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Conservative Party (UK) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (4749 words) |
 | The Conservative Party is descended from the Tory Party of the eighteenth and nineteenth Centuries. |
| Though the Conservatives were in government for two-thirds of the twentieth century and are often referred to as the 'natural party of government', they have been in opposition in Parliament since losing the 1997 election to the Labour Party under Tony Blair. |
| Although Thatcher herself was socially conservative and a practicing Methodist, her supporters harbour a range of social opinions from the libertarian views of Michael Portillo to the traditional conservatism of William Hague and David Davis. |
| Conservative Party: Definition and Much More From Answers.com (6335 words) |
| Conservative party, British political party, formally the Conservative and Unionist party and a continuation of the historic Tory party. |
| The Conservative Party is descended from the Tory Party, one of the two ruling parties of 18th and 19th Century British Politics, and its members are still commonly referred to as Tories. |
| Conservative modernisers point to Afriyie's election as evidence that the party is changing, though opponents argue that the election of a single fl MP doesn't count for much against the perceived right-wing anti-immigrant campaign fought by the Conservatives in 2005. |
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