Leadsom Quotes

#1. Let me first of all congratulate both of the candidates who have made it through - both Theresa May and Andrea Leadsom are formidable politicians and they have fought great campaigns and they deserve to be in the final two.

Michael Gove

#2. Andrea Leadsom flatly denies she has changed her CV.

Laura Kuenssberg

#3. I want to offer particular congratulations to Andrea Leadsom on her stunning achievement. She is now well placed to win and replace the absurd gloom in some quarters with a positive, confident and optimistic approach, not just to Europe, but to government all round.

Boris Johnson

#4. Andrea Leadsom promises to publish tax return tomorrow if she gets on ballot - it's boring.

Laura Kuenssberg

#5. They [Andrea Leadsom and Theresa May] both went to state schools, they are both women, hey, that's pretty quirky for the Tory party. Isn't this the new sort of Tory party ?

Tim Loughton

#6. Andrea Leadsom also denies any tax avoidance, says she 'shopped around' for a good deal and it was from a British bank that booked the biz in Jersey.

Laura Kuenssberg

#7. The person that takes over needs to have the skills to manage that ... I believe Andrea [Leadsom] has the edge.

Iain Duncan Smith

#8. [Andrea] Leadsom has compassion ... a real steel and a real determination and that velvet glove of compassion that she really cares about people.

Iain Duncan Smith

#9. I say to all who are legally here, that you will be welcome to stay.

Andrea Leadsom

#10. I absolutely am a Christian and I am very proud of it.

Andrea Leadsom

#11. I genuinely believe the next leader has to be somebody who sees the opportunity of leaving the EU and is completely determined to deliver on what the people have told us to do.

Andrea Leadsom

#12. Actually I do believe we need a proper licensed regime that works better and is much more focused on animal welfare.

Andrea Leadsom

#13. I do want to be very clear: I see our nuclear deterrent as absolutely core insurance for our national security.

Andrea Leadsom

#14. Prosperity should be our goal, not austerity.

Andrea Leadsom

#15. I would absolutely commit to holding a vote on the hunting ban - I think it is not proven to be in the interests of animal welfare whatsoever.

Andrea Leadsom

#16. I will not use people's lives as bargaining chips.

Andrea Leadsom

#17. I think it's incredibly basic: we have to now deliver all of the huge advantages of trading with the 92 per cent of people in the world who aren't in the EU, so for me that was the final deciding factor.

Andrea Leadsom

#18. If you are asking me, am I going to be sort of saying 'oh well 'God's told me to do this and do that' well of course that's not the case.

Andrea Leadsom

#19. Did we get anything like the sort of reform that would make the EU work better? No. Not even close. And worse, even with the certainty of a UK referendum following the negotiation, it is clear that there was no appetite amongst European leaders for anything more than a few minor concessions.

Andrea Leadsom

#20. The great news is we have an all-female shortlist with no positive discrimination or anything, isn't that fantastic?

Andrea Leadsom

#21. For the second time in history the Conservatives will have a female prime minster, proving that we are not just the greatest but the most progressive party in Britain.

Andrea Leadsom

#22. I think it is very difficult for somebody who campaigned to stay in, who thinks there will be disaster if we leave and so on to suddenly turn it around and start believing that we can make a go of it.

Andrea Leadsom

#23. I can't possibly put myself in his [Tony Blair's] shoes and be inside his head but what I can say is that the security of the nation is the first duty of any government but at the same time for me going to war would always be the last resort. I would exhaust all other opportunities first.

Andrea Leadsom

#24. I want to lead a nation where anyone who aims high can achieve their dreams.

Andrea Leadsom

#25. I think we would look at other possibilities that would deliver further passenger capacity, that would deliver further infrastructure to the north of England but would be better value for taxpayers.

Andrea Leadsom

#26. For me what we need is a great deal of fiscal stimulus to show the UK is open for business. We need to upskill our workforce. I'm very much in tune with the work our chancellor is doing.

Andrea Leadsom

#27. I always make decisions with the facts so I would look to make an early decision with the benefit of the facts.

Andrea Leadsom

#28. I think part of the whole agenda of being open for business is about making sure that people can get here and also get there.

Andrea Leadsom

#29. I think we have muddled the terms of marriage, civil partnership, registry office, church etc. I would have liked that to have been clarified. I didn't really like the legislation that was the problem but I absolutely support gay marriage.

Andrea Leadsom

#30. You do not need to be in the single market we do not need that we are the word's fifth biggest economy. Most economies can agree free trade deals within two years the EU is taking 10 years or never at all, why?

Andrea Leadsom

#31. I came into politics because of a real childhood concern about the Cold War. So to me the importance of the nuclear deterrent is actually really ingrained in me.

Andrea Leadsom

#32. Specific policy decisions would be absolutely necessary to promote the UK. It's not necessarily borrowing more or changing our current account status.

Andrea Leadsom

#33. The Nick Boles text is kiboshed [Mike] Gove's chances. It undermined people's confidence in him. It made it look as if he's been conspiring all along. It did more damage to his reputation than anything else.

Andrea Leadsom