "hooked on the idea of the state fixing the majority of problems".<ref name="Malnick2022" /> She was eliminated in the fourth round of voting.<ref name="FourthRoundBallotEliminated" /><ref name=":31" />

[[Suella Braverman]], the [[Attorney General for England and Wales]], was the first Conservative MP to publicly declare her candidacy, announcing before Johnson resigned. She worked as a barrister before becoming the MP for [[Fareham (UK Parliament constituency)|Fareham]] in 2015.<ref name="ITV2022">{{cite web |date=7 July 2022 |title=Who is Suella Braverman? The Brexit-backing Attorney General who wants to be PM |url=https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2022-07-07/who-is-suella-braverman-the-brexit-backing-attorney-general-who-wants-to-be-pm |access-date=9 July 2022 |website=ITV News |archive-date=8 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708204608/https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2022-07-07/who-is-suella-braverman-the-brexit-backing-attorney-general-who-wants-to-be-pm |url-status=live }}</ref> During an [[ITV (TV channel)|ITV]] interview with journalist [[Robert Peston]], she called for Johnson to step down as prime minister but said she would not resign from his cabinet because she had a "duty and we need an Attorney in government".<ref>{{cite web |date=6 July 2022 |title=Attorney General Suella Braverman calls for Boris Johnson to 'step down' |url=https://www.itv.com/news/2022-07-06/attorney-general-suella-braverman-calls-for-boris-johnson-to-step-down |access-date=6 July 2022 |website=ITV News |archive-date=7 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707020157/https://www.itv.com/news/2022-07-06/attorney-general-suella-braverman-calls-for-boris-johnson-to-step-down |url-status=live}}</ref> Braverman said the task of the next Conservative leader would be to "finish Brexit, deliver tax cuts and solve our energy crisis".<ref>{{cite news |last=Hope |first=Christopher |date=8 July 2022 |title=Brexiteer Steve Baker backs Suella Braverman as he drops his own leadership bid |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/08/brexiteer-steve-baker-backs-suella-braverman-drops-leadership/ |access-date=9 July 2022 |issn=0307-1235 |archive-date=8 July 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220708204417/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/08/brexiteer-steve-baker-backs-suella-braverman-drops-leadership/ |url-status=live }}</ref> After the first flight of the [[Rwanda asylum plan]] was stopped by an interim measure from the [[European Court of Human Rights]] (ECHR), she said she had "significant reservations about our relationship with the European Court of Human Rights".<ref name="ITV2022" /> As a leadership candidate, she said she would leave the ECHR, which she accused of "thwarting our democracy".<ref>{{cite news |last=Boycott-Owen |first=Mason |date=10 July 2022 |title=Suella Braverman calls for UK to leave 'political' ECHR in wake of Rwanda ruling |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/10/suella-braverman-calls-uk-leave-political-echr-wake-rwanda-ruling/ |access-date=10 July 2022 |issn=0307-1235 |archive-date=10 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710164609/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/10/suella-braverman-calls-uk-leave-political-echr-wake-rwanda-ruling/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She was eliminated in the second round of voting and endorsed [[Liz Truss]].<ref name="SecondRoundBallotEliminated" /><ref name=":28" />

[[Rehman Chishti]], the MP for [[Gillingham and Rainham (UK Parliament constituency)|Gillingham and Rainham]], announced he was running on 10 July, saying he offered a "fresh start" and advocating "aspirational conservatism".<ref>{{cite news |date=10 July 2022 |title=Liz Truss and Rehman Chishti join race to be next PM – UK politics live |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2022/jul/10/boris-johnson-conservative-leadership-race-uk-politics-live |access-date=10 July 2022 |work=[[The Guardian]] |archive-date=10 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710073612/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2022/jul/10/boris-johnson-conservative-leadership-race-uk-politics-live |url-status=live |first2=Harry |last2=Taylor |first1=Amy |last1=Walker}}</ref> He said lower taxes were important.<ref name="Hennessey2022">{{cite web |last=Hennessey |first=Ted |date=10 July 2022 |title=Conservative leadership candidates: What are their policies, beliefs and ideas? |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/liz-truss-boris-johnson-rehman-chishti-conservatives-jeremy-hunt-b2119879.html |access-date=11 July 2022 |website=The Independent |archive-date=11 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220711080151/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/liz-truss-boris-johnson-rehman-chishti-conservatives-jeremy-hunt-b2119879.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He ended his campaign on 12 July, endorsing [[Tom Tugendhat]], and then [[Rishi Sunak]].<ref name=":22">{{cite web |date=12 July 2022 |title=Rehman Chishti's unlikely Tory leadership bid ends with zero backers |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/foreign-office-mps-grant-shapps-government-boris-johnson-b2121593.html |access-date=13 July 2022 |website=The Independent |archive-date=14 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714222814/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/foreign-office-mps-grant-shapps-government-boris-johnson-b2121593.html |url-status=live |first1=Sophie |last1=Wingate}}</ref><ref name=":26" /><ref name=":30" />

[[Jeremy Hunt]] announced his candidacy in ''[[The Sunday Telegraph]]'' on 10 July. Before he entered politics, he taught English in Japan, worked in [[public relations]] and founded a publishing business.<ref name=":15">{{cite news |last=Riley-Smith |first=Ben |date=9 July 2022 |title=Jeremy Hunt: 'I can restore voters' trust ... I stayed out of the Boris bubble, after all' |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/09/jeremy-hunt-can-restore-voters-trust-stayed-boris-bubble/ |access-date=9 July 2022 |issn=0307-1235 |archive-date=9 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709204407/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/09/jeremy-hunt-can-restore-voters-trust-stayed-boris-bubble/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He became the MP for [[South West Surrey (UK Parliament constituency)|South West Surrey]] in 2005 and supported the UK remaining in the EU during the 2016 membership referendum.<ref name=":15" /> Hunt had not served as a minister in Johnson's government, but had previously served as [[Foreign Secretary]] under May and as [[Secretary of State for Health and Social Care|health secretary]] for [[Jeremy Hunt's tenure as Health Secretary|several years]] under [[David Cameron]] and May. He criticised Johnson for investing in infrastructure instead of "wealth creation", and proposed policies including a moratorium on business rates in deprived areas and a cut to corporation tax to 15% instead of a proposed rise to 25%.<ref name=":16"/> He said he would maintain the rise in [[National Insurance]] rates and would not cut personal taxation until he "[got] the economy growing".<ref name=":15" /> He pledged to legalise [[fox hunting]] and to maintain the government policy of sending refugees to [[Rwanda]], saying he hoped to expand the programme to other countries.<ref>{{cite news |date=4 July 2019 |title=Jeremy Hunt pledges bring back fox hunting |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-hunt-fox-hunting-ban-repeal-tories-leadership-countryside-a8987406.html |access-date=10 July 2022 |website=The Independent |archive-date=10 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710183644/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-hunt-fox-hunting-ban-repeal-tories-leadership-countryside-a8987406.html |url-status=live |first1=Adam |last1=Forrest}}</ref><ref name=":9a">{{cite news |date=10 July 2022 |title=Jeremy Hunt wants to expand Rwanda deportation plan |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-hunt-rwanda-deportation-flights-b2119816.html |access-date=10 July 2022 |website=The Independent |archive-date=10 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710110818/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-hunt-rwanda-deportation-flights-b2119816.html |url-status=live |first1=Adam |last1=Forrest}}</ref> Hunt said he would appoint the MP [[Esther McVey]] as his deputy prime minister for "broad appeal".<ref name="huffingtonpost1">{{cite web |date=10 July 2022 |title=Jeremy Hunt Says He Would Make Esther McVey His Deputy Prime Minister |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/jeremy-hunt-esther-mcvey-deputy-prime-minister_uk_62ca8e36e4b0359fa47c79ef |first1=Kevin |last1=Schofield |access-date=10 July 2022 |website=HuffPost |archive-date=10 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710085426/https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/jeremy-hunt-esther-mcvey-deputy-prime-minister_uk_62ca8e36e4b0359fa47c79ef |url-status=live }}</ref> He was eliminated in the first round of voting and endorsed [[Rishi Sunak]].<ref name="FirstRoundBallotEliminated" /><ref name=":27" />

[[Sajid Javid]], who resigned as health secretary on 5 July saying it had become impossible to walk "the tightrope between loyalty and integrity", announced in ''The Sunday Telegraph'' on 10 July that he was running in the election.<ref>{{cite news |agency=Reuters |date=6 July 2022 |title='The problem starts at the top': Sajid Javid's resignation speech – video |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/video/2022/jul/06/sajid-javid-resignation-speech-boris-johnson-video |access-date=9 July 2022 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=8 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708232111/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/video/2022/jul/06/sajid-javid-resignation-speech-boris-johnson-video |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":16">{{cite news |date=9 July 2022 |title=Sajid Javid and Jeremy Hunt join Conservative Party leadership race |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62110114 |access-date=9 July 2022 |archive-date=9 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709205030/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62110114 |url-status=live |first1=Adam |last1=Durbin |first2=Charley |last2=Adams}}</ref> After his resignation, allies of Johnson said that Javid had argued for stronger pandemic restrictions to be applied around Christmas 2021 as well as a policy to require staff at large companies to either be [[COVID-19 vaccination in the United Kingdom|vaccinated]] or to wear [[Surgical mask|masks]] and get [[COVID-19 testing|COVID-19 tests]] weekly.<ref>{{cite news |last=Diver |first=Tony |date=8 July 2022 |title=Sajid Javid pushed for Christmas lockdown and mandatory Covid vaccines |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/08/sajid-javid-pushed-christmas-lockdown-mandatory-covid-vaccines/ |access-date=10 July 2022 |issn=0307-1235 |archive-date=9 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709184547/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/08/sajid-javid-pushed-christmas-lockdown-mandatory-covid-vaccines/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Javid said he would reverse the rise in National Insurance, temporarily cut fuel duty and cut corporation tax over the course of four years from 19% to 15% instead of a proposed rise to 25% funded by an "efficiency savings programme that would see 1% cut from all Whitehall spending, including on the NHS".<ref name=":16" /><ref name=":17">{{cite news |last1=Malnick |first1=Edward |last2=Riley-Smith |first2=Ben |last3=Diver |first3=Tony |date=9 July 2022 |title=Sajid Javid and Jeremy Hunt call for massive tax cuts |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/09/sajid-javid-jeremy-hunt-call-massive-tax-cuts/ |access-date=9 July 2022 |issn=0307-1235 |archive-date=9 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709203531/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/09/sajid-javid-jeremy-hunt-call-massive-tax-cuts/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":18">{{cite news |last=Malnick |first=Edward |date=9 July 2022 |title=Sajid Javid: 'It's time to scrap the National Insurance tax rise' |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/09/sajid-javid-time-scrap-national-insurance-tax-rise/ |access-date=9 July 2022 |issn=0307-1235 |archive-date=9 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709204755/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/09/sajid-javid-time-scrap-national-insurance-tax-rise/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He said he would continue the government policy of sending asylum seekers to Rwanda.<ref name=":9a" /> Javid committed to keep the UK's net zero target and keeping the BBC licence fee.<ref name="Hennessey2022" /> Before becoming an MP, Javid worked as an [[Investment banking|investment banker]], during which time he had [[Non-dom|non-domiciled tax status]].<ref>{{cite news |date=10 July 2022 |title=Boris Johnson resignation: Sajid Javid says prayer meeting moved him to quit |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62113401 |access-date=10 July 2022 |archive-date=10 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710121414/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62113401 |url-status=live |first1=Patrick |last1=Jackson}}</ref> He was elected as the MP for [[Bromsgrove (UK Parliament constituency)|Bromsgrove]] in 2010 and supported the UK remaining in the EU during the 2016 membership referendum.<ref name=":17" /><ref name=":18" /> He ended his campaign on 12 July, endorsing [[Liz Truss]].<ref name=":23">{{cite news |date=12 July 2022 |title=Sajid Javid pulls out of Tory leadership race |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/sajid-javid-withdraws-tory-leadership-b2121559.html |access-date=13 July 2022 |website=The Independent |archive-date=14 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714222820/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/sajid-javid-withdraws-tory-leadership-b2121559.html |url-status=live |first1=Adam |last1=Forrest}}</ref><ref name=":32" />

[[Penny Mordaunt]], the international trade minister, announced she was running on 10 July on social media.<ref>{{cite web |date=10 July 2022 |title=Penny Mordaunt becomes ninth candidate to launch bid to become PM |url=https://www.itv.com/news/2022-07-10/penny-mordaunt-becomes-ninth-candidate-to-launch-bid-to-become-pm |access-date=10 July 2022 |website=ITV News |archive-date=10 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710092422/https://www.itv.com/news/2022-07-10/penny-mordaunt-becomes-ninth-candidate-to-launch-bid-to-become-pm |url-status=live }}</ref> The video included footage of [[Oscar Pistorius]], an athlete who was [[Trial of Oscar Pistorius|convicted of murder]], and the British [[Paralympic Games|Paralympian]] [[Jonnie Peacock]], who requested to be removed.<ref>{{cite news |last=Turner |first=Camilla |date=10 July 2022 |title=Shaky start for Penny Mordaunt as Oscar Pistorius appears in her Conservative leadership launch video |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/10/penny-mordaunt-launches-conservative-leadership-bid-doesnt/ |access-date=10 July 2022 |issn=0307-1235 |archive-date=10 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710140741/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/10/penny-mordaunt-launches-conservative-leadership-bid-doesnt/ |url-status=live }}</ref> A new version of the video was published with clips of Pistorius and Peacock removed.<ref>{{cite news |date=10 July 2022 |title=Paralympian Jonnie Peacock asks to be removed from Penny Mordaunt campaign video |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/10/paralympian-jonnie-peacock-asks-to-be-removed-from-penny-mordaunt-campaign-video |access-date=10 July 2022 |work=[[The Guardian]] |archive-date=10 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710164653/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/10/paralympian-jonnie-peacock-asks-to-be-removed-from-penny-mordaunt-campaign-video |url-status=live |first1=Sophie |last1=Zeldin-O'Neill}}</ref> She worked in public relations before becoming the MP for [[Portsmouth North (UK Parliament constituency)|Portsmouth North]] in 2010.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Yorke |first1=Harry |last2=Wheeler |first2=Caroline |last3=Shipman |first3=Tim |last4=Urwin |first4=Rosamund |date=10 July 2022 |title=Penny Mordaunt: Equalities champion's 'broad church' bid |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/penny-mordaunt-equalities-champions-broad-church-bid-9tg9lk3tg |url-status=live |access-date=10 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710003649/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/penny-mordaunt-equalities-champions-broad-church-bid-9tg9lk3tg |archive-date=10 July 2022 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> ''The Telegraph'' described her as a "socially liberal Brexiteer".<ref name="Andrews2022">{{cite news |last=Andrews |first=Kieran |date=8 July 2022 |title=Penny Mordaunt is favourite for the Scottish Tory vote |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/penny-mordaunt-is-favourite-for-the-scottish-tory-vote-rj6lg7r8j |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=10 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708122624/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/penny-mordaunt-is-favourite-for-the-scottish-tory-vote-rj6lg7r8j |archive-date=8 July 2022 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> Several Conservative activists criticised her pro-[[transgender]] stance, including saying that [[Trans woman|trans women]] are women and that [[Trans man|trans men]] are men.<ref>{{cite news |last=Boycott-Owen |first=Mason |date=8 July 2022 |title=Penny Mordaunt's pro-trans stance 'ruins her chances' of becoming Tory leader |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/08/penny-mordaunts-pro-trans-stance-has-ruined-chances-becoming/ |access-date=10 July 2022 |issn=0307-1235 |archive-date=9 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709233550/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/08/penny-mordaunts-pro-trans-stance-has-ruined-chances-becoming/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Along with Tugendhat, Mordaunt was seen as a candidate who could appeal to [[Scottish Conservatives|Scottish Conservative]] MPs.<ref name="Andrews2022" /> She was eliminated in the fifth round of voting and endorsed [[Liz Truss]].<ref name="FifthRoundBallotEliminated" /><ref name=":33" />

[[Grant Shapps]], the [[Secretary of State for Transport|transport secretary]], announced his candidacy on 8 July in an article for ''The Times'', emphasising that he had been loyal to Johnson and had not been preparing a leadership campaign "behind his back".<ref>{{cite web |date=9 July 2022 |title=Grant Shapps announces Tory leadership bid as race to Downing Street heats up |url=https://www.itv.com/news/2022-07-08/race-for-prime-minister-heats-up-as-tories-rush-to-take-sides |access-date=9 July 2022 |website=ITV News |archive-date=9 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709002240/https://www.itv.com/news/2022-07-08/race-for-prime-minister-heats-up-as-tories-rush-to-take-sides |url-status=live }}</ref> He argued against the "unnecessary continuation" of spending and restrictions introduced due to the COVID-19 pandemic and proposed a policy platform including tax cuts and "state support to firms with high levels of energy consumption".<ref name=":13">{{cite news |date=9 July 2022 |title=Grant Shapps unveils bid to become Conservative leader |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/grant-shapps-conservative-leader-bid-b2119572.html |access-date=9 July 2022 |website=The Independent |archive-date=9 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709161749/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/grant-shapps-conservative-leader-bid-b2119572.html |url-status=live |first1=Joe |last1=Middleton}}</ref> He gave a target of the UK having the largest economy in Europe by 2050 by becoming a "low-tax, low-regulation economy", citing Singapore as a country to learn from.<ref name=":13" /><ref name=":14">{{cite news |last=Gutteridge |first=Nick |date=9 July 2022 |title=Grant Shapps and Nadhim Zahawi both promise to increase defence spending in leadership bids |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/09/grant-shapps-nadhim-zahawi-promise-increase-defence-spending/ |access-date=9 July 2022 |issn=0307-1235 |archive-date=9 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709204829/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/09/grant-shapps-nadhim-zahawi-promise-increase-defence-spending/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He also said he would raise defence spending from 2.3% to 3.0% of GDP and that the UK would need to prepare for "high-intensity warfare".<ref name="GutteridgeShapps">{{cite web|title=Grant Shapps bids to become Prime Minister with pledge to boost defence spending|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/09/grant-shapps-bids-become-prime-minister-pledge-boost-defence/|access-date=9 July 2022|date=9 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709174248/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/09/grant-shapps-bids-become-prime-minister-pledge-boost-defence/|archive-date=9 July 2022|first=Nick|last=Gutteridge|issn=0307-1235|url-access=subscription|url-status=live}}</ref> Before becoming an MP, Shapps operated web marketing businesses, sometimes using pseudonyms. He became the MP for [[Welwyn Hatfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Welwyn Hatfield]] in 2005 and supported the UK remaining in the EU during the 2016 membership referendum.<ref name=":14" /> He said he would not argue about transgender people's rights, saying that gender transition was people's "choice and they will always have my support for me", describing himself as a [[libertarian]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Milton |first=Josh |date=10 July 2022 |title=Grant Shapps refuses to debate trans rights as he joins Tory leadership race |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/07/10/grant-shapps-tory-leadership-trans-rights/ |access-date=10 July 2022 |website=PinkNews |archive-date=10 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710121035/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/07/10/grant-shapps-tory-leadership-trans-rights/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He ended his campaign on 12 July, endorsing [[Rishi Sunak]].<ref name=":24">{{cite news |date=12 July 2022 |title=Grant Shapps pulls out of Tory leadership race and backs Rishi Sunak |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rishi-sunak-grant-shapps-tory-leadership-b2121148.html |author=Merrick, Rob |access-date=18 July 2022 |work=[[The Independent]] |archive-date=12 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712110520/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rishi-sunak-grant-shapps-tory-leadership-b2121148.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Rishi Sunak]], who resigned as chancellor on 5 July saying government should be "conducted properly, competently and seriously", announced he was running in a video posted to social media on 8 July, writing that he would "restore trust, rebuild the economy and reunite the country".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Morris |first1=Sophie  |title=Boris Johnson resigns: Rishi Sunak launches bid to become next prime minister |url=https://news.sky.com/story/rishi-sunak-announces-conservative-leadership-bid-following-boris-johnsons-resignation-12648312 |access-date=18 July 2022 |publisher=[[Sky News]] |date=8 July 2022 |archive-date=8 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708233909/https://news.sky.com/story/rishi-sunak-announces-conservative-leadership-bid-following-boris-johnsons-resignation-12648312 |url-status=live }}</ref> He said his values were "patriotism, fairness, hard work".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Morris |first1=Sophie |title=Rishi Sunak and other Conservative hopefuls announce leadership bids to replace Boris Johnson – with more expected this weekend |url=https://news.sky.com/story/first-conservative-hopefuls-announce-leadership-bids-with-more-expected-this-weekend-12648506 |access-date=18 July 2022 |publisher=[[Sky News]] |date=9 July 2022|archive-date=9 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709023425/https://news.sky.com/story/first-conservative-hopefuls-announce-leadership-bids-with-more-expected-this-weekend-12648506 |url-status=live }}</ref> Sunak pledged to "crack down on gender neutral language".<ref>{{cite news |last=Diver |first=Tony |date=9 July 2022 |title=Rishi Sunak pledges to protect women's rights in first leadership policy pitch |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/09/rishi-sunak-pledges-protect-womens-rights-first-leadership-policy/ |access-date=9 July 2022 |issn=0307-1235 |archive-date=9 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709184715/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/09/rishi-sunak-pledges-protect-womens-rights-first-leadership-policy/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Before becoming an MP, Sunak had worked for an investment bank and hedge funds.<ref name=":10">{{cite news |date=8 July 2022 |title=Ex-Chancellor Rishi Sunak launches bid to be Conservative leader |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62099272 |access-date=9 July 2022 |archive-date=8 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708152408/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62099272 |url-status=live }}</ref> He became the MP for [[Richmond (Yorks) (UK Parliament constituency)|Richmond (Yorks)]] in 2015.<ref name=":10" /> He had been seen as the frontrunner to succeed Johnson until early 2021.<ref name=":10" /> News stories were published about his wife [[Akshata Murty]] using [[non-dom]]iciled tax status to avoid paying millions of pounds of UK taxes and that Sunak himself had held a [[green card]] that required him to declare himself a permanent resident of the United States for six years as an MP and for a year and a half while serving as chancellor.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid: the ministers who called out PM's 'tone' and 'values' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/05/sunak-v-javid-the-contenders-for-no-10-square-up |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=5 July 2022 |access-date=9 July 2022 |archive-date=8 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708141419/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/05/sunak-v-javid-the-contenders-for-no-10-square-up |url-status=live |first1=Peter |last1=Walker }}</ref> Sunak received a [[fixed penalty notice]] after the [[Metropolitan Police]] found he had broken [[COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom|COVID lockdown]] restrictions by attending a birthday party.<ref name=":10" /> Conservative politicians who had supported Johnson criticised Sunak as "leading the charge in bringing down the prime minister", and [[Jacob Rees-Mogg]] called him a "high tax chancellor".<ref name="Guardian_treacherous" /> A video was published of Sunak when he was younger in which he said he had "no working class friends".<ref name=":21">{{cite news |last=Tominey |first=Camilla |date=10 July 2022 |title=Exclusive: The anti-Rishi 'mucky memo' setting alight Tory WhatsApp groups |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/10/exclusive-anti-rishi-mucky-memo-setting-alight-tory-whatsapp/ |access-date=10 July 2022 |issn=0307-1235 |archive-date=10 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710122430/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/10/exclusive-anti-rishi-mucky-memo-setting-alight-tory-whatsapp/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Conservative MPs circulated a critical memorandum attacking his record as chancellor and his integrity.<ref name=":21" /> Conservative peer [[Zac Goldsmith]] said that Sunak would appoint [[Mark Spencer (British politician)|Mark Spencer]] as environment secretary, saying that Spencer would be "our very own little Bolsonaro".<ref>{{cite news |date=10 July 2022 |title=Rishi Sunak 'dirty dossier' sent around Tory WhatsApp groups |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rishi-sunak-dirty-dossier-tories-b2119870.html |access-date=10 July 2022 |work=[[The Independent]] |archive-date=10 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710142310/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rishi-sunak-dirty-dossier-tories-b2119870.html |url-status=live |first1=Adam |last1=Forrest}}</ref>

[[Liz Truss]], the foreign secretary, announced her candidacy in ''The Daily Telegraph'' on 10 July.<ref>{{cite news |date=10 July 2022 |title=Foreign Secretary Liz Truss joins Tory leadership race |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62115709 |access-date=10 July 2022 |archive-date=12 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712022958/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62115709 |url-status=live }}</ref> Before becoming an MP, she worked as an accountant. She was elected as the MP for [[South West Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)|South West Norfolk]] in 2010 and supported the UK remaining in the EU during the 2016 membership referendum.<ref name="Riley-Smith">{{cite news |last=Riley-Smith |first=Ben |date=10 July 2022 |title=Liz Truss launches leadership bid with tax cut challenge to Rishi Sunak |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/10/liz-truss-launches-leadership-bid-tax-cut-challenge-rishi-sunak/ |access-date=10 July 2022 |issn=0307-1235 |archive-date=12 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712020400/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/10/liz-truss-launches-leadership-bid-tax-cut-challenge-rishi-sunak/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She said she would cancel a planned rise in corporation tax and reverse the recent increase in National Insurance rates, funded by delaying the date by which the national debt is planned to fall, as part of a "long-term plan to bring down the size of the state and the tax burden".<ref name="Riley-Smith"/> Her team said she was influenced by the former president of the United States [[Ronald Reagan]] and the former chancellor of the Exchequer [[Nigel Lawson]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Yorke |first=Harry |title=Liz Truss: Promises of low tax and defence spending launch her into third place |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/liz-truss-promises-of-low-tax-and-defence-spending-launch-her-into-third-place-mjtdb7hl3 |access-date=10 July 2022 |issn=0140-0460 |archive-date=11 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220711072715/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/liz-truss-promises-of-low-tax-and-defence-spending-launch-her-into-third-place-mjtdb7hl3 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Tom Tugendhat]], the chair of the [[Foreign Affairs Select Committee]], announced his candidacy in ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' on 7 July, highlighting his previous experience in the [[British Army]]. He said he would reverse the recent increase in National Insurance rates and cut fuel duty.<ref>{{cite web |last=Seddon |first=Sean |date=7 July 2022 |title=Ex-soldier Tom Tugendhat launches bid to succeed Boris Johnson as PM |url=https://metro.co.uk/2022/07/07/ex-soldier-tom-tugendhat-launches-bid-to-succeed-boris-johnson-as-pm-16964031/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708121948/https://metro.co.uk/2022/07/07/ex-soldier-tom-tugendhat-launches-bid-to-succeed-boris-johnson-as-pm-16964031/ |archive-date=8 July 2022 |access-date=7 July 2022 |website=Metro}}</ref> Several Scottish Conservative MPs supported him, and he wrote in his leadership announcement that he would "stand up for the Union and [[Scotland]]'s role within it".<ref>{{cite web |title=Tugendhat says he will 'unequivocally stand up' for 'Scotland's role' in the Union |author= Young, Gregor|url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/20267954.tugendhat-says-will-unequivocally-stand-up-union/ |access-date=9 July 2022 |website=The National |date= 9 July 2022|archive-date=9 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709113744/https://www.thenational.scot/news/20267954.tugendhat-says-will-unequivocally-stand-up-union/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Before entering politics, Tugendhat had served as an intelligence officer in the [[Iraq War]] and the [[Afghanistan conflict (1978–present)|Afghanistan conflict]].<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web |date=9 July 2022 |title=Who is Tom Tugendhat? Veteran hoping to 'serve again' by becoming PM |url=https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2022-07-09/who-is-tom-tugendhat-veteran-hoping-to-serve-again-by-becoming-pm |access-date=9 July 2022 |website=ITV News |archive-date=9 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709102557/https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2022-07-09/who-is-tom-tugendhat-veteran-hoping-to-serve-again-by-becoming-pm |url-status=live }}</ref> He became the MP for [[Tonbridge and Malling (UK Parliament constituency)|Tonbridge and Malling]] in 2015 and supported the UK remaining in the EU during the 2016 membership referendum. He was critical of Johnson, particularly over the [[Fall of Kabul (2021)|fall of Kabul]], and did not serve as a minister in his government.<ref name="autogenerated1"/> He said that lack of ministerial experience was not a problem as the role of prime minister was "not a management job, it's about having a vision".<ref name=":20"/> ''The Independent'' described him as "something of a [[War hawk|hawk]]".<ref>{{cite news |date=8 July 2022 |title=Who is prime ministerial hopeful Tom Tugendhat? |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tom-tungendhat-pm-odds-who-b2118979.html |access-date=9 July 2022 |website=The Independent |archive-date=9 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709040959/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tom-tungendhat-pm-odds-who-b2118979.html |url-status=live |first1=Joe |last1=Sommerlad}}</ref> He was seen as competing with a potential candidacy from the former foreign secretary Hunt for the support of the moderate [[One Nation Conservatives (caucus)|One Nation Conservatives]] faction.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Andrews |first1=Kieran |last2=Smyth |first2=Chris |last3=Wright |first3=Oliver |date=9 July 2022 |title=Strong Union will need a clean slate, says Tom Tugendhat |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/strong-union-will-need-a-clean-slate-says-tom-tugendhat-n3fk5zhpj |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=9 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709075755/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/strong-union-will-need-a-clean-slate-says-tom-tugendhat-n3fk5zhpj |archive-date=9 July 2022 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> Tugendhat pledged to maintain the government's policy of deporting asylum seekers to [[Rwanda]].<ref name=":20">{{cite news |last=Shipman |first=Tim |date=10 July 2022 |title=Tom Tugendhat: Wounded in a 10hr firefight in Iraq, now he is set for a new battle |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/tom-tugendhat-wounded-in-a-10hr-firefight-in-iraq-now-he-is-set-for-a-new-battle-6sz6rnvnk |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=10 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710020337/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/tom-tugendhat-wounded-in-a-10hr-firefight-in-iraq-now-he-is-set-for-a-new-battle-6sz6rnvnk |archive-date=10 July 2022 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> He said he admired Reagan as his "political hero".<ref name=":20" /> He was eliminated in the third round of voting and endorsed [[Liz Truss]].<ref name="ThirdRoundBallotEliminated" /><ref name=":34" />

[[Nadhim Zahawi]], whom Johnson had appointed as [[chancellor of the Exchequer]] after Sunak resigned on 5 July, was reported to have been working on a leadership campaign with the support of the political strategist [[Lynton Crosby]] and his allies, and to have accepted the role of chancellor instead of resigning to "as a way to get his message across" on cutting taxes.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Scott |first1=Geraldine |last2=Wright |first2=Oliver |last3=Zeffman |first3=Henry |last4=Dathan |first4=Matt |date=7 July 2022 |title=Nadhim Zahawi assembled team to set up secret leadership campaign |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/nadhim-zahawi-assembled-team-to-set-up-secret-leadership-campaign-hvk678p3h |url-status=live |access-date=7 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707013401/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/nadhim-zahawi-assembled-team-to-set-up-secret-leadership-campaign-hvk678p3h |archive-date=7 July 2022 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> He announced his candidacy on 9 July.<ref name="Durbin & Couzens">{{cite news|date=9 July 2022|title=Boris Johnson resignation: Zahawi and Shapps enter Tory leadership race|work=[[BBC News]]|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62109243|access-date=10 July 2022|first1=Adam|last1=Durbin|first2=Jo|last2=Couzens|url-status=live|archive-date=9 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709185111/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62109243}}</ref> Before entering politics, he co-founded the polling firm [[YouGov]] and worked in the oil industry. He became the MP for [[Stratford-on-Avon (UK Parliament constituency)|Stratford-on-Avon]] in 2010 and supported the UK leaving the EU in the 2016 membership referendum.<ref name=":19">{{cite news |author=Simon Walters |author2=Isaac, Anna |date=9 July 2022 |title=Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi's tax affairs under investigation by HMRC |work=[[The Independent]] |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/chancellor-nadhim-zahawi-tax-investigation-hmrc-b2119590.html |url-access=registration |access-date=10 July 2022 |archive-date=9 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709232103/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/chancellor-nadhim-zahawi-tax-investigation-hmrc-b2119590.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=9 July 2022 |title=Nadhim Zahawi, the chancellor with his eye on the top job |work=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/bbb4005a-7479-4166-bd81-d416d791537b |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=10 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709200332/https://www.ft.com/content/bbb4005a-7479-4166-bd81-d416d791537b |archive-date=9 July 2022}}</ref> He said he would increase defence spending, as well as "protecting [children] from damaging and inappropriate nonsense being forced on them by radical activists".<ref name="GutteridgeZahawi">{{cite web|title=Nadhim Zahawi joins Tory leadership race with a bid to revive low-tax Thatcherism|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/09/nadhim-zahawi-joins-tory-leadership-race-bid-revive-low-tax/|access-date=9 July 2022|date=9 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709174359/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/09/nadhim-zahawi-joins-tory-leadership-race-bid-revive-low-tax/|archive-date=9 July 2022|first=Nick|last=Gutteridge|issn=0307-1235|url-access=subscription|url-status=live}}</ref> He announced he was considering cutting corporation tax, income tax and National Insurance, funded by 20% cuts to every government department.<ref name="Sky-KBurley-11Jul22"/> On 9 July, ''The Independent'' reported that [[HM Revenue and Customs]] were investigating his tax affairs, after the case had been transferred to them from the [[National Crime Agency]]'s International Corruption Unit. Zahawi's spokesperson denied any wrongdoing and said he was "not aware of any formal investigation".<ref name=":19" /> Zahawi said he was "being smeared" and promised to publish his accounts annually if he became prime minister, but said releasing his previous accounts would not be "right".<ref name="Sky-KBurley-11Jul22">{{cite news |last=Burley |first=Kay |date=11 July 2022 |title=Conservative leadership contender Nadhim Zahawi gives his first broadcast interview since becoming chancellor |url=https://news.sky.com/story/conservative-leadership-contender-nadhim-zahawi-gives-his-first-broadcast-interview-since-becoming-chancellor-12649736 |access-date=11 July 2022 |publisher=Sky News |archive-date=14 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714222806/https://news.sky.com/story/conservative-leadership-contender-nadhim-zahawi-gives-his-first-broadcast-interview-since-becoming-chancellor-12649736 |url-status=live }}</ref> He was eliminated in the first round of voting and endorsed [[Liz Truss]].<ref name="FirstRoundBallotEliminated" /><ref name=":35" />

Stephen Bush, writing in the ''[[Financial Times]]'' on 11 July, described two lanes in the leadership context. There is an establishment lane, where Sunak has led ahead of candidates including Hunt, Javid, Shapps or Tugendhat. There is then a right-wing lane, where Truss has led ahead of candidates including Badenoch, Braverman, Zahawi or Patel. He characterised Mordaunt as between the two sides.<ref>{{cite news |date=11 July 2022 |title=Rightwing Tories in race against Rishi Sunak |newspaper=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/4e0f2774-941a-4763-949b-010745160d98 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=12 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220711164843/https://www.ft.com/content/4e0f2774-941a-4763-949b-010745160d98 |archive-date=11 July 2022}}</ref> Tara John of [[CNN]] noted several candidates going to lengths to display their anti-transgender positions, despite polling indicating that it is not a particularly important issue to the British public. [[Stonewall (charity)|Stonewall]] CEO [[Nancy Kelley]] called this "disproportionate and scary".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2022/07/17/uk/uk-conservative-leadership-trans-intl-gbr/index.html |title=Britain's Conservative party leadership race is turning into a transphobic spectacle |date=17 July 2022 |publisher=CNN |first=Tara |last=John |access-date=17 July 2022 |archive-date=17 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220717121433/https://edition.cnn.com/2022/07/17/uk/uk-conservative-leadership-trans-intl-gbr/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Candidates ==
=== Nominated ===
Eight candidates were confirmed on 12 July, having gained the support of at least 20 other Conservative MPs:

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col" style="width: 120px;" | Candidate
! scope="col" style="width: 300px;" | Political office and constituency
! scope="col" style="width: 140px;" ! class="unsortable" | Campaign
! scope="col" style="width: 100px;" | Date declared
! scope="col" style="width: 200px;" | Campaign<br />progression 
! scope="col" style="width: 170px;" | Proposer/<br />seconder
! scope="col" style="width: 40px;" ! class="unsortable" | {{Define|Ref.|Reference(s)}}

|-<!-- Kemi Badenoch -->
| [[File:Kemi Badenoch official Cabinet Portrait; 2022 (cropped).jpg|100px]]<br />{{Sortname|Kemi|Badenoch}}
| [[Minister of State for Local Government, Faith and Communities]]<br />{{small|(2021–2022)}}<br />MP for [[Saffron Walden (UK Parliament constituency)|Saffron Walden]] {{small|(2017–present)}}
| [[File:Kemi for Prime Minister logo.svg|100px|Kemi for Prime Minister]]<br />[https://web.archive.org/web/20220719004413/https://www.kemiforprimeminister.com/ Website]
| 8 July 2022
|data-sort-value=3|Eliminated after fourth ballot
| [[Lee Rowley]]<br />[[Julia Lopez (politician)|Julia Lopez]]
|<ref>{{cite news |last=McFadden |first=Brendan |title=Former equalities minister Kemi Badenoch announces Tory leadership bid |url=https://inews.co.uk/news/former-equalities-minister-kemi-badenoch-announced-tory-leadership-bid-1733814 |access-date=8 July 2022 |work=inews.co.uk |date=8 July 2022 |archive-date=8 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708233909/https://inews.co.uk/news/former-equalities-minister-kemi-badenoch-announced-tory-leadership-bid-1733814 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="FourthRoundBallotEliminated" /><ref name=":31">{{Cite news |last1=Swinford |first1=Steven |last2=Smyth |first2=Chris |date=20 July 2022 |title=Badenoch ignites bidding war by refusing to endorse rivals |language=en |work=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/badenoch-ignites-bidding-war-by-refusing-to-endorse-rivals-vr7dsrzvj |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=2022-08-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829055556/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/badenoch-ignites-bidding-war-by-refusing-to-endorse-rivals-vr7dsrzvj |archive-date=29 August 2022 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref>

|-<!-- Suella Braverman -->
| [[File:Official portrait of Suella Braverman MP crop 2.jpg|100px]]<br />{{Sortname|Suella|Braverman}}
| [[Attorney General for England and Wales]]<br />{{small|(2020–2022)}}<br />MP for [[Fareham (UK Parliament constituency)|Fareham]] {{small|(2015–present)}}
| [[File:Sulla 4 Leader Logo.png|100px|Suella 4 Leader]]<br />[https://web.archive.org/web/20220712120617/https://suella4leader.com/ Website]
| 6 July 2022
|data-sort-value=5|Eliminated after second ballot; endorsed [[Liz Truss]]
| [[David Jones (Clwyd West MP)|David Jones]]<br />[[Miriam Cates]]
|<ref>{{cite news |last1=Diver |first1=Tony |last2=Riley-Smith |first2=Ben |date=6 July 2022 |title=Watch: Suella Braverman announces leadership bid on live TV |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/06/tory-leadership-hopefuls-prepare-bids-succeed-boris-johnson/ |access-date=8 July 2022 |issn=0307-1235 |archive-date=7 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707060828/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/06/tory-leadership-hopefuls-prepare-bids-succeed-boris-johnson/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="SecondRoundBallotEliminated">{{Cite web |date=14 July 2022 |title=Suella Braverman out of Tory leadership race after second round of voting |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/14/suella-braverman-out-of-tory-leadership-race-after-second-round-of-voting |access-date=14 July 2022 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en |archive-date=14 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714160111/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/14/suella-braverman-out-of-tory-leadership-race-after-second-round-of-voting |url-status=live |first1=Jessica |last1=Elgot }}</ref><ref name=":28">{{Cite news |last1=Morris |first1=Sophie |date=15 July 2022 |title=Suella Braverman backs Liz Truss after exit from Conservative leadership race |language=en |publisher=Sky News |url=https://news.sky.com/story/suella-braverman-knocked-out-of-conservative-leadership-race-in-second-round-of-voting-12651874 |url-status=live |access-date=15 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714193757/https://news.sky.com/story/suella-braverman-knocked-out-of-conservative-leadership-race-in-second-round-of-voting-12651874 |archive-date=14 July 2022}}</ref>

|-<!-- Jeremy Hunt -->
| [[File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP crop 2.jpg|100px]]<br />{{Sortname|Jeremy|Hunt}}
| Chair of the [[Health and Social Care Select Committee]]<br />{{small|(2020–2022)}}<br />MP for [[South West Surrey (UK Parliament constituency)|South West Surrey]] {{small|(2005–present)}}
| [[File:Win Back Trust Wordmark.png|100px|Win Back Trust]]<br />[https://web.archive.org/web/20220711092455/https://jeremyhunt2022.co.uk/ Website]
| 9 July 2022
|data-sort-value=6|Eliminated after first ballot; endorsed [[Rishi Sunak]]
| [[Esther McVey]]<br />[[Anthony Mangnall]]
|<ref name="HuntJavid">{{cite web |last1=Durbin |first1=Adam |last2=Adams |first2=Charley |date=9 July 2022 |title=Ex-health secretaries Sajid Javid and Jeremy Hunt join Tory leadership race |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62110114 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709205512/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62110114 |archive-date=9 July 2022 |access-date=9 July 2022 |website=BBC News}}</ref><ref name="FirstRoundBallotEliminated">{{cite news |date=13 July 2022 |title=Jeremy Hunt and Nadhim Zahawi knocked out of Tory leadership race |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/13/jeremy-hunt-and-nadhim-zahawi-knocked-out-of-tory-leadership-race |access-date=13 July 2022 |work=The Guardian |archive-date=13 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713163657/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/13/jeremy-hunt-and-nadhim-zahawi-knocked-out-of-tory-leadership-race |url-status=live |first1=Aubrey |last1=Allegretti }}</ref><ref name=":27">{{cite news |last1=Scott |first1=Jennifer |title=Conservative leadership race: Jeremy Hunt backs Rishi Sunak after being knocked out of contest |language=en |publisher=Sky News |url=https://news.sky.com/story/zahawi-and-hunt-knocked-out-of-tory-leadership-race-after-first-round-of-voting-12651366 |url-status=live |access-date=14 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714222820/https://news.sky.com/story/zahawi-and-hunt-knocked-out-of-tory-leadership-race-after-first-round-of-voting-12651366 |archive-date=14 July 2022|date=14 July 2022}}</ref>

|-<!-- Penny Mordaunt -->
| [[File:Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt.jpg|100px]]<br />{{Sortname|Penny|Mordaunt}}
| [[Minister of State for Trade Policy]]<br />{{small|(2021–2022)}}<br />MP for [[Portsmouth North (UK Parliament constituency)|Portsmouth North]] {{small|(2010–present)}}
| [[File:PM4PM logo.svg|100px|PM4PM]]<br />[https://web.archive.org/web/20220718001200/https://www.pm4pm.com/ Website]
| 10 July 2022
|data-sort-value=2|Eliminated after fifth ballot; endorsed [[Liz Truss]]
| [[Andrea Leadsom]]<br />[[Craig Tracey]]
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=10 July 2022 |title=Penny Mordaunt launches leadership bid with bombastic video featuring Boris Johnson |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/penny-mordaunt-tories-video-boris-johnson-b2119787.html |access-date=15 July 2022 |work=The Independent |language=en |archive-date=15 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715013954/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/penny-mordaunt-tories-video-boris-johnson-b2119787.html |url-status=live |first1=Adam |last1=Forrest}}</ref><ref name="FifthRoundBallotEliminated" /><ref name=":33">{{Cite news |last=Elgot |first=Jessica |date=1 August 2022 |title=Penny Mordaunt backs Liz Truss in contest to be next Tory leader |language=en |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/aug/01/penny-mordaunt-backs-liz-truss-in-contest-to-be-next-tory-leader |url-status=live |access-date=2022-08-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829051352/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/aug/01/penny-mordaunt-backs-liz-truss-in-contest-to-be-next-tory-leader |archive-date=29 August 2022}}</ref>

|-<!-- Rishi Sunak -->
| [[File:Rishi Sunak (cropped).jpg|100px]]<br />{{Sortname|Rishi|Sunak}}
| [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]]<br />{{small|(2020–2022)}}<br />MP for [[Richmond (Yorks)]] {{small|(2015–present)}}
| [[File:Ready for Rishi logo - blue.png|100px|Ready for Rishi]]<br />[https://web.archive.org/web/20220918052621/https://www.ready4rishi.com/ Website]
| 8 July 2022
|data-sort-value=1|Defeated at the Members' vote
| [[Dominic Raab]]<br />[[Mel Stride]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62099272|title=Ex-Chancellor Rishi Sunak launches bid to be Conservative leader|website=BBC News|date=8 July 2022|access-date=8 July 2022|archive-date=8 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708152408/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62099272|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="stillfinal" />

|-<!-- Liz Truss -->
| [[File:Liz Truss Official Photo (cropped).jpg|138x138px]]<br />{{Sortname|Liz|Truss}}
| [[Foreign Secretary]]<br />{{small|(2021–2022)}}<br />MP for [[South West Norfolk]]<br />{{small|(2010–present)}}
| [[File:Liz For Leader logo.png|100px|Liz For Leader]]<br />[https://web.archive.org/web/20220711075121/https://lizforleader.co.uk/ Website]
| 10 July 2022
|data-sort-value=0|Won at the Members' vote, becoming party leader and thus [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]]
| [[Simon Clarke (politician)|Simon Clarke]]<br />[[Thérèse Coffey]]
|<ref>{{cite news |last=Truss |first=Liz |date=10 July 2022 |title=Liz Truss: I would cut taxes from day one as prime minister |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/10/liz-truss-would-cut-taxes-day-one-prime-minister/ |access-date=10 July 2022 |issn=0307-1235 |archive-date=10 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710204721/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/10/liz-truss-would-cut-taxes-day-one-prime-minister/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="stillfinal" />

|-<!-- Tom Tugendhat -->
| [[File:Official portrait of Tom Tugendhat crop 2.jpg|100px]]<br />{{Sortname|Tom|Tugendhat}}
| Chair of the [[Foreign Affairs Select Committee]]<br />{{small|(2017–2022)}}<br />MP for [[Tonbridge and Malling (UK Parliament constituency)|Tonbridge and Malling]] {{small|(2015–present)}}
| [[File:Tom Tugendhat A Clean Start logo Secondary.png|100px|Tom: A Clean Start]]<br />[https://web.archive.org/web/20220711060356/https://timefortugendhat.com/ Website]
| 7 July 2022
|data-sort-value=4|Eliminated after third ballot; endorsed [[Liz Truss]]
| [[Anne-Marie Trevelyan]]<br />[[James Daly (English politician)|James Daly]]
|<ref>{{cite news |last=Tugendhat |first=Tom |title=I have served before. Now I hope to answer the call as prime minister |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/07/tom-tugendhat-have-served-now-hope-answer-call-prime-minister/ |date=7 July 2022 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=7 July 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220707201954/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/07/tom-tugendhat-have-served-now-hope-answer-call-prime-minister/ |archive-date=7 July 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="ThirdRoundBallotEliminated" /><ref name=":34">{{Cite news |date=29 July 2022 |title=Tory leadership: Tom Tugendhat backs Liz Truss |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-62354297 |access-date=2022-07-29 |archive-date=30 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730045633/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-62354297 |url-status=live }}</ref>

|-<!-- Nadhim Zahawi -->
| [[File:Official portrait of Nadhim Zahawi MP crop 2.jpg|100px]]<br />{{Sortname|Nadhim|Zahawi}}
| [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]]<br />{{small|(2022)}}<br />MP for [[Stratford-on-Avon (UK Parliament constituency)|Stratford-on-Avon]] {{small|(2010–present)}}
| [[File:NZ4PM.png|100px|NZ4PM]]
| 9 July 2022
|data-sort-value=6|Eliminated after first ballot; endorsed [[Liz Truss]]
| [[Brandon Lewis]]<br />[[Amanda Milling]]
|<ref name="GutteridgeZahawi" /><ref name="FirstRoundBallotEliminated" /><ref name=":35">{{Cite news |last=Riley-Smith |first=Ben |date=31 July 2022 |title=Nadhim Zahawi: Vote for 'booster' Liz Truss over 'doomster' Rishi |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/31/nadhim-zahawi-vote-booster-liz-truss-doomster-rishi/ |url-status=live |access-date=2022-08-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731223306/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/31/nadhim-zahawi-vote-booster-liz-truss-doomster-rishi/ |archive-date=31 July 2022 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref>
|}

=== Withdrew ===
The following MPs announced that they would seek the leadership of the Conservative Party but subsequently withdrew from the race before they could be nominated:

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col" style="width: 120px;" | Candidate
! scope="col" style="width: 230px;" | Political office and constituency
! scope="col" style="width: 100px;" ! class="unsortable" | Campaign
! scope="col" style="width: 80px;" | Declared
! scope="col" style="width: 80px;" | Withdrew
! scope="col" style="width: 100px;" | Endorsed
! scope="col" style="width: 40px;" ! class="unsortable" | {{Define|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
|[[File:Official_portrait_of_Rehman_Chishti_MP_crop_2.jpg|100px]]<br />{{Sortname|Rehman|Chishti}}
|[[Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for North America, Sanctions and Consular Policy]]<br />{{small|(2022)}}<br />MP for [[Gillingham and Rainham (UK Parliament constituency)|Gillingham and Rainham]] {{small|(2010–present)}}
| 
|10 July 2022
|12 July 2022
| [[Tom Tugendhat]], then [[Rishi Sunak]]
|<ref>{{cite news |date=10 July 2022 |title=UK MP Rehman Chishti to run for next UK PM |work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-mp-rehman-chishti-run-next-uk-pm-2022-07-10/ |access-date=12 July 2022 |archive-date=10 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710234803/https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-mp-rehman-chishti-run-next-uk-pm-2022-07-10/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":22" /><ref name=":26">{{Cite web |date=13 July 2022 |title=Chishti backs Tugendhat for Tory leader |url=https://news.sky.com/story/tory-leadership-live-updates-sunak-and-truss-into-final-five-of-race-davis-condemns-black-ops-attacks-against-mordaunt-12593360 |access-date=15 July 2022 |publisher=Sky News |language=en |archive-date=14 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714201632/https://news.sky.com/story/tory-leadership-live-updates-sunak-and-truss-into-final-five-of-race-davis-condemns-black-ops-attacks-against-mordaunt-12593360 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":30">{{Cite news |date=19 July 2022 |title=Rehman Chishti is now backing Rishi Sunak to be Britain's next PM |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/19/tory-leadership-vote-today-sunak-badenoch-truss-penny-mordaunt/#update-20220719-1322 |access-date=20 July 2022 |issn=0307-1235 |archive-date=20 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220720003147/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/19/tory-leadership-vote-today-sunak-badenoch-truss-penny-mordaunt/#update-20220719-1322 |url-status=live |first1=Dominic |last1=Penna}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP crop 2.jpg|100px]]<br />{{Sortname|Sajid|Javid}}
|[[Secretary of State for Health and Social Care]]<br />{{small|(2021–2022)}}<br />MP for [[Bromsgrove (UK Parliament constituency)|Bromsgrove]] {{small|(2010–present)}}
|[[File:Teamsajlogotop1.png|100px|Team Saj]]<br />[https://web.archive.org/web/20220711160355/https://www.teamsaj.uk/ Website]
|9 July 2022
|12 July 2022
|[[Liz Truss]]
|<ref name="HuntJavid" /><ref name=":23" /><ref name=":32">{{Cite news |date=4 August 2022 |title=Tory leadership: Sajid Javid endorses Liz Truss's bid to be PM |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-62410239 |access-date=2022-08-29 |author=Nevett, Joshua |archive-date=29 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829052547/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-62410239 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|[[File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP crop 2.jpg|100px]]<br />{{Sortname|Grant|Shapps}}
| [[Secretary of State for Transport]]<br />{{small|(2019–2022)}}<br />MP for [[Welwyn Hatfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Welwyn Hatfield]] {{small|(2005–present)}}
| [[File:Grant Shapps logo.svg|100px|Grant Shapps]]
| 9 July 2022
| 12 July 2022
| [[Rishi Sunak]]
|<ref name="GutteridgeShapps" /><ref name=":24" />
|}

===Publicly expressed interest===
The following Conservative Party politicians publicly expressed interest in running for the leadership but did not stand:
* [[Steve Baker (politician)|Steve Baker]], MP for [[Wycombe (UK Parliament constituency)|Wycombe]]<ref>{{cite web |date=7 July 2022 |title=Anti-green MP Steve Baker considering running for PM if Boris Johnson goes |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/07/anti-green-mp-steve-baker-considering-running-for-pm-if-boris-johnson-goes |access-date=7 July 2022 |website=The Guardian |first=Helena |last=Horton |archive-date=7 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707100816/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/07/anti-green-mp-steve-baker-considering-running-for-pm-if-boris-johnson-goes |url-status=live}}</ref> ''(endorsed Braverman then Truss)''
* [[John Baron (politician)|John Baron]], MP for [[Basildon and Billericay]] ''(endorsed Mordaunt then Sunak)''<ref>{{Cite web |title=John Baron says Rishi is the man for him |last=Speight |first=Neil |work=Basildon Nub News |date=2 August 2022 |access-date=6 September 2022 |url= https://basildon.nub.news/news/local-news/john-baron-says-rishi-is-the-man-for-him-144501}}</ref>
* [[Jake Berry]], MP for [[Rossendale and Darwen (UK Parliament constituency)|Rossendale and Darwen]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Wallace and Berry rule themselves out of the race for No 10 |url=https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2022-07-09/north-west-tory-mps-rule-themselves-out-of-the-race-for-no-10 |access-date=10 July 2022 |work=ITV News |date=10 July 2022 |archive-date=9 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709185058/https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2022-07-09/north-west-tory-mps-rule-themselves-out-of-the-race-for-no-10 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{failed verification|date=July 2022}} ''(endorsed Tugendhat then Truss)''<ref name="JakeBerryEndorsement">{{cite news |last=Berry |first=Jake |title=Tom Tugendhat is the man Britain needs to change the country, says JAKE BERRY |url=https://www.express.co.uk/comment/expresscomment/1638367/Tom-Tugendhat-conservative-party-next-prime-minister |access-date=10 July 2022 |work=Express.co.uk |date=10 July 2022 |archive-date=10 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710200617/https://www.express.co.uk/comment/expresscomment/1638367/Tom-Tugendhat-conservative-party-next-prime-minister |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Robert Buckland]], MP for [[South Swindon]] and [[Secretary of State for Wales]] ''(endorsed Sunak then Truss)''<ref>{{cite web |title=Welsh secretary Robert Buckland switches leadership support from Rishi Sunak to Liz Truss |date=13 August 2022 |publisher=ITV News |url=https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2022-08-13/welsh-secretary-switches-support-from-rishi-sunak-to-liz-truss}}</ref>
*[[Nadine Dorries]], MP for [[Mid Bedfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Mid Bedfordshire]] and [[Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport]]<ref>{{cite news |date=8 July 2022 |title=Nadine Dorries considering Tory leadership bid to 'keep Johnson's flame alive' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/nadine-dorries-tory-leadership-bid-b2119090.html |access-date=9 July 2022 |website=The Independent |archive-date=9 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709014050/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/nadine-dorries-tory-leadership-bid-b2119090.html |url-status=live |first1=Joe |last1=Middleton}}</ref> ''(endorsed Truss)''
* [[Priti Patel]], MP for [[Witham (UK Parliament constituency)|Witham]] and [[Home Secretary]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=12 July 2022 |title=Priti Patel rules herself out of Tory leadership contest |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/12/priti-patel-rules-herself-out-tory-leadership-contest |author= Stewart, Heather|access-date=15 July 2022 |work=[[The Guardian]] |archive-date=14 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714133930/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/12/priti-patel-rules-herself-out-tory-leadership-contest |url-status=live }}</ref>{{failed verification|date=July 2022}}
* [[Jacob Rees-Mogg]], MP for [[North East Somerset (UK Parliament constituency)|North East Somerset]] and [[Minister of State for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hall |first=Macer |date=12 July 2022 |title=Jacob Rees-Mogg dissuaded from joining the Tory leadership contest |url=https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1639069/Jacob-Rees-Mogg-tory-leadership-conservative-boris-johnson-brexit |access-date=15 July 2022 |website=express.co.uk |language=en |archive-date=15 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715011517/https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1639069/Jacob-Rees-Mogg-tory-leadership-conservative-boris-johnson-brexit |url-status=live }}</ref>{{better source needed|date=July 2022}} ''(endorsed Truss)''
* [[Ben Wallace (politician)|Ben Wallace]], MP for [[Wyre and Preston North (UK Parliament constituency)|Wyre and Preston North]] and [[Secretary of State for Defence]]<ref name=":7" /> ''(endorsed Truss)''
*[[Bill Wiggin]], MP for [[North Herefordshire]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Here's who South Worcestershire's MPs are backing to be the next PM |last=Banner |first=Tom |work=Ledbury Reporter |date=11 July 2022|access-date=6 September 2022 |url= https://www.ledburyreporter.co.uk/news/20270920.south-worcestershire-mps-reveal-supporting-leader/}}</ref> ''(endorsed Badenoch)''

===Declined===
The following Conservative Party politicians have been speculated as potential candidates for the leadership but declined to stand:{{citation needed|reason=need to be able to verify, for each, the level of speculation, and that they declined|date=August 2022}}
* [[David Davis (British politician)|David Davis]], MP for [[Haltemprice and Howden (UK Parliament constituency)|Haltemprice and Howden]] (''endorsed Mordaunt then Sunak'')
* [[Simon Clarke (politician)|Simon Clarke]], MP for [[Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland (UK Parliament constituency)|Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland]] and [[Chief Secretary to the Treasury]] ''(endorsed Truss)''
* [[James Cleverly]], MP for [[Braintree (UK Parliament constituency)|Braintree]] and [[Secretary of State for Education]] ''(endorsed Truss)''
* [[Tobias Ellwood]], MP for [[Bournemouth East (UK Parliament constituency)|Bournemouth East]]<ref>{{cite news |title='I don't think it's my time': Tobias Ellwood distances himself from leadership bid |url=https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/20262663.tobias-ellwood-will-run-prime-minister/ |access-date=7 July 2022 |work=Bournemouth Echo |archive-date=7 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707190431/https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/20262663.tobias-ellwood-will-run-prime-minister/ |url-status=live |first1=Jason |last1=Lewis}}</ref> ''(endorsed Zahawi then Mordaunt)''
* [[Michael Gove]], MP for [[Surrey Heath (UK Parliament constituency)|Surrey Heath]]<ref name=":8">{{cite news |title=Here's who's confirmed to stand in – and ruled out of – the Tory leadership race |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/20264170.isnt-standing-conservative-leadership-contest/ |date=7 July 2022 |first1=Laura |last1=Webster |website=The National |archive-date=8 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708233914/https://www.thenational.scot/news/20264170.isnt-standing-conservative-leadership-contest/ |url-status=live}}</ref> ''(endorsed Badenoch then Sunak)''
* [[Matt Hancock]], MP for [[West Suffolk (UK Parliament constituency)|West Suffolk]]<ref>{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Rebecca |title='It won't be me!' Matt Hancock rules out running for next Conservative leader|url=https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1636752/matt-hancock-rules-out-conservative-leader-bbc-breakfast|date=7 July 2022|access-date=7 July 2022|website=[[Daily Express]]|archive-date=8 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708122202/https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1636752/matt-hancock-rules-out-conservative-leader-bbc-breakfast|url-status=live}}</ref> ''(endorsed Sunak)''
* [[Mark Harper]], MP for [[Forest of Dean (UK Parliament constituency)|Forest of Dean]]<ref name=":0">{{cite news |last=Walker |first=Peter |date=19 January 2022 |title=Who are the outside bets for Tory leader if Boris Johnson goes? |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jan/19/who-are-outside-bets-tory-leader-if-boris-johnson-goes |access-date=19 January 2022 |archive-date=19 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119162445/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jan/19/who-are-outside-bets-tory-leader-if-boris-johnson-goes |url-status=live}}</ref> ''(endorsed Sunak)''
* [[Gillian Keegan]], MP for [[Chichester (UK Parliament constituency)|Chichester]] and [[Minister of State for Care and Mental Health]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=12 July 2022 |title=Gillian Keegan backs Rishi Sunak to be the next Prime Minister |url=https://news.sky.com/story/tory-leadership-live-updates-sunak-and-truss-into-final-five-of-race-davis-condemns-black-ops-attacks-against-mordaunt-12593360 |access-date=15 July 2022 |website=Sky News |language=en |archive-date=14 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714201632/https://news.sky.com/story/tory-leadership-live-updates-sunak-and-truss-into-final-five-of-race-davis-condemns-black-ops-attacks-against-mordaunt-12593360 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''(endorsed Sunak)''
* [[Kwasi Kwarteng]], MP for [[Spelthorne (UK Parliament constituency)|Spelthorne]] and [[Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy]]<ref>{{cite news |date=7 July 2022 |title=Ben Wallace and Rishi Sunak early favourites in leadership race |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/07/tory-party-leadership-run-replace-boris-johnson |work=[[The Guardian]] |archive-date=8 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708122622/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/07/tory-party-leadership-run-replace-boris-johnson |url-status=live |first1=Rowena |last1=Mason |first2=Heather |last2=Stewart}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=8 June 2022 |title=Who Could Succeed Boris Johnson? Runners and Riders |work=Bloomberg.com |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-08/who-could-succeed-johnson-as-u-k-premier-runners-and-riders |first1=Ellen |last1=Milligan |first2=Joe |last2=Mayes |access-date=7 July 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220716172507/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-08/who-could-succeed-johnson-as-u-k-premier-runners-and-riders |archive-date=16 July 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="ConHome2022">{{cite web |last= |first= |date=8 July 2022 |title=Next Conservative Leader. Who's backing whom. Our working list. |url=https://conservativehome.com/2022/07/08/next-tory-leader-whos-backing-whom-our-working-list/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708230802/https://conservativehome.com/2022/07/08/next-tory-leader-whos-backing-whom-our-working-list/ |archive-date=9 July 2022 |access-date=8 July 2022 |website=Conservative Home}}</ref> ''(endorsed Truss)''
* [[Esther McVey]], MP for [[Tatton (UK Parliament constituency)|Tatton]]<ref name="huffingtonpost1"/> ''(endorsed Hunt, [[Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|running mate]])''
* [[Dominic Raab]], MP for [[Esher and Walton (UK Parliament constituency)|Esher and Walton]], [[Secretary of State for Justice]], [[Lord Chancellor]], and [[Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Deputy Prime Minister]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Crump |first=Jonathon |date=13 January 2022 |title=Who could replace Boris Johnson as Prime Minister if he stepped down? |work=MyLondon |url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/uk-world-news/who-could-replace-boris-johnson-22737059 |access-date=19 January 2022 |archive-date=19 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119191706/https://www.mylondon.news/news/uk-world-news/who-could-replace-boris-johnson-22737059 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web |date=7 July 2022 |title=UK's Gove, deputy PM Raab won't run to be party leader – Daily Mail |url=https://www.euronews.com/2022/07/07/uk-britain-politics-conservatives |access-date=7 July 2022 |publisher=Euronews |archive-date=8 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708122203/https://www.euronews.com/2022/07/07/uk-britain-politics-conservatives |url-status=live |agency=Reuters}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=12 July 2022 |title=Raab and Shapps back Rishi Sunak in race for Tory leadership |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/12/dominic-raab-grant-shapps-back-rishi-sunak-tory-leadership-race |access-date=13 July 2022 |website=The Guardian |archive-date=12 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712132624/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/12/dominic-raab-grant-shapps-back-rishi-sunak-tory-leadership-race |url-status=live|author1=Stewart, Heather|author2=Elgot, Jessica|author3=Allegretti, Aubrey}}</ref> ''(endorsed Sunak)''
* [[Alexander Stafford]], MP for [[Rother Valley (UK Parliament constituency)|Rother Valley]] ''(endorsed Truss)''

==Endorsements==
{{Main|Endorsements in the July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election}}

==Timeline==
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|-
! colspan="2"|Candidate status
|-
| style="background:#0047ab;"|
| Candidate on membership ballot
|-
| style="background:#007fcc;"|
| Candidate eliminated during MP ballots
|-
| style="background:#B0C4DE;"|
| Candidate withdrew
|-
! colspan="2"|Events
|-
| style="background:red;"|
| Boris Johnson announces resignation
|-
| style="background:orange;"|
| Nominations close
|-
| style="background:yellow;"|
| MP ballots
|-
| style="background:#007f33;"|
| First televised head-to-head debate
|-
| style="background:darkblue;"|
| Postal ballots distributed to party members
|-
| style="background:purple;"|
| Final leadership hustings
|-
| style="background:black;"|
| Results announced
|}

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==Debates==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%"
|-
! style="white-space:nowrap;" | No. || Date and time || Location || Programme || Broadcaster || Presenter(s) || Viewers <br /><small>(millions)</small>
! colspan="5" scope="col" | Candidates
! rowspan="2" |{{Define|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
! colspan="7" |<small>{{Colors|black|#99ff99|&nbsp;P&nbsp;}} Participant &nbsp; {{Colors|grey|#ececec| &nbsp;O&nbsp; }} Out of race (eliminated or withdrawn) &nbsp;  {{Colors|black|#FE9| &nbsp;H&nbsp;}} Debate halted &nbsp;  {{Colors|black|#ffffdd| &nbsp;N&nbsp;}} No debate</small>
! scope="col" style="width:4em;" |<small>[[Kemi Badenoch|Badenoch]]</small>
! scope="col" style="width:4em;" |<small>[[Penny Mordaunt|Mordaunt]]</small>
! scope="col" style="width:4em;" |<small>[[Rishi Sunak|Sunak]]</small>
! scope="col" style="width:4em;" |<small>[[Liz Truss|Truss]]</small>
! scope="col" style="width:4em;" |<small>[[Tom Tugendhat|Tugendhat]]</small>
|-
| colspan="13" style="background:#F9F9F9; color:black; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;" class="table-no" | '''Prior to the final ballot of Conservative MPs'''
|-
! 1
| style="white-space:nowrap;" |15 July 2022,<br />7:30&nbsp;pm
| style="white-space:nowrap;" | [[Here East]], [[Stratford, London|Stratford]],<br />London
| style="white-space;" |''Britain's Next PM: The<br />Conservative Debate''
| style="white-space:nowrap;" | [[Channel 4]]
| style="white-space:nowrap;" | [[Krishnan Guru-Murthy]]
| 1.85
| {{Yes|'''P'''}}
| {{Yes|'''P'''}}
| {{Yes|'''P'''}}
| {{Yes|'''P'''}}
| {{Yes|'''P'''}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Channel 4 confirms all five contenders will take part in Leadership Debate – Friday 15th July at 7:30pm {{!}} Channel 4 |url=https://www.channel4.com/press/news/channel-4-confirms-all-five-contenders-will-take-part-leadership-debate-friday-15th-july |access-date=14 July 2022 |publisher=Channel 4 |archive-date=14 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714222801/https://www.channel4.com/press/news/channel-4-confirms-all-five-contenders-will-take-part-leadership-debate-friday-15th-july |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Top programmes report – week 28, July 11 – 17 – Channel 4 |url=https://www.thinkbox.tv/research/barb-data/top-programmes-report/?tag=CH4 |website=Thinkbox |access-date=27 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726233047/https://www.thinkbox.tv/research/barb-data/top-programmes-report/?tag=CH4 |archive-date=26 July 2022 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! 2
| style="white-space:nowrap;" |17 July 2022,<br />7pm
| style="white-space:nowrap;" |[[Riverside Studios]],<br />[[Hammersmith]], London
| style="white-space:nowrap;" |''Britain's Next Prime<br />Minister: The ITV Debate''
| style="white-space:nowrap;" |[[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]
| style="white-space:nowrap;" |[[Julie Etchingham]]
| 3.06 <!--- 2.99 without viewership on non-TV devices, which BARB includes and Thinkbox (cited for the C4 debate viewing figures) do not --->
| {{Yes|'''P'''}}
| {{Yes|'''P'''}}
| {{Yes|'''P'''}}
| {{Yes|'''P'''}}
| {{Yes|'''P'''}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 July 2022 |title=When, where, and how to watch the ITV Tory leadership debate |url=https://www.itv.com/news/2022-07-15/when-where-and-how-to-watch-the-itv-tory-leadership-debate |access-date=17 July 2022 |website=ITV News |language=en |archive-date=17 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220717030933/https://www.itv.com/news/2022-07-15/when-where-and-how-to-watch-the-itv-tory-leadership-debate |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Most viewed programmes |url=https://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/most-viewed-programmes/ |website=BARB |access-date=27 July 2022 |archive-date=18 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018150742/https://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/most-viewed-programmes/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! 3
| style="white-space:nowrap;" |19 July 2022,<br />8pm (cancelled)
| style="white-space:nowrap;" |<s>[[Sky Campus]], [[Isleworth]],<br />London</s>
| style="white-space:nowrap;" |<s>''The Battle for No. 10''</s>
| style="white-space:nowrap;" |<s>[[Sky News]]</s>
| style="white-space:nowrap;" |<s>[[Kay Burley]]</s>
| N/A
| {{n/a|'''O'''}}
| {{Yes-No|'''N'''}}
| {{Yes-No|'''N'''}}
| {{Yes-No|'''N'''}}
| {{n/a|'''O'''}}
|<ref name="Sky News debate announcement">{{cite web | title=Sky News to host first Tory leadership debate | publisher=Sky News | date=10 July 2022 | url=https://news.sky.com/story/sky-news-to-host-first-tory-leadership-debate-12649648 | access-date=11 July 2022 | archive-date=10 July 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710214042/https://news.sky.com/story/sky-news-to-host-first-tory-leadership-debate-12649648 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=18 July 2022 |title=Sky News cancels Conservative leadership debate after Sunak and Truss refuse to take part |url=https://news.sky.com/story/sky-news-cancels-conservative-leadership-debate-after-sunak-and-truss-pull-out-12654286 |access-date=2022-07-20 |publisher=Sky News |language=en |archive-date=19 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719195255/https://news.sky.com/story/sky-news-cancels-conservative-leadership-debate-after-sunak-and-truss-pull-out-12654286 |url-status=live |first1=Sophie |last1=Morris}}</ref>
|-
| colspan="13" style="background:#F9F9F9; color:black; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;" class="table-no" | '''Following the final ballot of Conservative MPs'''
|-
! 4
| style="white-space:nowrap;" |25 July 2022,<br />9pm
| style="white-space:nowrap;" | [[Victoria Hall, Stoke-on-Trent|Victoria Hall]], Stoke-on-Trent
| style="white-space:nowrap;" |''Our Next Prime Minister''
| style="white-space:nowrap;" |[[BBC One]]
| style="white-space:nowrap;" |[[Sophie Raworth]]
| 3.70
| {{n/a|'''O'''}}
| {{n/a|'''O'''}}
| {{Yes|'''P'''}}
| {{Yes|'''P'''}}
| {{n/a|'''O'''}}
|<ref name="BBC One debate announcement">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62224725|title=Tory leadership race: BBC to host TV debate for final two|website=BBC News|date=19 July 2022|access-date=19 July 2022|archive-date=19 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719195207/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-62224725|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Top programmes report |url=https://www.thinkbox.tv/research/barb-data/top-programmes-report |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=thinkbox |language=en |archive-date=30 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220530080216/https://www.thinkbox.tv/research/barb-data/top-programmes-report/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! 5
| style="white-space:nowrap;" |26 July 2022,<br />6pm{{efn|After the host Kate McCann fell ill, the debate was halted approximately halfway through the planned one-hour runtime and was not resumed.}}
| style="white-space:nowrap;" |Ealing Broadcast Centre, <br />[[Ealing]], London
| style="white-space:nowrap;" |''The Sun's Showdown: <br />The Fight for No.10''
| style="white-space:nowrap;" |''[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun]]'' <br />and [[TalkTV (British TV channel)|TalkTV]]
| style="white-space:nowrap;" |<s>[[Harry Cole (journalist)|Harry Cole]]</s> (withdrew) <br />[[Kate McCann (journalist)|Kate McCann]]
| 0.14
| {{n/a|'''O'''}}
| {{n/a|'''O'''}}
| {{Partial failure|'''H'''}}
| {{Partial failure|'''H'''}}
| {{n/a|'''O'''}}
|<ref>{{cite web |title=The Sun & TalkTV to host Conservative leadership debate {{!}} News UK |url=https://www.news.co.uk/2022/07/the-sun-talktv-to-host-conservative-leadership-debate/ |website=News UK |date=22 July 2022 |access-date=22 July 2022 |archive-date=24 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220724050259/https://www.news.co.uk/2022/07/the-sun-talktv-to-host-conservative-leadership-debate/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=26 July 2022 |title=TalkTV Tory leadership debate halted after incident in studio |url=https://www.itv.com/news/2022-07-26/talktv-tory-leadership-debate-halted-after-incident-in-studio |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=ITV News |language=en |archive-date=27 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727010039/https://www.itv.com/news/2022-07-26/talktv-tory-leadership-debate-halted-after-incident-in-studio |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sherwin |first=Adam |date=27 July 2022 |title=Row erupted at TalkTV over 'no plan B' after Kate McCann fainted during debate |url=https://inews.co.uk/news/tory-leadership-debate-talktv-row-plan-b-kate-mccann-fainted-1763807 |access-date=2022-07-27 |website=inews.co.uk |language=en |archive-date=27 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727221644/https://inews.co.uk/news/tory-leadership-debate-talktv-row-plan-b-kate-mccann-fainted-1763807 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|}

{{notelist}}

===Public reaction===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;line-height:18px"
|-
! style="width:140px;" | Date(s) <br />administered
! style="width:170px;"| Poll <br />source
! style="width:170px;"| Sample<br />size
! style="width:60px;"|[[Kemi Badenoch|Badenoch]]
! style="width:60px;"|[[Penny Mordaunt|Mordaunt]]
! style="width:60px;"|[[Rishi Sunak|Sunak]]
! style="width:60px;"|[[Liz Truss|Truss]]
! style="width:60px;"|[[Tom Tugendhat|Tugendhat]]
! style="width:40px;"| Don't Know
|-
| colspan="10"; style="text-align: center; background: silver"|'''Britain's Next PM: The Conservative Debate'''
|-
|15 July 2022
|Opinium<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tory-leadership-debate-poll-tugendhat-winner-b2124458.html |first1=Andy |last1=Gregory |title=Tom Tugendhat clear winner of first Tory leadership debate, snap poll finds|newspaper=The Independent |date=15 July 2022|access-date=17 July 2022 |archive-date=17 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220717233239/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tory-leadership-debate-poll-tugendhat-winner-b2124458.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|1,159
| align="center" <----Badenoch---- > | 12%
| align="center" <----Mordaunt---- > | 12%
| align="center" <-----Sunak----- > | 25%
| align="center" <----Truss---- > | 6%
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} align="center" <----Tugendhat---- > |'''36%'''
| align="center" <----DK---- > | 9%
|-
| colspan="10"; style="text-align: center; background: silver"|'''Britain's Next Prime Minister: The ITV Debate'''
|-
|17 July 2022
|Opinium<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rishi-sunak-winner-tory-debate-b2125253.html|title=Rishi Sunak winner of second Tory leadership debate, snap poll finds|newspaper=The Independent|date=17 July 2022|access-date=17 July 2022|archive-date=17 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220717204152/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rishi-sunak-winner-tory-debate-b2125253.html|url-status=live |first1=Maryam |last1=Zakir-Hussain |first2=Adam |last2=Forrest}}</ref>
|1,001
| align="center" <----Badenoch---- > | 12%
| align="center" <----Mordaunt---- > | 17%
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} align="center" <-----Sunak----- > | '''24%'''
| align="center" <----Truss---- > | 15%
| align="center" <----Tugendhat---- > |19%
| align="center" <----DK---- > | 13%
|-
| colspan="10"; style="text-align: center; background: silver"|'''Our Next Prime Minister'''
|-
|25 July 2022
|Opinium<ref>{{cite news |last1=Penna |first1=Dominic |title=Tory leadership debate: Liz Truss accuses Rishi Sunak of 'Project Fear' as he warns she would 'tip millions into misery' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/25/tory-leadership-tv-debate-truss-sunak-live-updates/ |access-date=25 July 2022 |work=The Telegraph |date=25 July 2022 |archive-date=25 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220725184720/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/25/tory-leadership-tv-debate-truss-sunak-live-updates/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|1,032
| align="center" <----Badenoch---- > | –
| align="center" <----Mordaunt---- > | –
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} align="center" <-----Sunak----- > | '''39%'''
| align="center" <----Truss---- > | 38%
| align="center" <----Tugendhat---- > |–
| align="center" <----DK---- > | 23%
|}

==Public hustings==
Following the fifth ballot of Conservative MPs on 20 July, the final two candidates, [[Rishi Sunak]] and [[Liz Truss]], were invited to take place in a series of hustings organised by the party. Each of the twelve events were held in a different nation or region of the UK, except for one extra in [[South West England]] and none in the [[East Midlands]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.conservatives.com/hustings|title=Hustings|website=conservatives.com|access-date=21 July 2022|archive-date=20 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220720192538/https://www.conservatives.com/hustings|url-status=live}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Date !! Moderator !!  Nation or Region !! Venue !! Map
|-
| 28 July 2022 || [[Nick Ferrari]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Iain Dale |url=https://twitter.com/iaindale/status/1552649814533234688 |access-date=2022-07-28 |via=Twitter |language=en |archive-date=30 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730045632/https://twitter.com/iaindale/status/1552649814533234688 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=January 2023}} || [[Yorkshire and the Humber]] || [[Elland Road]],<br />[[Leeds]], West Yorkshire || rowspan=12|{{Location map+ |United Kingdom |float=right |width=370 |caption= |places=
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{{Location map~ |United Kingdom|lat=50.768036|long=0.290472|label_size=80 |label={{lower|0.2em| '''[[Eastbourne]]'''}}|position=left}}
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{{Location map~ |United Kingdom|lat=52.6293|long=1.297355|label_size=80 |label={{lower|0.2em| '''[[Norwich]]'''}}|position=left}}
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|-
| 1 August 2022 || [[Sebastian Payne]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sebastian Payne |url=https://twitter.com/sebastianepayne/status/1554081373572431873 |access-date=2022-08-01 |via=Twitter |language=en |archive-date=3 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220803113607/https://twitter.com/sebastianepayne/status/1554081373572431873 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=January 2023}} || [[South West England]] || [[University of Exeter]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Heptinstall |first1=Ollie |title=Tory leadership hustings held in Exeter |url=https://www.radioexe.co.uk/news-and-features/local-politics/tory-leadership-hustings-held-in-exeter/ |access-date=4 August 2022 |work=Radio Exe |date=2 August 2022 |language=en |archive-date=4 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220804011908/https://www.radioexe.co.uk/news-and-features/local-politics/tory-leadership-hustings-held-in-exeter/ |url-status=live }}</ref><br />[[Exeter]], Devon
|-
| 3 August 2022 || [[Hannah Vaughan Jones]]<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/london-playbook/poll-puts-truss-34-points-up-hustings-in-cardiff-taiwan-showdown/ | work=London Playbook | title=Poll puts Truss 34 points up — Hustings in Cardiff — Taiwan showdown |first1=Eleni |last1=Courea | date=3 August 2022 | access-date=3 August 2022 | archive-date=3 August 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220803113607/https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/london-playbook/poll-puts-truss-34-points-up-hustings-in-cardiff-taiwan-showdown/ | url-status=live }}</ref>  || [[Wales]] || [[All Nations Centre]],<br />[[Cardiff]], Wales
|-
| 5 August 2022 || Jimmy McLoughlin<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/aug/05/truss-warns-against-talking-uk-into-a-recession-in-leadership-hustings |work=[[The Guardian]] |title=Truss warns against 'talking UK into a recession' in leadership hustings |date=5 August 2022 |first1=Matthew |last1=Weaver |access-date=6 August 2022 |archive-date=6 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220806122722/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/aug/05/truss-warns-against-talking-uk-into-a-recession-in-leadership-hustings |url-status=live }}</ref> || [[South East England]] || [[Eastbourne Theatres|Winter Garden Theatre]],<br />[[Eastbourne]], East Sussex
|-
| 9 August 2022 || [[Tom Newton Dunn]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Browning |first=Oliver |date=9 August 2022 |title=Liz Truss labelled 'cheap' by Tom Newton Dunn after she apologises for attack on media |url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/liz-truss-labelled-cheap-tom-210716463.html |access-date=2022-08-09 |website=Yahoo News |language=en-GB |archive-date=9 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809215306/https://uk.news.yahoo.com/liz-truss-labelled-cheap-tom-210716463.html |url-status=live }}</ref> || [[North East England]] || [[Darlington#Theatre|The Hippodrome]],<br />[[Darlington]], County Durham<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sparrow |first=Andrew |date=9 August 2022 |title=Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak meet members at Tory leadership hustings in Darlington – as it happened |language=en |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2022/aug/09/liz-truss-rishi-sunak-cost-of-living-crisis-conservative-leadership-tv-debate-uk-politics-latest |url-status=live |access-date=2022-08-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809192500/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2022/aug/09/liz-truss-rishi-sunak-cost-of-living-crisis-conservative-leadership-tv-debate-uk-politics-latest |archive-date=9 August 2022}}</ref>
|-
| 11 August 2022 || [[Camilla Tominey]]<ref>{{Cite news |title=Leadership Election 2022 |language=en-GB |work=Telegraph Extra |url=https://extra.telegraph.co.uk/events/live-hustings-event?icid=events_hustings-event_nav-bar_generic |access-date=2022-08-08 |issn=0307-1235 |archive-date=8 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808174726/https://extra.telegraph.co.uk/events/live-hustings-event?icid=events_hustings-event_nav-bar_generic |url-status=live }}</ref> || [[South West England]] || [[Cheltenham Racecourse]],<br />[[Cheltenham]], Gloucestershire
|-
| 16 August 2022 || [[Colin Mackay (journalist)|Colin Mackay]]<ref>{{Cite news|title=Prime Minister hopefuls Truss and Sunak to debate live on STV News|date=16 August 2022|accessdate=16 August 2022|url=https://news.stv.tv/politics/prime-minister-hopefuls-liz-truss-and-rishi-sunak-to-debate-live-on-stv-news|publisher=STV News|archive-date=16 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816054903/https://news.stv.tv/politics/prime-minister-hopefuls-liz-truss-and-rishi-sunak-to-debate-live-on-stv-news|url-status=live}}</ref> || [[Scotland]] || [[Perth Concert Hall (Scotland)|Perth Concert Hall]],<br />[[Perth, Scotland|Perth]], Perthshire
|-
| 17 August 2022 || [[Andrew Stephenson]] MP<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 August 2022 |title=London Playbook: Inflation rises again — Hustings in Belfast — Asylum row |url=https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/london-playbook/inflation-rises-again-hustings-in-belfast-asylum-row/ |access-date=2022-08-17 |website=Politico |language=en-US |archive-date=17 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817103849/https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/london-playbook/inflation-rises-again-hustings-in-belfast-asylum-row/ |url-status=live }}</ref> || [[Northern Ireland]] || Culloden Estate,<br />[[Belfast]], County Antrim
|-
| 19 August 2022 || [[Alastair Stewart]]<ref>{{cite tweet |url=https://twitter.com/AlStewartOBE/status/1559478374606716929 |number=1559478374606716929 |user=AlStewartOBE |author-link=Alastair Stewart |last=Stewart |first=Alistair |title=I am delighted to say that I will be hosting the @Conservatives hustings with @trussliz & @RishiSunak in Manchester on Friday, 7pm-9pm, covered live on @GBNEWS. |date=16 August 2022 |access-date=12 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816183733/https://twitter.com/AlStewartOBE/status/1559478374606716929 |archive-date=16 August 2022}}</ref> || [[North West England]] || [[Manchester Central Convention Complex]],<br />[[Manchester]], Greater Manchester
|-
| 23 August 2022 || [[John Pienaar]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.news.co.uk/2022/08/times-radio-to-host-latest-conservative-party-leadership-hustings-in-birmingham/ | title=Times Radio to host latest Conservative Party leadership hustings in Birmingham &#124; News UK | date=25 August 2022 | access-date=23 August 2022 | archive-date=23 August 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220823181839/https://www.news.co.uk/2022/08/times-radio-to-host-latest-conservative-party-leadership-hustings-in-birmingham/ | url-status=live }}</ref> || [[West Midlands (region)|West Midlands]] ||[[National Exhibition Centre]],<br />[[Birmingham]], West Midlands
|-
| 25 August 2022 || [[Julia Hartley-Brewer]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 August 2022 |title=London Playbook: Viral hustings — Breaking Britain — Taking the Maitlis bait |url=https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/london-playbook/viral-hustings-breaking-britain-taking-the-maitlis-bait/ |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=Politico |language=en-US |archive-date=25 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220825125018/https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/london-playbook/viral-hustings-breaking-britain-taking-the-maitlis-bait/ |url-status=live }}</ref> || [[East of England]] || Holiday Inn Hotel,<br />[[Norwich]], Norfolk<ref>{{Citation |last=Party |first=The Conservative |title=Conservative Party Leadership Hustings in Norwich |date=25 August 2022 |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/conservativeparty/52309896247/ |access-date=2022-08-25 |archive-date=25 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220825194900/https://www.flickr.com/photos/conservativeparty/52309896247/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| 31 August 2022 || Nick Ferrari<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Final Countdown: Tory leadership hustings live on LBC |url=https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/final-tory-leadership-hustings-watch/ |access-date=2022-08-31 |website=LBC |language=en |archive-date=31 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831085419/https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/final-tory-leadership-hustings-watch/ |url-status=live }}</ref> || [[Greater London]] || [[Wembley Arena]],<br />London, Greater London
|}

== Opinion polling ==
=== Sunak vs. Truss ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;text-align:center"
|-
! Dates<br />conducted
! Pollster
! Sample<br />size
! [[Rishi Sunak|Rishi<br />Sunak]]
! [[Liz Truss|Liz<br />Truss]]
! Will not<br />vote
! Don't<br />know
|-
| rowspan="2" |18–25 Aug
| rowspan="2" |[https://www.techneuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/DATA-CONSERVATIVE-LEADERSHIP-ELECTION-2022-8-26.pdf techneUK]
| rowspan="2" |801 Conservative Party members
|33%
|style="background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" |'''59%'''
| colspan="2" |8%
|-
|36%
|style="background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" |'''64%'''
| colspan="2" |''N/A''
|-
|12–17 Aug
|[https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articles-reports/2022/08/19/two-and-half-weeks-go-liz-truss-now-leads-rishi-su YouGov]
|950 Conservative Party members
|34%
| style="background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" |'''66%'''
| colspan="2" |''N/A''
|-
|16–17 Aug
|[https://conservativehome.com/2022/08/17/conhomes-latest-tory-leadership-election-survey-truss-60-per-cent-sunak-28-per-cent-nine-per-cent-undecided Conservative Home]{{efn|name=conservativehome-self-selecting}}
|961 Conservative Party members
|28%
| style="background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" |'''60%'''
|3%
|9%
|-
|8–13 Aug
|[https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/aug/13/poll-of-tory-members-gives-liz-truss-22-point-lead-to-be-next-prime-minister Opinium]
|570 Conservative Party members
|39%
| style="background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" |'''61%'''
| colspan="2" |''N/A''
|-
|12 Aug
|[https://www.techneuk.com/tracker/conservativeleadership/ techneUK] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812104627/https://www.techneuk.com/tracker/conservativeleadership/ |date=12 August 2022 }}
|272 Conservative Party members
|33%
|style="background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" |'''60%'''
|''N/A''
|7%
|-
|5 Aug
|[https://www.techneuk.com/tracker/conservativeleadership/ techneUK] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812104627/https://www.techneuk.com/tracker/conservativeleadership/ |date=12 August 2022 }}
|261 Conservative Party members
|36%
|style="background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" |'''56%'''
|''N/A''
|8%
|-
|3–4 Aug
|[https://conservativehome.com/2022/08/04/conhomes-tory-leadership-election-survey-truss-58-per-cent-sunak-26-per-cent-12-per-cent-undecided/ Conservative Home]{{efn|name=conservativehome-self-selecting}}
|1,003 Conservative Party members
|26%
|style="background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" |'''58%'''
|1%
|12%
|-
| rowspan="2" | 29 Jul – 2 Aug
| rowspan="2" | [https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articles-reports/2022/08/02/truss-leads-sunak-69-31-latest-tory-members-poll YouGov]
| rowspan="2" | 1,043 Conservative Party members
|  31%
| style="background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" |'''69%'''
| colspan="2" | ''N/A''
|-
|26%
|style="background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" |'''60%'''
|2%
|11%
|-
|27–29 Jul
|[https://www.techneuk.com/tracker/conservativeleadership/ techneUK] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812104627/https://www.techneuk.com/tracker/conservativeleadership/ |date=12 August 2022 }}
|807 Conservative Party members
|43%
|style="background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" |'''48%'''
| colspan="2" |9%
|-
| rowspan="2" |20–21 Jul
| rowspan="2" |[https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articles-reports/2022/07/21/liz-truss-holds-24-point-lead-over-rishi-sunak-amo YouGov]
| rowspan="2" |730 Conservative Party members
|38%
|style="background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" |'''62%'''
| colspan="2" |''N/A''
|-
|31%
|style="background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" |'''49%'''
|6%
|15%
|-
|18–19 Jul
|[https://conservativehome.com/2022/07/17/next-tory-leader-run-offs-sunak-would-now-beat-mordaunt-truss-would-beat-both-of-them/ Conservative Home]{{efn|name=conservativehome-self-selecting}}
|845 Conservative Party members
|42%
|style="background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" |'''49%'''
|''N/A''
|9%
|-
|18–19 Jul
|[https://docs.cdn.yougov.com/wue1nfg0b7/ConMembers_July19th_head_to_heads_w.pdf YouGov]
|725 Conservative Party members
|35%
|style="background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" |'''54%'''
|''N/A''
|10%
|-
|12–13 Jul
|[https://docs.cdn.yougov.com/6shnrhfen6/ConservativePartyMembers_LeadershipContenders_220713_w.pdf YouGov]
|879 Conservative Party members
|35%
|style="background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" |'''59%'''
|''N/A''
|6%
|-
|11–12 Jul
|[https://conservativehome.com/2022/07/12/next-tory-leader-run-offs-third-liz-truss/ Conservative Home]{{efn|name=conservativehome-self-selecting|The ConservativeHome Party Members' Survey is a self-selecting panel, not a demographically or geographically weighted poll. The panel is composed of over 3,300 members of the Conservative Party, who receive the survey by email.}}
|929 Conservative Party members
|34%
|style="background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" |'''51%'''
|''N/A''
|14%
|-
|6–8 Jul
|[https://www.opinium.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Conservative-Members-Poll-Results-Data-Tables-1.xlsx Opinium]
|493 Conservative Party members
|style="background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" |'''37%'''
|33%
|8%
|22%
|-
|6–7 Jul
|[https://docs.cdn.yougov.com/rx4q2udqn4/Internal_ConservativePartyMembers_NextLeader_220707_w.pdf YouGov]
|716 Conservative Party members
|38%
|style="background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" |'''43%'''
|''N/A''
|19%
|}

{{Notelist}}

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 | height=400
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 | interpolate = basis
 | showSymbols = true
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 | xType = date
 | xAxisAngle = -40
 | xAxisFormat=%d %b
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 | y1Title=Truss
 | y2Title=Sunak
 | y3Title=Don't know
 | y4Title=Will not vote
 | x= 2022/07/06, 2022/07/08, 2022/07/12, 2022/07/13, 2022/07/19, 2022/07/20, 2022/07/21, 2022/07/21, 2022/07/29, 2022/08/01, 2022/08/02, 2022/08/04, 2022/08/05, 2022/08/12, 2022/08/13, 2022/08/17, 2022/08/17, 2022/08/25, 2022/08/25
 | y1= 0.43, 0.33, 0.51, 0.59, 0.54, 0.49, 0.49, 0.62, 0.48, 0.60, 0.69, 0.58, 0.56, 0.60, 0.68, 0.60, 0.66, 0.59, 0.66
 | y2= 0.38, 0.39, 0.34, 0.35, 0.35, 0.42, 0.31, 0.38, 0.43, 0.26, 0.31, 0.26, 0.36, 0.33, 0.31, 0.28, 0.34, 0.33, 0.36
 | y3= 0.19, 0.22, 0.14, 0.06, 0.10, 0.09, 0.15,     ,     , 0.11,     , 0.12, 0.08, 0.07, , 0.09, , 0.08    
 | y4=     , 0.08,     ,     ,     ,     , 0.06,     , 0.02,     , 0.01,    , , , , 0.03, 
 | colors = #9932cc, #00669a, #63686a, #d3cbbf
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=== Sunak vs. Truss vs. Johnson ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;text-align:center"
|-
! Dates<br />conducted
! Pollster
! Sample<br />size
! [[Boris Johnson|Boris<br />Johnson]]
! [[Rishi Sunak|Rishi<br />Sunak]]
! [[Liz Truss|Liz<br />Truss]]
! Don't<br />know
|-
|12–17 Aug
|[https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articles-reports/2022/08/19/two-and-half-weeks-go-liz-truss-now-leads-rishi-su YouGov]
|950 Conservative Party members
| style="background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" |'''46%'''
|23%
|24%
|7%
|-
|29 Jul–2 Aug
|[https://docs.cdn.yougov.com/zqo0x3y6r7/TheTimesResults_220802_ConMembers_final_W2.pdf YouGov]
|1,043 Conservative Party members
| style="background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" |'''40%'''
|23%
|28%
|9%
|-
|25 Jul
|[https://www.indy100.com/politics/tory-leadership-contest-boris-johnson Deltapoll]
|1,588 Conservative Party voters
| style="background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" |'''40%'''
|29%
|24%
|7%
|}

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 | interpolate = basis
 | showSymbols = true
 | type=line
 | xType = date
 | xAxisAngle = -40
 | xAxisFormat=%d %b
 | yAxisFormat=%
 | yAxisTitle=support
 | y1Title=Truss
 | y2Title=Sunak
 | y3Title=Johnson
 | y4Title=Don't know
 | x= 2022/07/25, 2022/07/29, 2022/08/15
 | y1= 0.24, 0.28, 0.24
 | y2= 0.29, 0.23, 0.23
 | y3= 0.40, 0.40, 0.46 
 | y4= 0.07, 0.09, 0.07
 | colors = #9932cc, #00669a, #FFD700, #d3cbbf
}}

=== Party members ===
;Preferred leader

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;text-align:center"
|-
! Dates<br />conducted
! Pollster
! Client
! Sample<br />size
! [[Kemi Badenoch|Kemi<br />Badenoch]]
! [[Suella Braverman|Suella<br />Braverman]]
! [[Jeremy Hunt|Jeremy<br />Hunt]]
! [[Sajid Javid|Sajid<br />Javid]]
! [[Penny Mordaunt|Penny<br />Mordaunt]]
! [[Rishi Sunak|Rishi<br />Sunak]]
! [[Liz Truss|Liz<br />Truss]]
! [[Tom Tugendhat|Tom<br />Tugendhat]]
! [[Ben Wallace (politician)|Ben<br />Wallace]]
! [[Nadhim Zahawi|Nadhim<br />Zahawi]]
! Others
|-
|20–21 Jul 2022
|[https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articles-reports/2022/07/21/liz-truss-holds-24-point-lead-over-rishi-sunak-amo YouGov]
|''N/A''
|730
|style = "background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" |'''24%'''
|3%
|4%
|–
|20%
|11%
|13%
|9%
|–
|2%
|'''13%'''
|-
|16 July 2022
|[https://conservativehome.com/2022/07/12/our-latest-next-tory-leader-survey-mordaunt-leads-badenoch-by-under-ten-votes-in-over-eight-hundred/ ConservativeHome]
|''N/A''
|851 
|style = "background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" |'''31%'''
|–
|–
|–
|18%
|17%
|20%
|10%
|–
|–
|'''3%'''
|-
|13–14 Jul 2022
|[https://www.techneuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/2022-7-15-DATA.pdf techneUK]
|''N/A''
|238
|9%
|–
|–
|–
|23%
|style = "background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" |'''34%'''
|21%
|5%
|–
|–
|'''8%'''
|-
| {{opdrts|12|13|Jul|2022|year}}
| [https://docs.cdn.yougov.com/6shnrhfen6/ConservativePartyMembers_LeadershipContenders_220713_w.pdf YouGov]
| ''N/A''
| 879
| 15%
| 5%
| 4%
| –
| style = "background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" | '''27%'''
| 13%
| 13%
| 8%
| –
| 1%
| {{Hidden|14%|Don't know on 8%<br />None of the above on 6%}}
|-
|12 July 2022
|[https://www.techneuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/EXPRESS-2022-7-13-DATA.pdf techneUK]
|''N/A''
|248
|4%
|2%
|15%
|–
|15%
|style = "background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" |'''29%'''
|19%
|4%
|–
|4%
|'''10%'''
|-
|12 July 2022
|[https://conservativehome.com/2022/07/12/our-latest-next-tory-leader-survey-mordaunt-leads-badenoch-by-under-ten-votes-in-over-eight-hundred/ ConservativeHome]
|''N/A''
|842
|19%
|11%
|4%
|3%
|style = "background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" |'''20%'''
|12%
|11%
|7%
|–
|4%
|{{Hidden|10%|Other on 6%<br />Grant Shapps on 2%<br />Priti Patel on 2%}}
|-
|6–9 Jul 2022
|[https://www.opinium.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Conservative-Members-Poll-Results-Data-Tables-1.xlsx Opinium]
|''N/A''
|493
|–
|–
|9%
|10%
|10%
|style = "background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" |'''25%'''
|21%
|–
|12%
|6%
|{{Hidden|59%|Dominic Raab on 12%<br />Michael Gove on 8%<br />Priti Patel on 8%<br />Someone else on 9%<br />Don't know on 24%<br />None of the above on 0%}}
|-
| {{opdrts|6|7|Jul|2022|year}}
| [https://docs.cdn.yougov.com/rx4q2udqn4/Internal_ConservativePartyMembers_NextLeader_220707_w.pdf YouGov]
| ''N/A''
| 716
| –
| – 
| 5%
| 4%
| 12%
| 10%
| 8%
| 6%
| style = "background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" | '''13%'''
| 5%
| {{Hidden|39%|Don't know on 12%<br />None of the above on 9%<br />[[Michael Gove]] on 7%<br />[[Dominic Raab]] on 7%<br />[[Priti Patel]] on 3%<br />[[Steve Barclay (politician)|Steven Barclay]] on 1%}}
|-
|3 July 2022
|[https://conservativehome.com/2022/07/12/our-latest-next-tory-leader-survey-mordaunt-leads-badenoch-by-under-ten-votes-in-over-eight-hundred/ ConservativeHome]
|''N/A''
|755
|6%
|–
|6%
|3%
|style = "background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" |'''16%'''
|5%
|14%
|7%
|style = "background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" |'''16%'''
|7%
|{{Hidden|21%|Steve Baker on 6%<br />Dominic Raab on 5%<br />Michael Gove on 4%<br />Priti Patel on 2%<br />Sir Graham Brady on 2%<br />Mark Harper on 1%}}
|}

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 | yAxisTitle= support
 | xAxisAngle = -40
 | legend= Candidate
 | interpolate = basis
 | showSymbols = true
 | xType = date
 | xAxisFormat=%d %b
 | yAxisFormat=%
 | y1Title=Sunak
 | y2Title=Truss
 | y3Title=Mordaunt
 | y4Title=Badenoch
 | y5Title=Braverman
 | y6Title=Tugendhat
 | y7Title=Wallace
 | y8Title=Javid
 | y9Title=Hunt
 | y10Title=Zahawi
 | type=line
 | x= 2022/07/03, 2022/07/06, 2022/07/07, 2022/07/10, 2022/07/11, 2022/07/12, 2022/07/13, 2022/07/16, 2022/07/20,
 | y1= 0.05, 0.10, 0.25, 0.12, 0.29, 0.13, 0.34, 0.17, 0.11
 | y2= 0.14, 0.08, 0.21, 0.11, 0.19, 0.13, 0.21, 0.20, 0.13
 | y3= 0.16, 0.12, 0.10, 0.20, 0.15, 0.27, 0.23, 0.18, 0.20
 | y4= 0.06, 0.06, 0.06, 0.19, 0.04, 0.15, 0.09, 0.31, 0.24
 | y5=     ,     ,     , 0.11, 0.02, 0.05,     ,     , 0.03
 | y6= 0.07, 0.06, 0.06, 0.07, 0.04, 0.08, 0.05, 0.10, 0.09
 | y7= 0.16, 0.13, 0.12
 | y8= 0.03, 0.04, 0.10, 0.03
 | y9= 0.06, 0.05, 0.09, 0.04, 0.15, 0.04, 0.04, 0.04, 0.04
 | y10= 0.07,0.05, 0.06, 0.04, 0.04, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.02
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}}

;Head-to-head
[[YouGov]] have asked Conservative Party members which candidate they would vote for under various head-to-head scenarios.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;text-align:center"
|-
! Dates<br />conducted
! Pollster
! Client
! Sample<br />size
! [[Kemi Badenoch|Kemi<br />Badenoch]]
! [[Suella Braverman|Suella<br />Braverman]]
! [[Jeremy Hunt|Jeremy<br />Hunt]]
! [[Penny Mordaunt|Penny<br />Mordaunt]]
! [[Rishi Sunak|Rishi<br />Sunak]]
! [[Liz Truss|Liz<br />Truss]]
! [[Tom Tugendhat|Tom<br />Tugendhat]]
! [[Ben Wallace (politician)|Ben<br />Wallace]]
! [[Nadhim Zahawi|Nadhim<br />Zahawi]]
! Would<br />not vote
! Don't<br />know
|-
| rowspan = "6" {{opdrts|18|19|Jul|2022|year}}
| rowspan = "6" |[https://docs.cdn.yougov.com/wue1nfg0b7/ConMembers_July19th_head_to_heads_w.pdf YouGov]
| rowspan = "6" |''N/A''
| rowspan = "6" |725
| style = "background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" | '''48%'''<!-- Badenoch -->
| –<!-- Braverman -->
| –<!-- Hunt -->
| 43%<!-- Mordaunt -->
| –<!-- Sunak -->
| –<!-- Truss -->
| –<!-- Tugendhat -->
| –<!-- Wallace -->
| –<!-- Zahawi -->
| –<!-- Would not vote -->
| 9%<!-- Don't know -->
|-
| style = "background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" | '''56%'''<!-- Badenoch -->
| –<!-- Braverman -->
| –<!-- Hunt -->
| –<!-- Mordaunt -->
| 34%<!-- Sunak -->
| –<!-- Truss -->
| –<!-- Tugendhat -->
| –<!-- Wallace -->
| –<!-- Zahawi -->
| –<!-- Would not vote -->
| 10%<!-- Don't know -->
|-
| style = "background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" | '''46%'''<!-- Badenoch -->
| –<!-- Braverman -->
| –<!-- Hunt -->
| –<!-- Mordaunt -->
| –<!-- Sunak -->
| 43%<!-- Truss -->
| –<!-- Tugendhat -->
| –<!-- Wallace -->
| –<!-- Zahawi -->
| –<!-- Would not vote -->
| 11%<!-- Don't know -->
|-
| –<!-- Badenoch -->
| –<!-- Braverman -->
| –<!-- Hunt -->
| style = "background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" | '''51%'''<!-- Mordaunt -->
| 37%<!-- Sunak -->
| –<!-- Truss -->
| –<!-- Tugendhat -->
| –<!-- Wallace -->
| –<!-- Zahawi -->
| –<!-- Would not vote -->
| 12%<!-- Don't know -->
|-
| –<!-- Badenoch -->
| –<!-- Braverman -->
| –<!-- Hunt -->
| 42%<!-- Mordaunt -->
| –<!-- Sunak -->
| style = "background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" | '''48%'''<!-- Truss -->
| –<!-- Tugendhat -->
| –<!-- Wallace -->
| –<!-- Zahawi -->
| –<!-- Would not vote -->
| 10%<!-- Don't know -->
|- style = "background:#FFFFCC;"
| –<!-- Badenoch -->
| –<!-- Braverman -->
| –<!-- Hunt -->
| –<!-- Mordaunt -->
| 35%<!-- Sunak -->
| style = "background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" | '''54%'''<!-- Truss -->
| –<!-- Tugendhat -->
| –<!-- Wallace -->
| –<!-- Zahawi -->
| –<!-- Would not vote -->
| 10%<!-- Don't know -->
|-
| rowspan = "16" {{opdrts|12|13|Jul|2022|year}}
| rowspan = "16" |[https://docs.cdn.yougov.com/6shnrhfen6/ConservativePartyMembers_LeadershipContenders_220713_w.pdf YouGov]
| rowspan = "16" |''N/A''
| rowspan = "16" |879{{efn|group=Polling|The head-to-heads which included Zahawi, Braverman or Hunt were shown to a random half of the sample.}}
| 30% <!-- Badenoch -->
| –
| –
| style = "background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" | '''59%''' <!-- Mordaunt -->
| –
| –
| –
| –
| –
| –
| 10%
|-
| style = "background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" | '''49%''' <!-- Badenoch -->
| –
| –
| –
| 40% <!-- Sunak -->
| –
| –
| –
| –
| –
| 11%
|-
| 37% <!-- Badenoch -->
| –
| –
| –
| –
| style = "background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" | '''54%''' <!-- Truss -->
| –
| –
| –
| –
| 10%
|-
| style = "background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" | '''44%''' <!-- Badenoch -->
| –
| –
| –
| –
| –
| 42% <!-- Tugendhat -->
| –
| –
| –
| 14%
|-
| –
| 25% <!-- Braverman -->
| –
| style = "background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" | '''63%''' <!-- Mordaunt -->
| –
| –
| –
| –
| –
| –
| 12%
|-
| –
| 42% <!-- Braverman -->
| –
| –
| style = "background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" | '''45%''' <!-- Sunak -->
| –
| –
| –
| –
| –
| 13%
|-
| –
| –
| 16% <!-- Hunt -->
| style = "background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" | '''77%''' <!-- Mordaunt -->
| –
| –
| –
| –
| –
| –
| 13%
|-
| –
| –
| 25% <!-- Hunt -->
| –
| style = "background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" | '''57%''' <!-- Sunak -->
| –
| –
| –
| –
| –
| 18%
|- 
| –
| –
| –
| style = "background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" | '''67%''' <!-- Mordaunt -->
| 28% <!-- Sunak -->
| –
| –
| –
| –
| –
| 6%
|-
| –
| –
| –
| style = "background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" | '''55%''' <!-- Mordaunt -->
| –
| 37% <!-- Truss -->
| –
| –
| –
| –
| 9%
|- 
| –
| –
| –
| style = "background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" | '''64%''' <!-- Mordaunt -->
| –
| –
| 26% <!-- Tugendhat -->
| –
| –
| –
| 10%
|-
| –
| –
| –
| style = "background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" | '''70%''' <!-- Mordaunt -->
| –
| –
| –
| –
| 18% <!-- Zahawi -->
| –
| 12%
|- style = "background:#FFFFCC;"
| –
| –
| –
| –
| 35% <!-- Sunak -->
| style = "background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" | '''59%''' <!-- Truss -->
| –
| –
| –
| –
| 6%
|-
| –
| –
| –
| –
| 39% <!-- Sunak -->
| –
| style = "background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" | '''48%''' <!-- Tugenhadt -->
| –
| –
| –
| 12%
|-
| –
| –
| –
| –
| style = "background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" | '''41%''' <!-- Sunak -->
| –
| –
| –
| style = "background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" | '''41%''' <!-- Zahawi -->
| –
| 18%
|-
| –
| –
| –
| –
| –
| style = "background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" | '''57%''' <!-- Truss -->
| 36% <!-- Tugenhadt -->
| –
| –
| –
| 7%
|-
| rowspan = "10" | 6–7 Jul 2022
| rowspan = "10" | [https://docs.cdn.yougov.com/rx4q2udqn4/Internal_ConservativePartyMembers_NextLeader_220707_w.pdf YouGov]
| rowspan = "10" | ''N/A''
| rowspan = "10" | 716
| –
| –
| 23% <!-- Hunt -->
| style = "background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" | '''53%''' <!-- Mordaunt -->
| –
| –
| –
| –
| –
| –
| 24%
|- 
| –
| –
| 18% <!-- Hunt -->
| –
| style = "background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" | '''56%''' <!-- Sunak -->
| –
| –
| –
| –
| –
| 25%
|- 
| –
| –
| 25% <!-- Hunt -->
| –
| –
| style = "background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" | '''55%''' <!-- Truss -->
| –
| –
| –
| –
| 20% 
|- 
| –
| –
| 22% <!-- Hunt -->
| –
| –
| –
| –
| style = "background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" | '''58%''' <!-- Wallace -->
| –
| –
| 20%
|- 
| –
| –
| –
| style = "background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" | '''40%''' <!-- Mordaunt -->
| 38% <!-- Sunak -->
| –
| –
| –
| –
| –
| 22% 
|- 
| –
| –
| –
| 34% <!-- Mordaunt -->
| –
| style = "background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" | '''40%''' <!-- Truss -->
| –
| –
| –
| –
| 26%
|- 
| –
| –
| –
| 26% <!-- Mordaunt -->
| –
| –
| –
| style = "background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" | '''48%''' <!-- Wallace -->
| –
| –
| 26%
|- style = "background:#FFFFCC;"
| –
| –
| –
| –
| 38% <!-- Sunak -->
| style = "background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" | '''43%''' <!-- Truss -->
| –
| –
| –
| –
| 19%
|- 
| –
| –
| –
| –
| 30% <!-- Sunak -->
| –
| –
| style = "background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" | '''51%''' <!-- Wallace -->
| –
| –
| 19%
|- 
| –
| –
| –
| –
| –
| 29% <!-- Truss -->
| –
| style = "background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" | '''48%''' <!-- Wallace -->
| –
| –
| 26%
|}

{{notelist|group=Polling}}

=== Public ===
;Preferred leader

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;text-align:center"
|-
! Dates<br />conducted
! Pollster
! Client
! Sample<br />size
! Rishi <br /> Sunak
! Liz <br /> Truss
! Tom <br /> Tugendhat
! Jeremy <br /> Hunt
! Sajid <br /> Javid
! Penny <br /> Mordaunt
! Suella <br /> Braverman
! Nadhim <br /> Zahawi
! Kemi <br /> Badenoch
! Grant <br /> Shapps
! Michael <br /> Gove
! Ben <br /> Wallace
! Dominic <br /> Raab
! Don't <br /> Know
! Other
|-
| 31 August 2022
| [https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/blogs/DataTables_ConLeadership_20220831.pdf Electoral Calculus/Find Out Now]
| NA
| 2,263
| style = "background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" | '''27%'''
| 16%
| NA
| NA
| NA
| NA
| NA
| NA
| NA
| NA
| NA
| NA
| NA
| 57%
| NA  
|-
| 11 July 2022
| [https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/blogs/datatables_conleader_20220711.pdf Electoral Calculus/Find Out Now]
| NA
| 2,019
| style = "background:#CCEBFF;color:black;" | '''11%'''
| 5%
| 4%
| 4%
| 4%
| 3%
| 2%
| 1%
| 1%
| 1%
| NA
| NA
| NA
| 52%
| 13%
|-
| {{opdrts|6|7|Jul|2022|year}}
| [https://docs.cdn.yougov.com/k63qqhpgaw/Times_VI_AdHocCabinet_Resignation_220707_w.pdf YouGov]
| ''The Times''
| 1,687
| style = "background:#CCEBFF;color:black;"| '''13%'''
| 3%
| 2%
| 4%
| 4%
| 2%
| NA
| 2%
| NA
| NA
| 3%
| 3%
| 4%
| 28%
| '''32%'''
|}

== Results ==
<!-- this section is transcluded on Electoral history of Liz Truss -->:
<section begin="Results"/>
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right" |
|-
! rowspan="2" |Candidate
! colspan="2" |MPs' 1st ballot:<br />13 July 2022<ref>{{cite web |date=13 July 2022 |title=Tory leadership vote: The first round results in full |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tory-leadership-vote-results-sunak-hunt-mordaunt-b2122419.html |access-date=13 July 2022 |work=[[The Independent]] |archive-date=14 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714222823/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tory-leadership-vote-results-sunak-hunt-mordaunt-b2122419.html |url-status=live |first1=Jon |last1=Stone}}</ref><ref name=":25">{{cite news |title=Tory leadership election: full results |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2022/jul/13/tory-leadership-election-full-results |date=14 July 2022 |work=[[The Guardian]] |archive-date=14 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714222803/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2022/jul/13/tory-leadership-election-full-results |url-status=live |first1=Seán |last1=Clarke |first2=Anna |last2=Leach }}</ref>
! colspan="3" |MPs' 2nd ballot:<br />14 July 2022<ref>{{Cite news |date=14 July 2022 |title=Tory leadership vote: The second round results in full|last1=Stone |first1=Jon |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tory-leadership-vote-results-sunak-braverman-mordaunt-b2123231.html |access-date=2022-07-14 |work=[[The Independent]] |language=en |archive-date=14 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714222805/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tory-leadership-vote-results-sunak-braverman-mordaunt-b2123231.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":25" />
! colspan="3" |MPs' 3rd ballot:<br />18 July 2022<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 July 2022 |title=The third Tory leadership ballot – as it happened {{!}} The Spectator |url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/live-tory-mps-voting-for-the-third-time-on-next-pm |access-date=2022-08-27 |website=The Spectator |language=en |archive-date=27 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827014251/https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/live-tory-mps-voting-for-the-third-time-on-next-pm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":25" />

! colspan="3" |MPs' 4th ballot:<br />19 July 2022<ref>{{Cite news |date=19 July 2022 |title=Tory leadership vote: The fourth round results in full |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tory-leadership-vote-results-sunak-mordaunt-truss-kemi-badenoch-b2126572.html |access-date=2022-07-20 |work=[[The Independent]] |language=en |archive-date=19 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719175814/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tory-leadership-vote-results-sunak-mordaunt-truss-kemi-badenoch-b2126572.html |url-status=live |first1=Jon |last1=Stone}}</ref><ref name=":25" />

! colspan="3" |MPs' 5th ballot:<br />20 July 2022<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stone |first=Jon |date=20 July 2022 |title=Tory leadership vote: The fifth round results in full |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tory-leadership-vote-results-rishi-sunak-penny-mordaunt-liz-truss-b2127525.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220720155057/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tory-leadership-vote-results-rishi-sunak-penny-mordaunt-liz-truss-b2127525.html |archive-date=20 July 2022 |access-date=2022-08-27 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":25" />

! colspan="3" |Members' vote<br />22 July to 2 September 2022<ref name=final>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/09/05/liz-truss-rishi-sunak-new-prime-minister-tory-leadership/|title=Tory leadership result: New prime minister to be announced imminently - watch live|first=Jack|last=Maldment|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=5 September 2022|access-date=5 September 2022|archive-date=5 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905113041/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/09/05/liz-truss-rishi-sunak-new-prime-minister-tory-leadership/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=stillfinal>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/britains-truss-expected-be-named-conservative-leader-new-pm-2022-09-05/|title=Liz Truss named as Britain's next prime minister|first=Elizabeth|last1=Piper|first2=Kylie|last2=Maclellan|work=Reuters|date=5 September 2022|access-date=5 September 2022|archive-date=5 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905114843/https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/britains-truss-expected-be-named-conservative-leader-new-pm-2022-09-05/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/live/uk-politics-62760180?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=6315d9805406b91fca2cd1fc%26Liz%20Truss%20wins%20leadership%20race%262022-09-05T11%3A38%3A29.239Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:d65b35c2-dcf0-44c3-add7-d21d1b520d91&pinned_post_asset_id=6315d9805406b91fca2cd1fc&pinned_post_type=share|title=Liz Truss wins leadership race|publisher=BBC|date=5 September 2022|access-date=6 September 2022|archive-date=5 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905222543/https://www.bbc.com/news/live/uk-politics-62760180?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=6315d9805406b91fca2cd1fc%26Liz%20Truss%20wins%20leadership%20race%262022-09-05T11%3A38%3A29.239Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:d65b35c2-dcf0-44c3-add7-d21d1b520d91&pinned_post_asset_id=6315d9805406b91fca2cd1fc&pinned_post_type=share|url-status=live}}<br>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-62760180?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=6315e35a9ec49f77eefbd363%26WATCH%3A%20Moment%20Truss%20elected%20new%20Tory%20leader%262022-09-05T12%3A04%3A39.794Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:82b2ad1b-125b-4644-9445-cf3aa8f9a9e2&pinned_post_asset_id=6315e35a9ec49f77eefbd363&pinned_post_type=share |title=Graham Brady reveals Liz Truss has been elected as new Tory leader |date=5 September 2022 |work=BBC News |access-date=6 September 2022 |archive-date=6 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220906145753/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-62760180?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=6315e35a9ec49f77eefbd363%26WATCH%3A%20Moment%20Truss%20elected%20new%20Tory%20leader%262022-09-05T12%3A04%3A39.794Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:82b2ad1b-125b-4644-9445-cf3aa8f9a9e2&pinned_post_asset_id=6315e35a9ec49f77eefbd363&pinned_post_type=share |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! style="width: 50px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
! style="width: 50px"|Votes
!±
! style="width: 40px"|%
!Votes
!±
!%
!Votes
!±
!%
!Votes
!±
!%
!Votes
!%
!% Votes cast
|-
| style="width: 170px; text-align:left" | '''[[Liz Truss]]'''
|50
|14.0
|64
| +14
|17.9
|71
| +7
|19.8
|86
| +15
|24.1
|113
| +27
|31.6
|'''81,326'''
|'''47.2'''
|'''57.4'''
|-
| style="width: 170px; text-align:left" |[[Rishi Sunak]]
|'''88'''
|'''24.6'''
|'''101'''
|'''+13'''
|'''28.2'''
|'''115'''
|'''+14'''
|'''32.1'''
|'''118'''
|'''+3'''
|'''33.1'''
|'''137'''
|'''+19'''
|'''38.3'''
|60,399
|35.0
|42.6
|-
| style="width: 170px; text-align:left" | [[Penny Mordaunt]]
|67
|18.7
|83
| +16
|23.2
|82
| −1
|22.9
|92
| +10
|25.8
|105
| +13
|29.3
|colspan="3" {{N/A|Eliminated}}
|-
| style="width: 170px; text-align:left" | [[Kemi Badenoch]]
|40
|11.2
|49
| +9
|13.7
|58
| +9
|16.2
|59
| +1
|16.5
|colspan="6" {{N/A|Eliminated}}
|-
| style="width: 170px; text-align:left" | [[Tom Tugendhat]]
|37
|10.3
|32
| −5
|8.9
|31
| −1
|8.7
|colspan="9" {{N/A|Eliminated}}
|-
| style="width: 170px; text-align:left" | [[Suella Braverman]]
|32
|8.9
|27
| −5
|7.5
|colspan="12" {{N/A|Eliminated}}
|-
| style="width: 170px; text-align:left" | [[Nadhim Zahawi]]
|25
|7.0
|colspan="15" {{N/A|Eliminated}}
|-
| style="width: 170px; text-align:left" | [[Jeremy Hunt]]
|18
|5.0
|colspan="15" {{N/A|Eliminated}}
|-
! style="text-align:right;" | Votes cast<ref group="rounding" name="votes-cast">Due to rounding errors the sum of percentages may deviate.</ref>
!scope="row" style="text-align:right;"|357
!scope="row" style="text-align:right;"|99.7
!scope="row" style="text-align:right;"|356
!scope="row" style="text-align:right;"|−1
!scope="row" style="text-align:right;"|99.4
!scope="row" style="text-align:right;"|357
!scope="row" style="text-align:right;"|+1
!scope="row" style="text-align:right;"|99.7
!scope="row" style="text-align:right;"|355
!scope="row" style="text-align:right;"|−2
!scope="row" style="text-align:right;"|99.4
!scope="row" style="text-align:right;"|355
!scope="row" style="text-align:right;"|0
!scope="row" style="text-align:right;"|99.2
!scope="row" style="text-align:right;"|141,725
!scope="row" style="text-align:right;"|82.2
!scope="row" style="text-align:right;"|100
|-
| style="text-align:right;"|[[Spoilt vote|Spoilt ballots]]
|0
|0.0
|0
|0
|0.0
|0
|0
|0.0
|1
| +1
|0.3
|2
| +1
|0.6
|654
|0.4
!rowspan=3|
|-
| style="text-align:right;"|[[Abstentions]]
|1
|0.3
|2
| +1
|0.6
|1
| −1
|0.3
|1
|0
|0.3
|1
|0
|0.3
|30,058
|17.4
|-
! style="text-align:right;" | Registered voters
!scope="row" style="text-align:right;"|358
!scope="row" style="text-align:right;"|100.0
!scope="row" style="text-align:right;"|358
!scope="row" style="text-align:right;"|0
!scope="row" style="text-align:right;"|100.0
!scope="row" style="text-align:right;"|358
!scope="row" style="text-align:right;"|0
!scope="row" style="text-align:right;"|100.0
!scope="row" style="text-align:right;"|357
!scope="row" style="text-align:right;"| −1
!scope="row" style="text-align:right;"|100.0
!scope="row" style="text-align:right;"|358
!scope="row" style="text-align:right;"| +1
!scope="row" style="text-align:right;"|100.0
!scope="row" style="text-align:right;"|172,437
!scope="row" style="text-align:right;"|100.0
|}
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;Qualification
:[[Rehman Chishti]], [[Sajid Javid]] and [[Grant Shapps]] failed to secure the backing of at least 20 Conservative Party MPs to qualify for the first ballot.<ref name=":22" /><ref name=":23" /><ref name=":24" /> Eight candidates qualified for the first ballot.<ref>{{Cite news |date=13 July 2022 |title=Conservative leadership race: Eight MPs left in contest after day of high-profile casualties – and face first ballot in hours |url=https://news.sky.com/story/conservative-leadership-race-eight-mps-left-in-contest-after-day-of-high-profile-casualties-and-face-first-ballot-in-hours-12650947 |access-date=14 July 2022 |author=Culbertson, Alix |publisher=[[Sky News]] |archive-date=14 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714222748/https://news.sky.com/story/conservative-leadership-race-eight-mps-left-in-contest-after-day-of-high-profile-casualties-and-face-first-ballot-in-hours-12650947 |url-status=live }}</ref>

;First ballot
:The MPs' first ballot was held on 13 July 2022. [[Nadhim Zahawi]] and [[Jeremy Hunt]] failed to reach the required support of 30 MPs.<ref>{{cite news|date=13 July 2022|title=Conservative leader rivals battle to secure MPs' votes|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62144239|access-date=13 July 2022|archive-date=13 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713125315/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62144239|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="FirstRoundBallotEliminated"/> There was one [[abstention]], namely [[Gavin Williamson]], who arrived too late to vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-62158367?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=62d00ce67ee7d84cb22824a6%26Some%20stragglers....%20and%20then%20the%20voting%20is%20over%262022-07-14T12%3A32%3A48.999Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:0fb77ab8-8795-419f-af7d-dbc656372bab&pinned_post_asset_id=62d00ce67ee7d84cb22824a6&pinned_post_type=share|title=Some stragglers.... and then the voting is over|website=BBC News|date=14 July 2022|accessdate=14 July 2022|archive-date=14 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714222820/https://www.bbc.com/news/live/uk-politics-62158367?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=62d00ce67ee7d84cb22824a6%26Some+stragglers....+and+then+the+voting+is+over%262022-07-14T12%3A32%3A48.999Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn%3Aasset%3A0fb77ab8-8795-419f-af7d-dbc656372bab&pinned_post_asset_id=62d00ce67ee7d84cb22824a6&pinned_post_type=share|url-status=live |editor1-first=Chris |editor1-last=Giles}}</ref>

;Second ballot
:The MPs' second ballot was held on 14 July 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |date=14 July 2022 |title=More Tory leadership hopefuls set to be knocked out of race today as second voting round begins |url=https://news.sky.com/story/more-tory-leadership-hopefuls-set-to-be-knocked-out-of-race-today-as-second-voting-round-begins-12651534 |access-date=18 July 2022 |author= Scott, Jennifer|publisher=[[Sky News]] |archive-date=14 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714222817/https://news.sky.com/story/more-tory-leadership-hopefuls-set-to-be-knocked-out-of-race-today-as-second-voting-round-begins-12651534 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Suella Braverman]], with 27 votes, had the fewest votes and was eliminated from the leadership race.<ref name="SecondRoundBallotEliminated"/>

; Third ballot
: The MPs' third ballot was held on 18 July 2022.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2022/jul/18/tory-leadership-third-ballot-rishi-sunak-liz-truss-penny-mordaunt-kemi-badenoch-tom-tugendhat-live?page=with:block-62d508af8f08bee7e09c81ab#block-62d508af8f08bee7e09c81ab|title=Tory MPs to vote in third ballot, with Rishi Sunak buoyed by snap debate poll|author=Sparrow, Andrew|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=18 July 2022|access-date=18 July 2022|archive-date=18 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220718084422/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2022/jul/18/tory-leadership-third-ballot-rishi-sunak-liz-truss-penny-mordaunt-kemi-badenoch-tom-tugendhat-live?page=with:block-62d508af8f08bee7e09c81ab#block-62d508af8f08bee7e09c81ab|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Tom Tugendhat]], with 31 votes, had the fewest votes and was eliminated from the leadership race.<ref name="ThirdRoundBallotEliminated">{{Cite web |last=Scott |first=Jennifer |date=18 July 2022 |title=Tom Tugendhat knocked out of Tory leadership race as field narrows to final four |url=https://news.sky.com/story/tom-tugendhat-knocked-out-of-tory-leadership-race-as-field-narrows-to-final-four-12654470 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719001330/https://news.sky.com/story/tom-tugendhat-knocked-out-of-tory-leadership-race-as-field-narrows-to-final-four-12654470 |archive-date=19 July 2022 |access-date=19 July 2022 |publisher=Sky News |language=en}}</ref>

;Fourth ballot
: The MPs' fourth ballot was held on 19 July 2022.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/live/uk-politics-62216697 | title=Conservative leadership latest: Support for Truss grows as Badenoch knocked out |work=[[BBC News]] | date=19 July 2022 | archive-date=19 July 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719140201/https://www.bbc.com/news/live/uk-politics-62216697 | url-status=live |editor1-first=Chris |editor1-last=Giles}}</ref> [[Tobias Ellwood]] had lost the Conservative Party [[whip (politics)|whip]], making him ineligible to vote.<ref name=":29">{{Cite web |date=19 July 2022 |title=Tobias Ellwood stripped of Tory whip – now unable to back Mordaunt in leadership ballot |url=https://news.sky.com/story/tobias-ellwood-has-tory-whip-removed-for-failing-to-vote-in-confidence-motion-12654858 |access-date=20 July 2022 |publisher=Sky News |language=en |archive-date=19 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719195311/https://news.sky.com/story/tobias-ellwood-has-tory-whip-removed-for-failing-to-vote-in-confidence-motion-12654858 |url-status=live |first1=Sophie |last1=Morris}}</ref> [[Kemi Badenoch]], with 59 votes, had the fewest votes and was eliminated from the leadership race.<ref name="FourthRoundBallotEliminated">{{Cite news |title=Kemi Badenoch knocked out of Tory leadership race as field narrows to three |url=https://news.sky.com/story/kemi-badenoch-knocked-out-of-tory-leadership-race-as-field-narrows-to-three-12654785 |date=19 July 2022 |publisher=Sky News |language=en |archive-date=19 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719195102/https://news.sky.com/story/kemi-badenoch-knocked-out-of-tory-leadership-race-as-field-narrows-to-three-12654785 |url-status=live  |first1=Sophie |last1=Morris}}</ref>

;Fifth ballot
:The MPs' fifth ballot was held on 20 July 2022. The Conservative Party whip was temporarily restored to [[Tobias Ellwood]], allowing him to vote.<ref>{{Cite news |date=20 July 2022 |title=Tobias Ellwood temporarily given back Tory whip to vote in leadership contest |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/20/tobias-ellwood-temporarily-given-tory-whip-back-to-vote-in-leadership-contest |access-date=2022-07-20 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en |archive-date=20 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220720155735/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/20/tobias-ellwood-temporarily-given-tory-whip-back-to-vote-in-leadership-contest |url-status=live |first1=Heather |last1=Stewart }}</ref> [[Penny Mordaunt]], with 105 votes, had the fewest votes and was eliminated from the leadership race.<ref name="FifthRoundBallotEliminated">{{Cite news |date=20 July 2022 |title=Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss will become next PM after Penny Mordaunt knocked out of contest |url=https://news.sky.com/story/rishi-sunak-or-liz-truss-will-become-next-pm-after-penny-mordaunt-knocked-out-of-contest-12655427 |access-date=2022-07-20 |publisher=Sky News |language=en |archive-date=20 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220720155057/https://news.sky.com/story/rishi-sunak-or-liz-truss-will-become-next-pm-after-penny-mordaunt-knocked-out-of-contest-12655427 |url-status=live |first1=Sophie |last1=Morris |first2=Jennifer |last2=Scott}}</ref>

;Members' vote
:The final ballot, in which all Conservative Party members were eligible to vote, took place from 22 July to 2 September, with the results announced on 5 September.<ref>{{Cite news |date=20 July 2022 |title=Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss to face off in final round of Tory leadership race |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/20/rishi-sunak-penny-mordaunt-liz-truss-final-round-tory-leadership-race |access-date=2022-07-20 |work=The Guardian |language=en |archive-date=20 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220720170538/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/20/rishi-sunak-penny-mordaunt-liz-truss-final-round-tory-leadership-race |url-status=live |first1=Heather |last1=Stewart |first2=Peter |last2=Walker |first3=Jessica |last3=Elgot}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Who can vote in the Tory leadership contest? How many Conservative members there are and full voting timetable|date=20 July 2022|url=https://inews.co.uk/news/tory-leadership-contest-vote-who-can-how-many-conservative-members-full-voting-timetable-1752096|access-date=2022-07-21|language=en|archive-date=24 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220724050301/https://inews.co.uk/news/tory-leadership-contest-vote-who-can-how-many-conservative-members-full-voting-timetable-1752096|url-status=live|author=O'Byrne Mulligan, Euan}}</ref> [[Liz Truss]] was declared winner, with 81,326 votes to [[Rishi Sunak]]'s 60,399.<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 September 2022 |title=Liz Truss wins leadership contest, will replace Boris Johnson as Britain's next prime minister |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-05/boris-johnson-replacement-new-british-prime-minister/101408248 |access-date=2022-09-05 |archive-date=5 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905122528/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-05/boris-johnson-replacement-new-british-prime-minister/101408248 |url-status=live|author=Hawke, Jack}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Liz Truss to become UK's next prime minister |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/9/5/liz-truss-to-become-uks-new-prime-minister-conservative-leader |access-date=2022-09-05 |publisher=Al Jazeera |language=en |archive-date=5 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905122539/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/9/5/liz-truss-to-become-uks-new-prime-minister-conservative-leader |url-status=live }}</ref> In her victory speech, Truss thanked Johnson and stated that she would cut taxes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New PM Truss promises to cut tax and deal with energy crisis |last=Scott |first=Kevin |work=STV News |date=5 September 2022 |access-date=6 September 2022 |url=https://news.stv.tv/politics/liz-truss-promises-bold-plan-to-cut-taxes-and-deal-with-energy-crisis-as-prime-minister |archive-date=5 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905122326/https://news.stv.tv/politics/liz-truss-promises-bold-plan-to-cut-taxes-and-deal-with-energy-crisis-as-prime-minister |url-status=live }}</ref> Truss was congratulated by world leaders including German Chancellor [[Olaf Scholz]], president of the European Commission [[Ursula von der Leyen]] and Japanese Prime Minister [[Fumio Kishida]].<ref>{{cite web |title=World leaders congratulate Liz Truss on leadership campaign victory |publisher=ITV News |date=5 September 2022 |url=https://www.itv.com/news/2022-09-05/world-leaders-congratulate-liz-truss-on-leadership-campaign-victory |access-date=6 September 2022 |archive-date=5 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905232404/https://www.itv.com/news/2022-09-05/world-leaders-congratulate-liz-truss-on-leadership-campaign-victory |url-status=live }}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Truss ministry]]

==Notes==
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