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Coronations and Defenestrations (Choosing (and Losing) Tory Leaders)
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Product Details
Author:
Lee David Evans
Format:
Hardcover
Pages:
200
Publisher:
Edinburgh University Press (September 30, 2026)
Imprint:
Agenda Publishing
Language:
English
Audience:
General/trade
ISBN-13:
9781788218993
ISBN-10:
178821899X
Weight:
16.16oz
Dimensions:
6.14" x 9.21"
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Folder:
TWO RIVERS
List Price:
$99.00
Country of Origin:
United States
Pub Discount:
65
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$76.23
Publisher Identifier:
P-PER
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A
Release Date:
September 30, 2026
Overview
The Conservative Party and its leaders have shaped modern Britain. Who leads the Conservative Party matters, but how do they get to the top of their party?
Historically, leaders were expected to "emerge" through unknown and unknowable processes, typically involving the monarch and party grandees. Every party leader until the 1960s was chosen this way. But as postwar Britain embraced all things modern and meritocratic, the Tory party’s traditional ways of working appeared out of touch. The rules were changed subsequently and again after the 1997 landslide defeat. Tory MPs now decide which two candidates are to be put to a members’ vote. A decision which has resulted in the ignominious situation of a leader elected without the support of the parliamentary party.
In this lively telling of Conservative Party history, Lee Evans asks whether the leadership election rules are the source of the party’s current decline and considers what a more effective process might look like for choosing and deposing the leader while in opposition or in office.
Historically, leaders were expected to "emerge" through unknown and unknowable processes, typically involving the monarch and party grandees. Every party leader until the 1960s was chosen this way. But as postwar Britain embraced all things modern and meritocratic, the Tory party’s traditional ways of working appeared out of touch. The rules were changed subsequently and again after the 1997 landslide defeat. Tory MPs now decide which two candidates are to be put to a members’ vote. A decision which has resulted in the ignominious situation of a leader elected without the support of the parliamentary party.
In this lively telling of Conservative Party history, Lee Evans asks whether the leadership election rules are the source of the party’s current decline and considers what a more effective process might look like for choosing and deposing the leader while in opposition or in office.
