Article: PORTILLO CASH FOR SPEECHES; 'Secret pounds 20k' knocks leadership bid.(News)

Article: Majority of Tory MPs back Cameron in ...
The Evening Standard (London, England);  October 31, 2005 ;     376 words ....DAVID CAMERON'S bid to become Tory leader gained a major boost today when he won the backing of a majority of Conservative MPs. As Mr Cameron prepared to make a speech on the environment, it emerged he had 100 of the party's 198 MPs behind him after a string of Right-wingers came out in his

Article: Leadership campaigns are waiting on the Web POLITICAL MEDIA The ...
The Independent - London;  April 20, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... ready access to his speeches and other contributions to public debate". But suspicious Tory MPs claim that the site is tailor- made for a leadership bid because it provides a quick and easy focal point for potential supporters across the country ...

Article: Heseltine calls on Tory MPs to revolt against ...
The Independent - London;  December 9, 2002 ;     700+ words ...MICHAEL HESELTINE calls on Tory MPs today to oust Iain Duncan Smith and launch ... wants Mr Clarke to run a "dream ticket" leadership bid by making Michael Portillo his deputy. He urges Tory MPs to defy the party's 350,000 members by ...

Article: Davis to enlist election campaign 'bruiser' to boost ...
Scotland on Sunday;  October 9, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... agreed to radical changes in his leadership bid. Campaign manager Andrew Mitchell ... Davis lists 66 out of 198 Tory MPs as backing his leadership bid, more than twice the total ... last night when one of the Tory MPs who nominated Davis for the ...

Article: Davis to enlist 'bruiser' for leadership bid
Scotland on Sunday;  October 9, 2005 ;     523 words ... ... supporters and agreed to radical changes in his leadership bid. Campaign manager Andrew Mitchell, a long ... the candidates." Davis lists 66 out of 198 Tory MPs as backing his leadership bid, more than twice the total of his nearest challenger ...

Article: Howard leadership bid will be put to Tory ...
The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  November 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...MICHAEL Howard's leadership bid will be put to a vote of the Tory membership even if he remains ... have the support of activists. With the backing of more than 90 Tory MPs Mr Howard's bid now seems almost unstoppable. But Raymond Monbiot ...

Article: Clarke throws hat in the ring with leadership bid
Belfast Telegraph;  August 31, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... for a third time. The former chancellor, 65, will meet Tory MPs this morning and confirm his intention to have a third shot ... policy themes, tomorrow. The former chancellor unveiled his leadership bid to the Daily Mail and launched a website: www.kenclarke ...