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Sunak previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2020 to 2022, and was the MP for Richmond (Yorks) from 2015 to 2024. Following boundary changes, Sunak's seat was abolished, and was reformed as Richmond and Northallerton; first contested at the 2024 general election with Sunak as the Conservative candidate.
He announced his resignation as party leader, saying he would stay as leader until a new leader is elected. [214] [215] Sunak stated during the general election campaign that he intends to remain as a backbench MP for the next 5 years. [216]
Sunak was re-elected at the 2017 general election with an increased majority of 23,108 (40.5%). [46] In the same year, Sunak wrote a paper for Policy Exchange on the importance and fragility of the UK's undersea infrastructure. [47] Sunak was re-elected at the 2019 general election with an increased majority of 27,210 (47.2%). [48]
With his fortune secure, Sunak was elected to Parliament for the safe Tory seat of Richmond in Yorkshire in 2015. In Britain’s 2016 Brexit referendum, he supported leaving the European Union.
Elected Leader Kemi Badenoch The 2024 Conservative Party leadership election was announced on 5 July 2024 when then- Prime Minister Rishi Sunak declared his intention to resign as Conservative Party leader following the party's defeat at the 2024 general election .
Here, as soon as an American congressperson is elected, fundraising begins for their next election in two years. ... Sunak, the Conservative leader, is 41 years old and Labour Party leader Starmer ...
In the United Kingdom's 2024 general election, 650 members of Parliament were elected to the country's House of Commons – one for each parliamentary constituency. [1] The UK Parliament consists of the elected House of Commons, the House of Lords, and the Sovereign. [2] The new Parliament first met on 9 July 2024. [3]
Sunak will stay as acting leader until his successor is announced on Nov. 2. ... The party's elected lawmakers will narrow that field to four candidates at a ballot on Sept. 4, with further ...