3020 Liberal Conservative Leadership Election

The 3020 Liberal Conservative leadership election was formally triggered on 21 June 3020 by the resignation of Audrick Hill as Leader during his resignation as Prime Minister of Wiltshire following the June 3020 Wiltshire Legislative Elections. The new leader will lead the Liberal Conservative Party in opposition for the first time.

Nominations are to open on 25 June and will conclude on 26 June. Candidates require 20% of the LibCon Assembly Group to be nominated. The election will take place entirely within the Assembly Group of Assembly Members, unlike the 3020 Socialist Party Leadership Election, which could be taken to the party membership.

Background

The June 3020 General Election ended with a hung assembly, with no party being able to command an assembly majority. The Liberal Conservative Government of Audrick Hill was dissolved in favour of Mark Edwin's coalition between the Labour Party and the Socialist Party. Audrick Hill resigned as LibCon Leader and trigged the election.

Prior to the general election, the Liberal Conservatives had been in government since Wiltshirian independence from the New Corporate Republic and many attribute Audrick Hill with the success of winning the "silent revolution" and providing a platform for President Gaius Selan's government-in-exile.

Process

On 22 June, the Liberal Conservative National Association wrote to the LibCon members of the National Assembly laying out the rules and requirements for membership. The rules to be nominated are as follows;

• Receive at least 20% of the LibCon Assembly Group's nomination (5 members including the candidate)
• Submit nominations in a written letter by June 26.

This means that there will be a maximum of four nominated candidates and three ballot rounds. The first ballot will take place on June 26, the second on June 27 and the third on June 28. Of course, only if they are required. In each round, if a candidate wins a majority of the vote then they are elected Leader. The new leader will become Leader of the Opposition.

Candidates

Declared

Candidate	Nominations	Date announced	Previous roles
James Brown	3/21	June 22, 3020	Former Chancellor of the Exchequer (3019) Foreign Minister (3019) Conservative candidate for President in 3020
Aaron Ashford	5/21	June 22, 3020	Former Chancellor of the Exchequer (3019) Deputy Leader (since February 3020) Acting Leader (since June 3020)
Sonya Inyo	6/21	June 22, 3020	Former Chairwoman of the Conservative Party (3018) Former candidate for Novanite President in 3019 Daughter of former Prime Minister Jaresh Inyo
Tanis Lewis	1/21	June 23, 3020	Chair of the Assembly Committee on Foreign and Defence Affairs

Speculated

Candidate	Previous roles
Iman De'Ath	Former Leader of the National Assembly (3020) Former Minister for Utilities (3020)
Millard Jarad	Backbench AM

Declined

• Audrick Hill (Prime Minister (3019;3020), Leader of the Liberal Conservative Party (3020))
• Luke Ford (Former Minister for Housing, Communities and Local Government (3020)) [Endorsed Ashford]
• Abigail Went (Former Minister for Transportation (3020)) [Endorsed Ashford]
• John Pole (Former Minister for Policing and Law Enforcement (3020)) [Endorsed Inyo]