Conservative Party (UK)

Conservative and Unionist Party
Conservative and Unionist Party
Leader	Kemi Badenoch MP
Chairman	Richard Holden
CEO	Stephen Massey
Treasurer	Malik Marim
Founded	1834
Merger of	Tory Party; Liberal Unionist Party
Headquarters	4 Matthew Parker Street, London SW1H 9HQ
Youth wing	Young Conservatives
Women's wing	Conservative Women's Organisation
Overseas wing	Conservatives Abroad
LGBT+ wing	LGBT+ Conservatives
Membership (2022)	172,437
Ideology	Conservatism; British unionism; Economic liberalism
Political position	Centre-right to right-wing
European affiliation	European Conservatives and Reformists Party
International affiliation	International Democrat Union
Colours	Blue
Slogan	"Unleash Britain's Potential"
Governing body	Conservative Party Board
Devolved or semi-autonomous branches	Gibraltar Conservatives; Northern Ireland Conservatives; London Conservatives; Scottish Conservatives; Welsh Conservatives
Parliamentary party	1922 Committee
House of Commons	121 / 650
House of Lords	268 / 777
London Assembly	8 / 25
Scottish Parliament	31 / 129
Welsh Parliament	10 / 60
Local government	5,047 / 18,766
Directly elected mayors	1 / 16
Police and crime commissioners	19 / 39
Website
	conservatives.com
	Political parties;

The Conservative Party (informally as the Tory Party) is the main right wing, sometimes centre-right, political party in the United Kingdom. Their policies usually promote conservatism.

The party has generally had liberal economic policies that favour free market economics. The party is British unionist, historically opposing Irish reunification, Scottish and Welsh independence, and is generally critical of devolution.

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↑ Wheeler, Brian (5 September 2022). "Tory membership figure revealed". BBC News. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
↑ "Capping welfare and working to control immigration". Conservative and Unionist Party. Archived from the original on 9 June 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "United Kingdom". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
↑ Falkenbach, Michelle; Greer, Scott (7 September 2021). The Populist Radical Right and Health
National Policies and Global Trends. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. p. 143. ISBN 9783030707095.
↑ James, William (1 October 2019). "Never mind the politics, get a Brexit deal done, says UK business". Reuters. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
↑ Vries, Catherine; Hobolt, Sara; Proksch, Sven-Oliver; Slapin, Jonathan (2021). Foundations of European Politics A Comparative Approach. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. p. 145. ISBN 9780198831303.
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↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 Saini, Rima; Bankole, Michael; Begum, Neema (April 2023). "The 2022 Conservative Leadership Campaign and Post-racial Gatekeeping". Race & Class: 1–20. doi:10.1177/03063968231164599. ISSN 0306-3968. ...the Conservative Party's history in incorporating ethnic minorities, and the recent post-racial turn within the party whereby increasing party diversity has coincided with an increasing turn to the Right
↑ "Unleash Britain's Potential". Conservatives. Archived from the original on 23 February 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
↑ "Lords by party, type of peerage and gender". Parliament.uk. Archived from the original on 12 June 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
↑ "Local Council Political Compositions". Open Council Date UK. 23 January 2018. Archived from the original on 30 September 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2020.

[1] Wilkins, Jessica (17 March 2018). "Conservatives re-launch youth wing in a bid to take on Labour". PoliticsHome.com. Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.

[2] Wheeler, Brian (5 September 2022). "Tory membership figure revealed". BBC News. Retrieved 5 September 2022.

[3] "Capping welfare and working to control immigration". Conservative and Unionist Party. Archived from the original on 9 June 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.

[parties-and-elections.eu-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "United Kingdom". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2020.

[The_Populist_Radical_Right_and_Health-5] Falkenbach, Michelle; Greer, Scott (7 September 2021). The Populist Radical Right and Health
National Policies and Global Trends. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. p. 143. ISBN 9783030707095.

[Reuters,_October_2019-6] James, William (1 October 2019). "Never mind the politics, get a Brexit deal done, says UK business". Reuters. Retrieved 21 September 2019.

[7] Vries, Catherine; Hobolt, Sara; Proksch, Sven-Oliver; Slapin, Jonathan (2021). Foundations of European Politics A Comparative Approach. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. p. 145. ISBN 9780198831303.

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[SaBa23-9] 9.0 ^9.1 Saini, Rima; Bankole, Michael; Begum, Neema (April 2023). "The 2022 Conservative Leadership Campaign and Post-racial Gatekeeping". Race & Class: 1–20. doi:10.1177/03063968231164599. ISSN 0306-3968. ...the Conservative Party's history in incorporating ethnic minorities, and the recent post-racial turn within the party whereby increasing party diversity has coincided with an increasing turn to the Right

[10] "Unleash Britain's Potential". Conservatives. Archived from the original on 23 February 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.

[11] "Lords by party, type of peerage and gender". Parliament.uk. Archived from the original on 12 June 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.

[localcouncil-12] "Local Council Political Compositions". Open Council Date UK. 23 January 2018. Archived from the original on 30 September 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2020.

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