Shapps blocked from standing again for the Conservatives
Summary
Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has decided not to allow Grant Shapps, a former cabinet minister and party chairman, to stand again as a Conservative candidate in the next UK general election. Shapps lost his parliamentary seat in 2024 and his application to run again has been rejected as part of Badenoch’s efforts to renew the party with new people and policies.Key Facts
- Grant Shapps served in nine different ministerial roles in the UK government.
- He lost his Welwyn Hatfield seat to Labour in the 2024 election by 3,799 votes.
- Shapps’s application to stand again as a Conservative candidate was rejected.
- Kemi Badenoch leads the Conservative Party and wants new candidates to follow stricter rules and policies.
- Badenoch wants candidates to abandon net zero carbon policies and leave the European Convention on Human Rights.
- Shapps is co-chair of Conservatives Together, a group supporting Conservative candidates.
- He received a knighthood from former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for political and public service.
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