3025 Conservative Leadership Election

A leadership ballot will be held on 5 December 3025 to elect the next leader of the Conservative Party. The winner of the contest will succeed Beau Martin as prime minister on 1 January 3026.

Prime Minister Beau Martin stood down following a dispute over the potential for a DCM and Paxemese trade agreement.

Procedure

The Conservative caucus release the rules for their leadership contest, which is now scheduled to take place on 5 December. Candidates will require the nominations of two sitting assemblymen (this may include themselves, should they be an assemblyman). Then, nominated candidates will face in a first round, with a majority of the caucus (14 votes) required to win. Should no candidate win an outright majority on the first ballot, subsequent ballots will be held, with the last-place finisher in each round being eliminated. At any point, if a candidate receives a majority of the Assembly Conservative caucus, they will be designated the winner.

Candidates

Candidate	Political office and home city	Campaign	Nomination(s)
Audrick Hill	Former prime minister (3019; 3020); former foreign minister (3025) Assemblyman for Washington	"Third Time's a Charm..."	Himself Luke Ford Ray Banes
Basil Lethbridge	Chancellor of the Exchequer (3025-present); chairman of the Conservative party (3025-present); former environment minister (3021-3022; 3022); former foreign minister (3022-3023); former social policy minister (3025) Assemblyman for Juneville	"Back Basil"	Himself Gerald Stevenson Bernard Canterbury
Iman De'Ath	Cities minister (3025-present); former deputy prime minister (3025); former trade minister (3022; 3024; 3025); former foreign minister (3020); former environment minister (3020-3021) Assemblyman for Juneville	"Integrity You Can Trust; Progress You Can See"	Herself Lucy Burgers
Abigail Went	Former leader of the National Assembly (3022-3023); corporate sectors minister (3022); former first minister of state (3022); former transportation minister (3020) Assemblyman for Washington	"Live, Laugh, Love: the Wiltshire Way"	Herself Wil Thorne

Declared candidates

• Audrick Hill, former prime minister (3019; 3020); former foreign minister (3025)
• Basil Lethbridge, chancellor of the Exchequer (3025-present); chairman of the Conservative party (3025-present); former environment minister (3021-3022; 3022); former foreign minister (3022-3023); former social policy minister (3025)
• Iman De'Ath, cities minister (3025-present); former deputy prime minister (3025); former trade minister (3022; 3024; 3025); former foreign minister (3020); former environment minister (3020-3021)
• Abigail Went, former leader of the National Assembly (3022-3023); corporate sectors minister (3022); former first minister of state (3022); former transportation minister (3020)

Withdrawn or eliminated candidates

• Ben Bravatnik, former junior minister for energy (3022-3023) withdrew on 29 November due to lack of nominations

Declined to be candidates

• Gerald Stevenson (endorsed Lethbridge)
• Jacob Erin-Strife (endorsed Lethbridge)
• Rab Bennet (endorsed Lethbridge)
• Jan Rau
• Luke Ford (endorsed Hill)
• Silas Braun (endorsed Hill)
• Sal Mackenzie (endorsed Hill)
• Ray Banes (endorsed Hill)
• Bernard Canterbury (endorsed Lethbridge)
• Lia Caturla
• Edward Krushner
• Owen Lassiter (endorsed De'Ath)