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  2. Conservative Party (UK) - Wikipedia

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    The Conservative Party is a member of a number of international organisations, most notably the International Democracy Union which unites right-wing parties including the United States Republican Party, the Liberal Party of Australia, the Conservative Party of Canada and the South Korean People Power Party.

  3. History of the Conservative Party (UK) - Wikipedia

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    In 1846 disaster struck the Conservatives when the party split over the repeal of the Corn Laws.Peel and most senior Conservatives favoured repeal, but they were opposed by backbench members representing farming and rural constituencies, led by Lord George Bentinck, Benjamin Disraeli, and Lord Stanley (later the Earl of Derby), who favoured protectionism.

  4. Conservatism in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Disraeli set up a Conservative Central Office, established in 1870, and the newly formed National Union (which drew together local voluntary associations), gave the party "additional unity and strength", and Disraeli's views on social reform and the wealth disparity between the richest and poorest in society allegedly "helped the party to break ...

  5. Conservative Party - Wikipedia

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    The Conservative Party is a name used by many political parties around the world. These political parties are generally right-wing though their exact ideologies can ...

  6. Politics of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The UK, like several other states, has sometimes been called a "two-and-a-half party system" because parliamentary politics is dominated by the Labour Party and Conservative Party, while the Liberal Democrats used to hold a significant number of seats (but still substantially less than Labour and the Conservatives), and several small parties ...

  7. Political party affiliation in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Membership of political parties has been in decline in the UK since the 1950s, falling by over 65% from 1983 (4 per cent of the electorate) to 2005 (1.3 per cent). [1] In 2022, 1.5% of the British electorate were members of the Conservative Party, Labour Party, or the Liberal Democrats. [2]

  8. Factbox-Who is running for UK Conservative Party leadership?

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    Britain's opposition Conservatives have begun the process of choosing a new leader to replace former prime minister Rishi Sunak who led the party to a record defeat in a July 4 election. Those ...

  9. Electoral history of the Conservative Party (UK) - Wikipedia

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    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.