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MICHAEL Howard suffered a humiliating defeat yesterday in his bid to strip grassroots members of the final say over his successor as Conservative leader.
A ballot of the party's 1,133-strong electoral college failed to secure the required vote for a change. The proposal did secure the necessary two-thirds majority among MPs, but the party's senior activists narrowly failed to reach the same target.See the full content of this document
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Tories Snub Howard On Leader Vote
The decision will prolong the leadership contest until December at the earliest, as well as making it more unpredictable: David Davis, the shadow home secretary, had been widely tipped to sail home ahead of his main rival,...
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