New Conservatives | |
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President | John Hayes |
Chairpersons | Danny Kruger Miriam Cates |
Founded | 21 May 2023 |
Ideology | National conservatism Social conservatism [1] Euroscepticism |
Political position | Right-wing [1] |
National affiliation | Conservative Party |
Colours | Blue |
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The New Conservatives was a parliamentary group of predominantly red wall [2] Conservative MPs created in May 2023, who aimed to shape the Conservative Party's policies ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election. [3] Politico described the group as having 25 members in July 2023. [4] All but three members lost their seats in the election, and the group has been inactive since the election.
The group was created on Sunday, 21 May 2023, [3] [5] and has no official leader, although the co-founders, the former Penistone and Stocksbridge MP Miriam Cates and the former Devizes MP Danny Kruger are the chairs behind the initiative. [3] [6]
In October 2023, the group proposed banning "gender ideology" within state schools as one of their platforms. [7]
In November 2023, it was reported by Sky News that the group had met to discuss Suella Braverman potentially "making a play" for a Conservative party leadership. [8]
The group described itself as wishing to return to the Conservative Party's 2019 manifesto. [9] Politico by cutting immigration to below 226,000, as well as focusing on law and order and to tackle perceived bias in education. [10]
The New Conservatives' primary goals are listed in their 10-point plan, which consists of the following: [11]
Parliament | Composition |
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2024 (at dissolution) | 24 / 345 |
Prior to the general election, the group was made up of 24 Conservative MPs; [3] [12] [13] only three members retained their seats.
Unless otherwise mentioned, all members in this table were first elected to parliament in 2019 and defeated in their bid for reelection in 2024.
The New Conservatives, a group of rightwing, socially conservative MPs ...