What is October 2022 Conservative Party leadership election?
{{Infobox election | election_name = October 2022 Conservative Party leadership election | type = presidential | flag_image = | ongoing = no | previous_election = [[July–September 2022 Conservative Party (UK) leadership election|July–September 2022]] | previous_year = [[July–September 2022 Conservative Party (UK) leadership election|July–September 2022]] | election_date = 24 October 2022 | turnout = | next_election = 2024 Conservative Party leadership election | next_year = 2024 | votes_for_election = | 1blank = Final MPs' ballot | image1 = [[File:Chancellor Rishi Sunak (cropped).jpg|160x160px]] | candidate1 = '''[[Rishi Sunak]]''' | popular_vote1 = '''''Unopposed''''' | image2 = [[File:Penny Mordaunt Official Cabinet Portrait, September 2022 (cropped).jpg|160x160px]] | candidate2 = [[Penny Mordaunt]] | popular_vote2 = ''Withdrew'' | title = Leader | before_election = [[Liz Truss]] | after_election = [[Rishi Sunak]] }} '''The Conservative Party leadership election''' in October 2022 determined [[Liz Truss]]'s successor as [[Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)|Leader of the Conservative Party]] and [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] following her [[October 2022 United Kingdom government crisis|resignation]] on October 20, 2022. By the end of October 24, the two favorites were [[Penny Mordaunt]] and [[Rishi Sunak]]. After Mordaunt dropped out of the election, Sunak became the leader on the same day, at 2pm. ==Background== ===July 2022 Conservative Party leadership election=== Eleven candidates put forward for [[July–September 2022 Conservative Party (UK) leadership election|the July 2022 party leadership election]]. Eight people were fully nominated by Conservative MPs: [[Kemi Badenoch]], [[Suella Braverman]], [[Jeremy Hunt]], [[Penny Mordaunt]], [[Rishi Sunak]], [[Liz Truss]], [[Tom Tugendhat]] and [[Nadhim Zahawi]]. After five rounds of voting, MPs chose Sunak and Truss to nominate party members to vote. Truss was elected by members on September 5 with 57.4 percent of the vote. ===Econo