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Tories urging Red Wall poster boy Ben Houchen to become an MP and next party leader

Published on April 12, 2025 at 07:29 PM

Tories urging Red Wall poster boy Ben Houchen to become an MP and next party leader

TORIES are urging Red Wall poster boy Ben Houchen to become an MP and the next leader of the Conservative Party.

Party insiders have grown increasingly frustrated at failure to turn fortunes around and are starting a succession plan.

Lord Ben Houchen giving a speech.
Ben Houchen is being talked up as a future Tory leader

They are urging Lord Houchen – the Mayor of Tees Valley – to give up his peerage and become a Tory MP instead.

A source said: “The party is in a bad way and people are already talking about who will succeed Kemi as leader.

“No one expects her to be ousted yet – but the chances of her carrying on until the next election are growing slimmer by the day.

“Ben has some of that Boris Johnson magic – he is a winner. We desperately need one of those.”;

declined to comment.

Another Conservative source said is being talked of as a possible caretaker leader if Kemi is ousted from the top job soon.

The source said: “His name is being talked about.”;

The Tory grandee ran to be party leader in 2005, but lost to David Cameron.

The Tories are braced for a bloodbath at the local elections in May, while their arch rivals Reform are expected to hover up votes and council seats.

Grim results are likely to spark calls for Kemi to go as party leader.

But most Tory MPs think it is too early to oust her and that her point of gravest peril will come next year after the Welsh elections.

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