Draft:Liz Truss 2022 prime minister campaign

On July 10, 2022, former Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs Liz Truss released a message announcing her candidacy in the July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election. On September 5, 2022, Truss, defeated former Chancellor Rishi Sunak.

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Liz Truss launched her bid to succeed Boris Johnson on 10 July 2022. During the July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election, Truss pledged to cut taxes by scrapping the National Insurance rise that had previously been announced in April 2022, scrapping the recent corporation tax rise and she also promised to remove green energy levies. During the campaign, when asked whether French President Emmanuel Macron was a friend or foe, Truss replied that the "jury was out" and that she would judge Macron based on his "deeds not words". During a hustings event, Truss suggested that it would be best to ignore the "attention seeker" Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon before rejecting the possibility of a second independence referendum for Scotland.

On 20 July 2022, Truss finished second in the fifth round of voting amongst the Conservative Parliamentary Party with 113 votes behind Rishi Sunak with 137 votes, qualifying her for the final vote amongst the membership. Truss defeated Rishi Sunak in the members' vote with 57.4 per cent of the vote against Sunak's 42.6 per cent. She was elected on 5 September 2022, assuming office on 6 September 2022. She became the fourth consecutive Conservative Party prime minister since 2010, and the third female prime minister, following Margaret Thatcher and Theresa May.Following the announcement there were protests in London.