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1975

  • Winner : Thatcher
  • Ballots : 2
  • Candidates : Margaret Thatcher, Edward Heath, Hugh Fraser, William Whitelaw, Geoffrey Howe, James Prior, John Peyton.

In the first ballot, Margaret Thatcher recieved 49.1% of the vote with 130. Edward Heath recieved 44.9% of the vote with 119. Hugh Fraser recieved 6% of the vote with 16. Heath resigned but another ballot was needed. Thatcher recieved 53.3% of the vote and was declared the winner, becoming the first female leader of the Conservative Party.

January 1981

After one ballot, Robert George Grosvenor recieved 80% of the vote with 274 votes. For more information, see; Conservative leadership election of 1981.

July 1981

After one ballot, Robert Noble-Gordon recieved 68% of the vote with 230 votes. For more information, see; 2nd Conservative leadership election of 1981.

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