In which year did William Hague become leader of the Conservative Party?
Shadow Cabinet of William Hague of hereditary peers, without informing William Hague. This amendment (proposed by Bernard Weatherill for issues of formality, known as the Weatherill Amendment) allowed 92 hereditary peers to remain. The sacking of Cranborne led to a leadership crisis, with some Conservative peers resigning the party whip. Hague again reshuffled the Shadow Cabinet on 15 June 1999. On 2 February 2000, Hague again reshuffled the Shadow Cabinet. Hague's final Shadow Cabinet reshuffle occurred on 26 September 2000. Shadow Cabinet of William Hague The Shadow Cabinet appointed by Conservative Party leader William Hague was the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet from 1997 to 2001.
Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party (UK) Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party (UK) The Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party is sometimes an official title of a senior Conservative politician of the United Kingdom. Some are given this title officially by the party, such as Peter Lilley, while others are given the title as an unofficial description by the media, such as William Hague. Distinct from being 'second-in-command', there is formally no current position of deputy party leader in the party's hierarchy. Unlike the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, whenever the position has existed, it has been conferred through appointment and selection by the party