2011 Welsh Conservatives leadership election

The 2011 Welsh Conservatives leadership election was held on 14 July 2011. Andrew RT Davies defeated Nick Ramsay, the only other candidate.[1]

2011 Welsh Conservatives leadership election
10 May 2011 (2011-05-10) – 14 July 2011 (2011-07-14)
 
Candidate Andrew RT Davies Nick Ramsay
Percentage 53.1% 46.7%
Leader before election

Nick Bourne

 Elected Leader

Andrew RT Davies

Following the 2011 Assembly election the party's leader Nick Bourne lost his Mid and West Wales seat. Paul Davies then became the interim leader whilst an election took place. The contest then consisted of Andrew RT Davies (South Wales Central) against Ramsay (Monmouth). Andrew RT Davies won with some 53.1 per cent of the vote on a 49 per cent turnout of the party's Welsh membership.[2]

Candidates
Candidate Born Home county Seat Endorsements
Andrew Davies 1968

Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan

 Vale of Glamorgan South Wales Central
(2007-)		 William Graham, Byron Davies and Darren Millar.[3]
Nick Ramsay 10 June 1975

Cwmbran, Torfaen

 Torfaen Monmouth
(2007-)		 Mark Isherwood, Mohammad Asghar and Suzy Davies.[4]

Result
Candidate  %
Turnout:
49%
Andrew RT Davies
53.1
Nick Ramsay
46.7
Spoilt [5]
0.2
Total 100.0

The conservative Party did not release the raw vote figures only the percentages won.[5]

Andrew RT Davies was declared the result and thus became the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly for Wales.[1]

References
  1. "Andrew RT Davies elected Tory Welsh assembly leader". BBC News. 14 July 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  2. "Andrew RT Davies wins race to be new leader of Welsh Conservatives". Wales Online. 14 July 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  3. "Davies faces Ramsay in Senedd opposition leader race". BBC News. 16 May 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  4. Mark Isherwood, Mohammad Asghar and Suzy Davies.
  5. "Welsh Parties". Privatewww.essex.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2018.


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