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The 2005 Conservative leadership election was called by party leader Michael Howard on 6 May 2005, when he announced that he would be stepping down as leader in the near future. However, he stated that he would not depart until a review of the rules for the leadership election had been conducted, given the high level of dissatisfaction with the current system. Ultimately, no changes were made and the election proceeded with the existing rules, which were introduced in 1998. The contest formally began on 7 October 2005, when the Chairman of the 1922 committee, Michael Spicer, received a letter of resignation from Michael Howard. Nominations for candidates opened immediately, and closed on 13 October. The first round of voting amongst Conservative Members of Parliament took place on 18 October and Kenneth Clarke was eliminated (38 votes) leaving David Davis (62 votes), David Cameron (56 votes) and Liam Fox (42 votes) to go through to the second ballot on 20 October. In the second ballot, Liam Fox was eliminated (51 votes), leaving David Cameron (90 votes) and David Davis (57 votes) to go through to a postal ballot. The ballot, whose result was declared on 6 December, saw David Cameron win 68% of votes to Davis' 32%. ==Candidates== File:David Cameron official.jpg|David Cameron, MP for Witney, Shadow Secretary for Education File:David Davis.jpg|David Davis, MP for Haltemprice and Howden, Shadow Home Secretary File:Rt Hon Dr Liam Fox MP (4799289920).jpg|Liam Fox, MP for Woodspring, Shadow Foreign Secretary File:Kenneth-clarke-hi-res.jpg|Kenneth Clarke, MP for Rushcliffe, former Chancellor of the Exchequer ;Candidates who withdrew The following candidates declared their intention to seek the leadership, but withdrew before voting began after gathering limited support: Image:AlanDuncanMPoutsideparliament.JPG|Alan Duncan, MP for Rutland and Melton, Shadow Secretary for Transport File:From left to right Oliver Morton, David Odling and Tim Yeo MP.jpg|Tim Yeo, MP for South Suffolk, former Environment Minister ;Possible candidates who did not stand Edward Leigh and John Redwood were both cited by prominent media organisations as potential candidates, but the deadline for nominations passed without a submission from either individual. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Conservative Party (UK) leadership election, 2005」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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