That is especially true when there is a leadership election, which effectively means the party starts with a blank slate. (theconversation.com)
«There will be a leadership election for the next leader of Ukip in September and I will consider, over the course of this summer, whether to put forward my name to do that job again.» (totalpolitics.com)
«The condition they laid was that Gordon [Brown] had to go and we all knew that anyway... I thought, well, if there's a leadership election in these circumstances I'll stand.» (theguardian.com)