Talk:2024 Conservative Party leadership election (UK)

Date

No matter how likely it may seem, we cannot assume a date for this election. We must wait until reliable sources publish the declared date before asserting a date in anyway in this article in Wikipedia's voice. -- DeFacto (talk). 13:05, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

"Other figures"

Considering that the leader of the party must be an MP, unless the party changes the rules (or even so much as publicly considers the possibility) in order to allow non-MPs to stand, is there any constructive purpose to this section?

Not only is it rather a moot point, considering who would make good leaders/ run for candidacy if they were able to, but the only source used to back up the possibility of David Cameron's candidacy acknowledges that it would only be possible in hypothetical scenario of resigning from the Lords in order to run in a byelection, something the article describes as "extremely unlikely". 2.25.38.65 (talk) 16:30, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

Table format

I think the separate table sections that include current and former offices could be condensed into one section like 2024 Democratic primaries/2024 Republican primaries or 2024 Iranian presidential election. All the info could be merged under a section called 'Experiences' or 'Offices held'. We could limit the number of entries to three or if we want to list all of the offices held, we could add a collapsable option. Here's an example:

Candidate	Constituency	Experience	Campaign	Ref.
James Cleverly	Braintree (2015–present)	Shadow Home Secretary (2024–present) Home Secretary (2023–2024) Foreign Secretary (2022–2023) Education Secretary (2022) Party Chair (2019–2020)	Announced: 24 July 2024 Website

TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 04:55, 24 July 2024 (UTC)

Trim of the Candidates section needed

Since this page has existed, we've had Declared candidates, Potential candidates, Expected candidates, Declined candidates, Discussed candidates, and Previously Potential candidates. It's a bit ridiculous.

I propose we have: DECLARED; POTENTIAL (including those that have been discussed by the media and those for whom an announcement feels imminent); and DECLINED (whether or not they had seriously considered running before ultimately deciding not to.)

I see no worth in a section full of names like Grant Shapps and Penny Mordaunt who are categorically NOT going to be a candidate, and whose chance of being a candidate had been ended before Sunak had even resigned as leader.

In terms of trimming, given the deadline is in little more than 48 hours, it's probably pointless merging the Potential and Likely sections at this point, but I would still endorse scrapping the ex-MPs section. OGBC1992 (talk) 10:29, 27 July 2024 (UTC)

I disagree on scrapping the ex-MPs section as it's important context for the current election. Having no mention of Penny Mordaunt, despite her being seen as a frontrunner prior to the election feels like an omission. Eastwood Park and strabane (talk) 10:47, 27 July 2024 (UTC)