Editing 1922 Committee (section)

== The 2024 committee election ==

The latest election for the Chair of the 1922 Committee was held on July 9, 2024. The former chair, [[Graham Brady]], had stood down as an MP in the 2024 general election, creating a vacancy.<ref name=":6">{{Cite news |title=Conservatives choose new 1922 Committee chair in key step towards next leadership battle |url=https://news.sky.com/story/conservatives-choose-new-1922-committee-chair-in-key-step-towards-next-leadership-battle-13175638 |access-date=2024-07-10 |work=Sky News}}</ref> [[Bob Blackman]] and [[Geoffrey Clifton-Brown]] stood as candidates, with Blackman winning the carrying the election with 61 out of 121 possible votes. 

Media reports showed that several members were unable to vote, due to a misunderstanding of the closing time of the vote. This included senior Conservatives such as [[Mark Francois]], [[Jeremy Hunt]] and [[Edward Leigh]]. In total, only 98 out of 121 MPs turned out (81%). However, with Blackman winning an absolute majority of Conservative MPs, the remaining 23 MPs would not have affected the outcome.<ref name=":6" /><ref>{{Cite news |title=Veteran Tory MP Bob Blackman elected chair of 1922 committee |url=https://www.ft.com/content/14aa527b-7c44-48cd-8ee3-0a5767affebb |access-date=2024-07-10 |newspaper= Financial Times}}</ref>

The results of the election were as follows:

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:98%;"
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| colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| '''Election of chair of the 1922 committee'''
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! style="width:1px; background:{{Party colour|Conservative Party (UK)}};" |
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Bob Blackman]]
|{{Composition bar|61|121|{{Party colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}|width=125px|per=1}}
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! style="width:1px; background:{{Party colour|Conservative Party (UK)}};" |
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Geoffrey Clifton-Brown]]
|{{Composition bar|37|121|{{Party colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}|width=125px|per=1}}
|}

Following the vote for the Chair, there were subsequent votes to elect the 1922 Executive board. One MP with nominations was left off the ballot paper, leading to calls to re-run the vote.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-11 |title=He shoots, he scores |url=https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/london-playbook/starmer-cant-get-enough-of-the-euros/ |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=POLITICO |language=en-GB}}</ref>