Candidates Quote by Theresa May

I thought I could do something different from any Conservative prime minister before me. But I couldn't.

— John Major

I have considered voting Conservative because I am so against the Labour party.

— Vivienne Westwood

I am delighted to have won so much support from my colleagues. The Conservative Party can come together - and under my leadership it…

— Theresa May

I have a confession to make: I am a Labour parliamentary candidate but like and get on with some of the Conservative persuasion.

— Chuka Umunna

I hope that in the days to come, I'll be able to convince my colleagues that I should be one of the candidates that…

— Michael Gove

I remain a very reluctant member of the Conservative Party. On the principle that one sort of ought to. Unfortunately, in 21st-century Britain I…

— David Starkey

If it comes to it, I am not going to stay in a party which has been taken over by the likes of Jacob…

— Anna Soubry

We want a broad pipeline of people coming through, we want to have a huge variety of people who are applying to become Conservative…

— Kemi Badenoch

Of course I want to lead [Tory] party. Of course I want to lead this party in order to put forward an alternative and…

— Jeremy Corbyn

I am not the Conservative Party's health care spokesman. I'm fond of Andrew Lansley, and I strongly support David Cameron as party leader.

— Daniel Hannan

We need a Prime Minister who can command support from across the broad Conservative family. Someone who can meaningfully work with others, perhaps, of…

— Suella Braverman

The Conservative party's always been a broad church, and I can appeal better than any of the other candidates to the centre ground to…

— Matt Hancock