Tory Leadership Bingo

This bingo card generator was originally created for the last but one Tory leadership election, the one that resulted in the disastrous tenure of Liz Truss as Prime Minister.  Now that the Tories are in opposition, a new leadership contest looms, and somehow it’s being dragged out over more than 3 months!

We’ve updated the cards for the 2024 leadership contest with items such as “Reform”, “Rwanda”, “Culture Wars”, “War On Motorists” and “Net Zero”!  Feel free to use the comments form to suggest other items we should put on the card.

2024 Tory Leadership Candidates

Six candidates got sufficient backing from MPs to progress to the next stage:

• James Cleverly, MP for Braintree and shadow home secretary
• Priti Patel, MP for Witham and former home secretary
• Robert Jenrick, MP for Newark and former secretary of state for housing and communities
• Kemi Badenoch, MP for Saffron Walden and shadow secretary of state for housing communities and local government
• Mel Stride, MP for Central Devon and shadow secretary of state for work and pensions
• Tom Tugendhat, MP for Tonbridge and Malling and shadow minister for security

In early September, voting amongst Conservative MPs narrowed the field down to four, eliminating Patel and Stride.

The four remaining candidates pitched to the party membership at the party conference between 29th September and 2nd October, and that’s where the fun really started with the bingo card.  Watch the replay of one of their speeches if you can bear to and see how many items you can tick off!

After the party conference, more rounds of MP voting took place on 9th and 10th October to reduce the field to two, giving the parliamentary party the opportunity to eliminate anyone who they consider to be a liability in a general election.  In the event, Tugendhat and Cleverly were eliminated pretty well guaranteeing that the party will lurch still further to the right.

The final vote, by the party membership including anyone who’s been a member for at least 90 days, will take place on 31st October and results are expected to be announced on 2nd November.

UPDATE: And it’s Kemi Badenoch!

Tory Leadership Bingo

To help you enjoy the whole sorry spectacle even more, we’ve crafted a Tory Leadership Bingo Card. It’s populated with some of the many clichés and tropes that you’ll likely hear in the coming weeks. For the best results, we recommend listening to the Tory debates and speeches at the time of the party conference (if you can stomach it, of course!).

Perhaps you could play during one of these debates or even wait for the acceptance speech. Whichever option you choose, all you’ve got to do is mark the items as they’re regurgitated. The first to mark all or the most off wins. Jolly good luck!