Five Families (Conservative Party)

As of 2024, there are a number of factions within the British parliamentary Conservative Party which have the informal name of the "Five Families", named after the Five Families of the New York Mafia. ^{[1] [2]}

Among the factions that have been described as members of the "Five Families" are: ^[3]

• The Blue Collar Conservatives , a group that identify as working class MPs
• The Common Sense Group , a group of right-wing MPs. ^[4]
• The Conservative Growth Group , supporting Liz Truss. ^[5]
• The European Research Group , a group of Eurosceptic MPs that promoted Brexit.
• The New Conservatives , a parliamentary group of predominantly "Red Wall" Conservative MPs.
• The No Turning Back group, backing Thatcherite policies.
• The Northern Research Group , consisting of MPs elected to seats in Northern England.
• The One Nation Conservatives , consisting of centre right MPs taking a more moderate position on social and fiscal policies.

References

1. Buchan, Lizzy (2024-01-16). "'The Five Families' - All the Tory rebel groups threatening pain for Rishi Sunak". The Mirror. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
2. Wood, Poppy (2023-12-09). "Tory rebel factions dubbed the 'five families' like New York mafia". inews.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
3. "What are the so-called 'five families' of the Tory party in Westminster?". The Independent. 2024-01-16. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
4. Walker, Peter (2023-12-28). "Heavy election defeat could lead to Tory lurch to right, analysis shows". The Guardian . ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2023-12-28.
5. Allegretti, Aubrey (2023-10-02). "Rishi Sunak's Commons majority in peril as 60 Tories join Liz Truss group". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2024-02-16.