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The party traditionally holds the annual Conservative Party Conference during party conference season, at which senior Conservative figures promote party policy. The Conservative Party was founded in 1834 from the Tory Party and was one of two dominant political parties in the 19th century, along with the Liberal Party .
The Representation of the People Act 1832 removed the rotten boroughs, many of which were controlled by Tories and the Party was reduced to 175 MPs in the 1832 elections. Under the leadership of Robert Peel, who issued a policy document known as the Tamworth Manifesto, the Tories began to transform into the Conservative Party.
The Conservative Party (also known as Tories) is the oldest political party in the United Kingdom [1] and arguably the world. [2] The current party was first organised in the 1830s and the name "Conservative" was officially adopted, but the party is still often referred to as the Tory party (not least because newspaper editors find it a ...
The term Tory is much older than the official Conservative Party name, but it has persisted throughout the centuries as the party has evolved.
Conservative losses in Thursday's (20 July) by elections were because Tory voters stayed at home, Greg Hands has said. The Tory party chairman spoke to TalkTV after his party lost two safe seats ...
The main barriers to voting Tory for those who did so in 2019 but not in 2024 were, according to Onward, the Tory think tank: immigration is too high; the party is weak and divided; and public ...
The Conservative Party is currently the primary opposition party in the United Kingdom. On the political spectrum the party has been described as right-wing [9] by various sources and as centre-right [10] by others, and encompasses various ideological factions including one-nation conservatives, Thatcherites, and traditionalist conservatives.
The Tory leadership election, which followed the party’s worst general election defeat in history, saw six candidates go head to head for the backing of MPs and party members over more than 100 ...