Abstract
In 1965 the Conservative Party introduced a procedure for the leader to be elected by a ballot of M.P.s. If there was no clear winner on the first ballot (defined by having over 50% of the votes, and being 15% clear of the second placed candidate), the rules stated that the election should go to a second ballot; if there was still no winner with over 50%, it should go to a run-off between the best-placed candidates. This procedure has been used six times.
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Butler, D., Butler, G. (2000). Parties. In: Twentieth-Century British Political Facts 1900–2000. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-62733-2_2
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