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**Mick** · 11-07-2022, 20:02

BREAKING: Sir Graham Brady is providing an update following a meeting of the 1922 Committee on the rules of the upcoming Conservative leadership election.

He says: "Nominations will open and close tomorrow, we will have a first ballot on Wednesday and a second ballot is likely on Thursday.

"We expect 20 supporters for each candidate... we'll also expect that on the first ballot any candidate to proceed must have won at least 30 votes from parliamentary colleagues."
Sir Graham adds the '22 is trying to find a "balance" in which the parliamentary proceedings are completed "reasonably quickly before the summer recess but we do believe we can have that proper discussion within the party."

He says the Conservative Party will get down to the final two candidates "as quickly as that happens".

Sir Graham says it is possible this could happen by Monday.

"I would hope that we would do it relatively quickly," he says. "We will have the first two ballots this week."

Sir Graham adds we should have a new prime minister by 5 September. -Sky News.

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Mick Cable Forum Team Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 15,104	Re: Updated: Boris resigns as party leader BREAKING: Sir Graham Brady is providing an update following a meeting of the 1922 Committee on the rules of the upcoming Conservative leadership election. He says: "Nominations will open and close tomorrow, we will have a first ballot on Wednesday and a second ballot is likely on Thursday. "We expect 20 supporters for each candidate... we'll also expect that on the first ballot any candidate to proceed must have won at least 30 votes from parliamentary colleagues." Sir Graham adds the '22 is trying to find a "balance" in which the parliamentary proceedings are completed "reasonably quickly before the summer recess but we do believe we can have that proper discussion within the party." He says the Conservative Party will get down to the final two candidates "as quickly as that happens". Sir Graham says it is possible this could happen by Monday. "I would hope that we would do it relatively quickly," he says. "We will have the first two ballots this week." Sir Graham adds we should have a new prime minister by 5 September. -Sky News.