Conservative Party deputy chair Matthew Vickers has stepped down from his role to endorse Robert Jenrick in the ongoing Conservative Party leadership race.

Vickers, who also holds the position of shadow policing minister, does not need to relinquish that role to show his support for a candidate. However, since Conservative Campaign Headquarters (CCHQ) maintains neutrality in the leadership contest, Vickers chose to resign from his deputy chair position.

He stated that the Conservative Party "have a mountain to climb" and "need a leader that can bring us back in one term". "I firmly believe that's Robert," he said, pointing to him having the "clearest diagnosis of why we lost" and a "compelling vision for how we change, rebuild, and win again", he added. Photo by Roger Harris, Wikimedia commons.