2003 Conservative Party leadership election
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2003 Conservative Party leadership election
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The 2003 Conservative Party leadership election was held due to the enforced resignation of incumbent leader Iain Duncan Smith, who lost a confidence vote among his parliamentary party. The causes of Duncan Smith's fall are often cited as his lack of charisma and impact with the public, the uninspired direction of the party under his leadership, and his previous failure to achieve more than a third of support among members of parliament in the 2001 leadership contest. In the event, the Conservat
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British leadership election to replace Iain Duncan Smith
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Conservative_Party_leadership_election
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2005-08-19T10:19:01Z
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2024-08-28T22:36:35Z
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