January 2015 Conservative Party Leadership Election

The 2015 Conservative Party leadership election occurred as a result of Prime Minister David Cameron's resignation as party leader. He had resigned right before the 2015 General Election, believing that the Party needed "fresh leadership". Elliot Spiffing won the contest on January 2015, defeating Jeremy Hunt with almost 4 times as many votes.

As only two people stepped forward for the Leadership Election, the vote went straight to the Conservative Party members.

This is also the first time in the Conservative Party history that the members directly elected the Conservative Party Leader.

Background
Before the 2015 General Election, the then Prime Minister David Cameron announced that he would resign, as he believed the party needed "fresh leadership", something Cameron believed he could not give approaching his 10th year as Conservative Leader and 5th year as Prime Minister.

This was not a controversial election within the Conservative Party, and the election went along very smoothly.

Results
As only two people stepped forward for the Leadership Election, the vote went straight to the members of the Conservative Party, allowing them to directly elect their new Leader.

Elliot Spiffing won a large majority from the Party and became the new Prime Minister.