2011 Welsh Conservatives leadership election

July 2017 2011 Welsh Conservatives leadership election Wales presidential no 1999 2018 2011 05 10 yes – 2011 07 14 yes First round Percentage Second round Percentage Andrew R. T. Davies 2011 (cropped).jpg Andrew RT Davies 53.1% Nick Ramsay 2011 (cropped).jpg Nick Ramsay 46.7% Leader Paul Davies (acting)Nick Bourne Andrew RT Davies The 2011 Welsh Conservatives leadership election was held on 14 July 2011. Andrew RT Davies defeated Nick Ramsay, the only other candidate.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-14143317 Andrew RT Davies elected Tory Welsh assembly leader BBC News 2011-07-14 2018-07-05 Following the 2011 Assembly election the party's leader Nick Bourne lost his Mid and West Wales seat. Paul Davies then became the interim leader whilst an election took place. The contest then consisted of Andrew RT Davies (South Wales Central) against Ramsay (Monmouth). Andrew RT Davies won with some 53.1 per cent of the vote on a 49 per cent turnout of the party's Welsh membership.https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/andrew-rt-davies-wins-race-1821502 Andrew RT Davies wins race to be new leader of Welsh Conservatives Wales Online 2011-07-14 2018-07-05 Candidates CandidateBornHome countySeatEndorsementsalt=|103x103pxAndrew Davies1968 Cowbridge, Vale of GlamorganVale of GlamorganSouth Wales Central(2007-)William Graham, Byron Davies and Darren Millar.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-13414059 Davies faces Ramsay in Senedd opposition leader race BBC News 2011-05-16 2018-07-05alt=|103x103pxNick Ramsay10 June 1975 Cwmbran, TorfaenTorfaenMonmouth(2007-)Mark Isherwood, Mohammad Asghar and Suzy Davies.Mark Isherwood, Mohammad Asghar and Suzy Davies. Result Candidate %Turnout: 49 49% Andrew RT Davies 53.1 200 #0087DC53.1 Nick Ramsay 46.9 200 #0087DC46.7 Spoilt http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~tquinn/welsh_parties.htm Welsh Parties Privatewww.essex.ac.uk 2018-07-05 9 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160309102947/http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~tquinn/welsh_parties.htm dead 0.2 200 #0087DC0.2Total 100.0 The conservative Party did not release the raw vote figures only the percentages won. Andrew RT Davies was declared the result and thus became the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly for Wales. References Category:Conservative Party (UK) Category:2011 in Wales Category:2010s elections in Wales 2011 Category:2011 political party leadership elections in the United Kingdom