Timeline for If the UK Prime Minister suddenly dies, what happens?
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| Sep 30, 2020 at 3:04 | vote | accept | Michael Seifert | ||
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| Mar 29, 2020 at 6:07 | comment | added | CDJB♦ | @Acccumulation it's whoever commands the confidence of the house. In modern times, this has always been the leader of the party with the most MPs, but yes, if a number of smaller parties together had over 325 MPs that would allow them to govern and choose the PM. | |
| Mar 29, 2020 at 2:48 | comment | added | Acccumulation | " this is the person chosen as the leader of the party with the most MPs this is the person chosen as the leader of the party with the most MPs" Or coalition? | |
| Mar 28, 2020 at 16:04 | comment | added | Valorum | It's highly unlikely that Hunt would be selected immediately. Likely the decision to designate Raab as the Interim leader would be nodded through by the Conservative's ruling 1922 Committee without seeking a vote of the party membership, until such time as the crisis was over and a normal election (complete with hustings) could be run. The Queen would endorse their decision | |
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| Mar 27, 2020 at 13:06 | comment | added | CDJB♦ | @SteveMelnikoff yes, I saw that and didn't think I needed to plagiarize it - I'll add a link to your answer. | |
| Mar 27, 2020 at 13:06 | comment | added | CDJB♦ | @SteveMelnikoff Fair enough - I included it for completeness while thinking about what would happen if, to use an extreme example, war was declared while there was no PM. | |
| Mar 27, 2020 at 13:05 | comment | added | Steve Melnikoff | Also relevant: to quote to from my answer in the question linked to above: 'The Labour Party Rule Book is explicit about this, and specifies that if the PM becomes "permanently unavailable", "the Cabinet shall, in consultation with the NEC, appoint one of its members to serve as Party leader [and hence PM] until a ballot under these rules can be carried out.".' | |
| Mar 27, 2020 at 13:02 | comment | added | Steve Melnikoff | This is a good answer. I'd argue that the Civil Contingencies Act is not really relevant here, as that is mainly concerned with granting the government powers in a dire emergency (and indeed, despite the current crisis, it hasn't been used; instead, emergency regulations have been made under the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984, with future ones likely under the Coronavirus Act). | |
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| Mar 27, 2020 at 11:58 | history | answered | CDJB♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |