Can i think you and your team at the conservative Central Office for doing a fantastic job . Its been a team effort and shown the conservative family at its best. If i could make one plea as a backbencher, can we be kinder to the next Prime Minister then weve been to the current Prime Minister . [applause] without further delay, im going to hand you over to the one for cochair to the wonderful cochair of the committee. [applause] thank you very much, charles. On the 24th of may, the Prime Minister, the right honorable theresa may, announced that she would be standing down as leader of our party on the seventh of june. Over the past 46 days, the 1922 committee organized five ballots of members in parliament, and then worked with the Party Chairmen and Electoral Reform services to present the final two candidates. They are qualifying nubbers of the conservative and unionist parties that can vote for our new leader. I want to echo charles thanks to brandon, the party board, and the party