2011 Welsh Conservatives leadership election

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

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

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.