The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party and also known colloquially as the Tories, is one of the two main political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Labour Party.
- 1834; 189 years ago (original form), 1912; 111 years ago (current form)
- Centre-right
El Partido Conservador, oficialmente llamado Partido Conservador y Unionista (en inglés: Conservative and Unionist Party), también conocido coloquialmente como los Tories, es uno de los dos principales partidos políticos del Reino Unido, junto con el Partido Laborista.
- Greg Hands
- Rishi Sunak
- Selection Process
- Houses of Lords and Commons Leaders
- Deputy Leaders of The Conservative Party
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Under the party's constitution,leaders are elected by serving MPs and party members whose membership started at least three months prior to the closing of a ballot. Candidates must be serving MPs. A former leader who has resigned may not stand in the contest triggered by their departure. Those who wish to stand must notify the 1922 Committee, a bod...
Leaders in the House of Lords
Those asterisked were considered the overall leader of the party. 1. The Duke of Wellington: 1834–1846 2. Lord Stanley (14th Earl of Derby from 1851): 9 March 1846 – 27 February 1868*, elected at a party meeting (see § House of Lords, below) 3. The Earl of Malmesbury: 1868–1869, appointed by Prime Minister Disraeli 4. The Lord Cairns: 1869–1870, elected at a party meeting (see House of Lords)
Leaders in the House of Commons
Those asterisked were considered the overall leader of the party. 1. Sir Robert Peel: 18 December 1834[a]– 1846* 2. Lord George Bentinck: 1846–1847 3. The Marquess of Granby: 9 February 1848 – 4 March 1848, elected at a party meeting (see § House of Commons, below) 4. None:1848–1849 5. Jointly Benjamin Disraeli, the Marquess of Granby, and John Charles Herries: 1849–1852,[d] elected at a party meeting (see House of Commons) 6. Benjamin Disraeli: 1852 – 21 August 1876 (overall leader from 27 F...
Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party is sometimes an official title of a senior Conservativepolitician of the United Kingdom. Some are given this title officially by the party, such as Peter Lilley, while others are given the title as an unofficial description by the media, such as William Hague. The first politician to hold the office as such w...
1 language. Robert Peel, founder and first Conservative Party Prime Minister (1788–1850) 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 ...
The Conservative Party (informally as the Tory Party) is the main right-wing political party in the United Kingdom. Their policies usually promote conservatism and in recent years libertarianism . They are the largest party in the House of Commons after the 2019 United Kingdom general election , with 365 out of a possible 650 seats.
- Stephen Massey
- Greg Hands
- Malik Marim