Bob Blackman announcing the successful candidates who will proceed to next stage of contest (Image: Getty)

       MPs will find it more difficult to axe the new leader of the Tory Party following a rule change when it comes to votes of no confidence.

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       Robert Jenrick or Kemi Badenoch will only face a vote of no confidence if at least 30% of Tory MPs are demanding one, the chairman of the 1922 Committee has said.

       Bob Blackman said that the threshold will increase from 15% to "at least 30%" of the backbench party.

       This means that 36 Tory MPs out of the party's 121 MPs will have to sign letters to force a new vote.

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       Mr Blackman said: "Now we will amend those rules to increase the threshold.

       "I am not going to say what it is going to be but I suspect it will be at least to 30% to enable a position where there will have to be a very strong opinion of the Parliamentary party."

       The new leader - who will be unveiled on November 2 - cannot be challenged for the first year under existing rules, until November 3, 2025.

       The 1922 Committee will review the rules on leadership elections to make it more difficult for MPs to force out Tory leaders when they are in Government, Mr Blackman added.

       Speaking to GB News, he said: "We are going to look at whether we should look at a different position in Opposition to when we are in Government because the reality is there is one thing to replace a leader in Opposition and another to replace a Prime Minister."

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       The senior Tory also doubled down on his previous statements that the race to replace Rishi Sunak will not be shortened so the new leader can respond to the budget on October 30.

       Contender Robert Jenrick has insisted the Conservative leadership contest must be drawn to an early end so the victor can respond to Rachel Reeves.

       The former Tory minister said: “I want to heal the party, I want to settle the big policy debates that we have had now, so that we can unite around a clear policy platform and we can take the fight to Labour and provide the effective opposition that the country is crying out for.

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       “That should begin immediately, in fact, it should begin with the Budget.

       “I want to be the leader of the opposition who is stood up in the House of Commons giving the response to Rachel Reeves at the end of the month.”