Conservative Party
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The Conservative Party is the major right-wing political party in the United Kingdom. It came to power May 2010 with David Cameron as Prime Minister by defeating the centre-left Labour Party.[1]
Contents
Leaders
- Winston Churchill (1940-1955)
- Anthony Eden (1955-1957)
- Harold Macmillian (1957-1963)
- Alec Douglas-Home (1963-1965)
- Edward Heath (1965-1974), PM variously
- Margaret Thatcher (1974-1990), PM from 79 to 90
- John Major (1990-1997), PM
- William Hague (1997-2001)
- Iain Duncan Smith (2001-2003)
- Michael Howard (2003-2005)
- David Cameron (2005-)[1]
Associated organisations
(from [2])
- Adam Smith Institute
- Association of Conservative Clubs
- Atlantic Bridge
- Bow Group
- Bruges Group
- Cchange
- Centre for Policy Studies
- Connect
- Conservative Animal Welfare Group
- Conservative Christian Fellowship
- Conservative Disability Group
- Conservative Friends of Gibraltar
- Conservative Friends of Israel
- Conservative Group for Europe
- Conservative History Group
- Conservative Medical Society
- Conservative National Education Society
- Conservative National Property Advisory Committee
- Conservative Party Archive Trust
- Conservative Rural Action Group
- Conservative Transport Group
- Conservative Way Forward
- Conservatives 4 Cities
- Conservatives at Work
- European Foundation
- Federation of Conservative Students
- Gay Conservatives - Torch
- Institute for Fiscal Studies
- Institute of Economic Affairs
- International Democrat Union
- Margaret Thatcher Foundation
- No Campaign
- Policy Exchange
- Politeia
- Reform Britain
- Social Market Foundation
- Society of Conservative Lawyers
- Tory Green Initiative
- Tory Reform Group
Contact details
Conservative Campaign Headquarters
Phone: +44 (0) 20 7222 9000
Web: http://www.conservatives.com
Resources and articles
Related SourceWatch articles
- Conservative Foundation
- British General Election 2005
- Campaign for Conservative Democracy
- Labour Party
- List of the 2003 shadow cabinet
- Lynton Crosby
- Tariq Ahmad
- David Prior (UK) - former CEO
- Lord Fowler of Sutton Coldfield - former Chair
- Jeremy Hanley - former Chair
- Cornerstone Group - rightwing grouping
- financial services minister Andrea Leadsom
- Theresa May
References
- ↑ "British election UK results: David Cameron conservative party win by 36.1% votes", News Express Kraft, May 7, 2010.
External articles
- ^ "Cameron chosen as new Tory leader", BBC News, 6 December 2005.
