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Jul 2022
Harrogate MP elected to 1922 committee executive
Harrogate and Knaresborough MP Andrew Jones has been elected to the Conservative Party’s 1922 committee executive.
Mr Jones joins the 12 member executive, which announced its election results last night.
Sir Graham Brady remains chairman of the committee.
The committee is made up of backbench Conservative MPs and represents the views of the parliamentary party.
It is also influential in electing leaders of the party, including setting the rules for leadership contests.
The move to elect the executive comes as the party is in the middle of choosing a new leader after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced he would step down in the autumn.
Eleven MPs, including former Chancellor Rishi Sunak, current Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, have so far announced they will stand for party leader.
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Mr Jones' election to the executive comes as he has been openly critical of Mr Johnson in the last few months.
Ahead of the Mr Johnson's resignation, he said he felt "we have come to the end of the road with this Prime Minister".
He also voted against him in a confidence vote.
However, Mr Jones has yet to publicly announce his support for a candidate in the leadership election.
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