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How the Tories will choose the next Prime Minister

When is the next Tory leadership vote?

The next rounds of voting are scheduled for Monday and Tuesday next week, with the final round scheduled for Wednesday.

When are the leaderboard battles?

New MPs get a chance to debate the candidates on their policies in a ‘Super Monday’ of contests.

Three groups of arrests are planned for Monday 18 July – one from the 1922 Committee and open to all Tory MPs, one from the 92 Group of Senior Tory MPs and one from the Anti-Common Sense Awakening Group.

The clash begins

Conservative party head office officials then took over and organized a series of battles in the party’s regional bases across the country for members to incinerate the two remaining contenders.

The competitions – which in 2019 took place in places including Belfast, York, Darlington, Perth, Nottingham and Cardiff – will allow thousands of voting members to challenge the final two.

Tory members will be encouraged to vote for their choice to be the next leader of the Conservative Party by post until the end of August.

When will the next Prime Minister be announced?

The winner will be announced on Monday, September 5th.

The new Conservative leader and Prime Minister will have two days to prepare for his first meeting with Labor leader Sir Keir Starmer on Wednesday 7 September.

This article is updated with the latest information.