Questions tagged [conservative-party]
The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre right political party in the United Kingdom. Also known as the Tories.
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Is it plausible for the UK opposition to be led by a lord?
There are multiple polls predicting bad outcomes for the Tories in the coming UK general election. The worst of these, Savanta/Telegraph predicts them ending up as the 2nd largest party with 53 seats,...
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What is Rishi Sunak's reasoning/incentive to talk of a hung parliament, rather than a Labour majority, right now?
Since the 2024 UK local elections were held last week, Rishi Sunak has claimed that the general election result is "not a foregone conclusion", and that there may be a hung parliament at the ...
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What is preventing the UK from stopping arms exports to Israel?
Recent polling has shown that a majority of the UK public supports banning arms exports to Israel. A recent YouGov poll showed that 56% of all UK voters support a ban whilst 17% are against a ban. ...
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Is the occurrence of sexual misdemeanors amongst the UK Conservative parliamentary party exceptional?
The 2019 intake of Conservative MPs into UK's parliament numbered 365. Since then at least 6 Tory MPs have been suspended or resigned for engaging in sexual related misconduct. These are:
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Does there exist a schematic diagram of the different factional conflicts inside the Conservative Party?
Clearly there is serious unrest and a lot of infighting within the present Tory party. That much is plain from the reports in the media.
There are a number of predictable political axes on which MPs ...
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By what process did it come about that 100 nominations are now required for the Conservative leadership election in October '22
In elections there is normally a set of rules for running the election and those rules are either consistent from vote to vote, or there is a clear process for changing the rules.
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Who exactly has the authority to expel members from the Conservative Party?
Today William Wragg MP made remarks in Parliament in which he undertook to vote in line with a three-line whip on a vote described as a confidence motion in the Government. The reason he gave – for ...
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What would happen if the current prime minister lost their seat in a general election? [duplicate]
I was just reading this article about Liz Truss’s seat in Norfolk, and how the constituents are slowly revoking their support.
It made me wonder what would happen in the (unlikely) scenario where the ...
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What were the key factors that led to Truss being a finalist in the MPs vote and then winning the popular party vote, in the UK?
Like the question says. Now that the UK Conservative Party voting is done and a new Prime Minister installed (or imminently so today), what were the factors that led to her being
one of the two ...
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Do Conservative party members care about the Northern Ireland protocol?
A lot of pro-Brexit politicians are outraged by the fact that the Northern Ireland protocol has imposed an economic border “in the middle of our country”.
Most British people on the other hand, ...
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What drives the appeal and nostalgia of Margaret Thatcher within UK Conservative Party?
In light of the ongoing UK Conservative leadership race, a lot has been said about the legacy of Margaret Thatcher.
In particular, one of the candidates Liz Truss often invokes the image of Thatcher ...
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What are the consequences of "losing the whip"? [duplicate]
A (UK) Conservative MP has recently "lost the whip", i.e. he has been suspended from the parliamentary Conservative Party.
What practical consequences does this have for the MP in question? ...
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Are there provisions for a tie in the Conservative leadership election?
I understand that in the final round of voting, the 3rd placed candidate is eliminated and the remaining two are placed on the ballot for party members.
Given the close numbers seen in previous rounds,...
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Could Boris Johnson have run for re-election in the July 2022 Conservative party leadership election?
On July 7, 2022, Boris Johnson announced his intention to resign as leader of the Conservative Party, and to leave the office of Prime Minister after the conclusion of a leadership election.
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Could a Conservative leader who loses the party's confidence vote refuse to resign as Prime Minister?
At time of writing, a vote of no-confidence in Boris Johnson is due to happen on the evening of 2022-06-06 between 1800 and 2000, as more than 54 letters (15% of all Conservative MPs) have been ...
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