Howard's end.
TORY Michael Howard
For other people named Michael Howard, see Michael Howard (disambiguation).
Michael Howard QC (born 7 July 1941) is a British politician, a Conservative MP since the 1983 General Election for the constituency of Folkestone and Hythe. fired the starting gun for the leadership race
yesterday as he formally resigned as party leader.
Nominations opened for candidates to replace Howard after he
submitted a letter of resignation to the 1922 Committee of Tory MPs.
Five nominations - David Davis David Davis, the name of several people, may refer to: - David Davis (Australian politician) (born 1962), Liberal member of the Victorian Legislative Council
- David Davis (British politician) (born 1948), Conservative MP in British Parliament and Conservative leadership
, David Cameron, Ken Clarke, Malcolm
Rifkind and Liam Fox - have been received and other candidates have
until Thursday to thrown their hat into the ring.
The first round of voting by Tory MPs takes place on October 18.
The winner will be announced on December 6
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