Nominations for leadership candidates closeed on Monday 29^th July. In a series of ballots, Conservative Members of Parliament shortlisted the final two candidates who will go to a ballot of qualifying Party members.

The Party member ballot will close at 5pm on Thursday 31^st October. Ballots received after that time will not be counted. The winner will be announced on Saturday 2^nd November. That winner will become Leader of the Conservative Party.

Party members who have been members for at least 90 days immediately prior to the close of the ballot and were active members at the time on the candidate nominations opening, shall be entitled to vote. This means only current members who joined before 7pm on 24^th July 2024 will receive a vote.

Qualifying members will be sent a ballot pack by post to their registered membership address. The pack will contain details of how to vote online and two unique security codes that must be entered in order to do so. The ballot pack will also contain a paper ballot that can be returned in the post at the member’s personal expense. We recommend online voting where possible.

It is your choice which method of voting you choose. You can only vote once and should a duplicate vote be received by our ballot company, only the first received vote will count.

Qualifying members with a non-UK membership address will NOT receive a postal ballot pack. They will receive an email containing the two unique security codes allowing them to vote online – this will be sent Monday 14^th October at 5pm.

All votes must be received by 5pm on Thursday 31^st October. For your vote to count you must be an active member of the party immediately prior to the ballot closing. Please allow sufficient time in case of unexpected postal delays. Online voting is available until close of ballot.

Most qualifying members can expect to receive a ballot in the post by Friday 18^th October, however we have been advised that some members may not receive their ballot until Monday 21^st October.

Whilst most ballots are expected to be delivered by Friday 18^th October, we have been advised that some may be delayed as late as Monday 21^st October.

Please wait until Monday 21^st October to report an undelivered ballot. If your ballot has still not been received at this point, please contact leadership@conservatives.com confirming your name, membership number, postal address and your email address.

Please ensure that you explicitly confirm your consent for us to update your membership record with your email address.

We will then deactivate your postal ballot codes and re-issue your ballot via email. Undelivered ballots will be re-issued by email on a daily basis up to the day of the ballot closing.

Emails sent to leadership@conservatives.com before noon Monday 21st October will not be read or responded to.

If you will not be at your registered membership address to access your ballot pack before the ballot closes, you may apply for an email to be sent containing your two secure codes, allowing you to vote online. To do so, please email membership@conservatives.com, confirming your name, date of birth, membership number, postal address and your email address.

We cannot post ballot packs to temporary addresses.

If you wish to notify us of any changes, please contact us at membership@conservatives.com providing your full name, date of birth, postal address (old and new) and membership number if you have it.

At this late stage, it is not possible for a ballot to be sent to a new address by post. All reallocated ballots will be sent via email, therefore please ensure that you explicitly confirm your consent for us to update your membership record with your email address.

No. Only current members who joined before 7pm on 24^th July 2024 will receive a ballot.

No. You will not qualify to receive a ballot and not be able to vote.

No. You will not qualify to receive a ballot and not be able to vote.

No. Membership cards or membership certificates are not required to vote in this or other Party elections nor to attend a hustings.

Your membership number is displayed on your membership card or certificate sent at time of joining or renewing. We will also include it in your ballot pack and many of the emails we send you.

No. The ballot will operate on the basis of ‘one member one vote’ and those members with additional memberships will not receive multiple ballots.

Please contact the membership team via membership@conservatives.com.

From Monday 21^st October, if you have not received your ballot, please email leadership@conservatives.com. Please note that this email address will only be monitored from noon Monday 21^st October.

We expect a high volume of contacts – we will answer queries strictly in the order received. We ask you not to send chaser emails as this will hinder our ability to respond to all queries in a timely manner.