Mel Stride was the fourth Tory to put his name in the ring and said there was a ‘huge job to do’ for the party. The Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary was always an outsider bet for the leadership, but lasted until the second round of voting being being booted out of the race.

Watch again as the Conservative Party's leadership contest candidates spoke to members on the final day of the party conference on Wednesday, 2 October. Tom Tugendhat, James Cleverly, Robert Jenrick,

Renewal, rebuilding or just being more optimistic - all four contenders to lead Britain's Conservative Party promised change in back-to-back speeches on Wednesday to convince lawmakers and members to back them.

LONDON (AP) — Members of Britain’s defeated and divided Conservative Party gathered Sunday for an annual conference dominated by the search for a new leader capable of bringing the right-of-center party back from a catastrophic election defeat.

There are plenty of more important things in politics than who becomes the next Conservative leader – two thirds of voters don’t even care, according to Ipsos polling, including almost a third of people who backed the party at the election – but if you are interested in the outcome,

Tom Tugendhat, James Cleverly, Robert Jenrick and Kemi Badenoch gave speeches on the Conservative conference main stage in Birmingham.

Tory leadership candidates pitch to members in final conference speeches. Conservative leadership candidates reflected on their general election defeat in their final speeches at the party's conference.