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jan 5, 2002 - Iain Duncan Smith fails to lead a Tory recovery and is ousted before he can fight an election.

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Iain Duncan Smith was the only Conservative leader to be elected by grassroots members rather than MPs. It was not a happy experience however and the selfconfessed "quiet man" fell to a vote of no confidence from MPs never getting to fight an election as party leader.

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jan 5, 2002
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~ 24 years ago