Prosper UK

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Prosper UK is a British Conservative Party political movement launched in January 2026. The organisation was founded by Ruth Davidson, the former leader of the Scottish Conservatives, alongside Andy Street, the former Mayor of the West Midlands, David Gauke, a former Justice Secretary, and Amber Rudd, a former Home Secretary. The aim of the movement is to appeal to what the founders described as "politically homeless" voters, and to bring the Conservative party back to the centre-right. [1] [2]

List of supporters

List of supporters according to the website, with founders' names in bold: [3]

  Incumbent member of the House of Lords
  Incumbent Police & Crime Commissioner
ImageNameNotes
Official portrait of Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom crop 3.jpg The Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom
  • Life peer since 2015
  • Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Commons 1997-2001
Professor Stefan Wolff, Tony Baldry MP, Dr Raad Alkadiri.jpg Sir Tony Baldry
  • MP for Banbury 1983-2015
Gregory Barker, Minister of State of the Department of Energy and Climate Change.jpg The Lord Barker of Battle
  • Life peer since 2015
  • MP for Bexhill & Battle 1997-2015
Official portrait of Lord Barwell crop 3.jpg The Lord Barwell
  • Founder member of Prosper UK
  • Life peer since 2019
  • Downing Street Chief of Staff 2017-19
  • MP for Croydon Central 2010-17
Official portrait of Sir Peter Bottomley MP crop 3.jpg Sir Peter Bottomley
  • Father of the House of Commons 2019-24
Official portrait of Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone crop 3.jpg The Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone
  • Life peer since 2005
  • Secretary of State for Health 1992-95
  • MP for South West Surrey 1984-2005
Official portrait of Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth crop 3.jpg The Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
  • Life peer since 2013
  • Leader of the Welsh Conservative Party 1999-2011
Official portrait of Steve Brine crop 3.jpg Steve Brine
  • MP for Winchester 2010-24
Official portrait of Rt Hon Robert Buckland MP crop 3.jpg Sir Robert Buckland
  • Third Church Estates Commissioner since 2025
  • Lord Chancellor 2019-21
No image.svg Elizabeth Campbell
  • Leader of Kensington & Chelsea Council
PostBudget15.jpg Neil Carmichael
  • MP for Stroud 2010-17
Official portrait of Alex Chalk MP crop 3.jpg Alex Chalk
  • Lord Chancellor 2023-24
  • MP for Cheltenham 2015-24
Official portrait of Mr Kenneth Clarke crop 3.jpg The Lord Clarke of Nottingham
  • Life peer since 2020
  • Father of the House of Commons 2017-19
  • Lord Chancellor 2010-12
  • Chancellor of the Exchequer 1993-97
  • MP for Rushcliffe 1970-2019
Official portrait of Damian Collins MP crop 3.jpg Damian Collins
  • MP for Folkestone & Hythe 2010-24
Ruth Davidson portrait 2016.png The Baroness Davidson of Lundin Links
  • Co-Chair of Prosper UK
  • Life peer since 2021
  • Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party 2011-19
Glyn Davies (Welsh Politician) profile photo.jpg Glyn Davies
  • MP for Montgomeryshire 2010-19
  • AM for Mid & West Wales 1999-2007
Official portrait of Jackie Doyle-Price MP crop 3.jpg Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
  • MP for Thurrock 2010-24
Official portrait of Mrs Flick Drummond MP crop 3.jpg Flick Drummond
  • MP for Meon Valley 2019-24
  • MP for Portsmouth South 2015-17
Official portrait of Sir Alan Duncan crop 3.jpg Sir Alan Duncan
  • Minister of State for Europe & the Americas 2016-19
  • Minister of State for International Development 2010-14
  • MP for Rutland & Melton 1992-2019
Official portrait of Rt Hon Philip Dunne MP crop 3.jpg Philip Dunne
  • MP for Ludlow 2005-24
Jane Ellison MP.jpg Jane Ellison
  • Financial Secretary to the Treasury 2016-17
  • MP for Battersea 2010-17
Official portrait of Mr Tobias Ellwood crop 3.jpg Tobias Ellwood
  • Chair of the Defence Select Committee
  • MP for Bournemouth East 2005-24
Official portrait of Vicky Ford crop 3.jpg Vicky Ford
  • MP for Chelmsford 2017-24
Official portrait of Lord Garnier crop 3.jpg The Lord Garnier
  • Life peer since 2018
  • Solicitor General for England & Wales 2010-12
  • MP for Harborough 1992-2017
Official portrait of Mr David Gauke crop 3.jpg David Gauke
  • Vice-Chair of Prosper UK
  • Lord Chancellor 2018-19
  • MP for South West Hertfordshire 2005-19
Official portrait of Jo Gideon MP crop 3.jpg Jo Gideon
  • MP for Stoke-on-Trent Central 2019-24
No image.svg Roger Gough
  • Leader of Kent County Council
Official portrait of Richard Graham MP crop 3.jpg Richard Graham
  • MP for Gloucester 2010-24
Official portrait of Rt Hon Damian Green MP crop 3.jpg Damian Green
  • Chair of the One Nation Conservative Caucus 2019-24
  • MP for Ashford 1997-2024
Official portrait of Justine Greening crop 3.jpg Justine Greening
  • Secretary of State for International Development 2012-16
  • MP for Putney 2005-19
Official portrait of Lord Deben crop 3.jpg The Lord Deben
  • Life peer since 2010
  • Chairman of the Conservative Party 1983-85
Official portrait of Mr Philip Hammond crop 3.jpg The Lord Hammond of Runnymede
  • Life peer since 2020
  • Chancellor of the Exchequer 2016-19
  • MP for Runnymede & Weybridge 1997-2019
Official portrait of Stephen Hammond crop 3.jpg Stephen Hammond
  • MP for Wimbledon 2005-24
Official portrait of Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP crop 3.jpg Matt Hancock
  • Secretary of State for Health & Social Care 2018-21
  • MP for West Suffolk 2010-24
Official portrait of Greg Hands crop 3.jpg Greg Hands
  • Chairman of the Conservative Party 2023
  • MP for Chelsea & Fulham 2010-24
  • MP for Hammersmith & Fulham 2005-10
Official portrait of Trudy Harrison crop 3.jpg Trudy Harrison
  • PPS to the Prime Minister 2019-21
  • MP for Copeland 2017-24
Charles Hendry, Minister of State of the Department of Energy and Climate Change.jpg Charles Hendry
  • Minister of State for Energy & Climate Change 2010-12
  • MP for Wealden 2001-15
Lord Heseltine, Deputy Prime Minister, UK (1995-97) (10559130986) (cropped).jpg The Lord Heseltine
  • Life peer since 2001
  • Deputy Prime Minister 1995-97
  • MP for Henley 1974-2001
Roger Hirst 2017.jpg Roger Hirst
  • Essex Police, Fire & Crime Commissioner since 2016
Official portrait of George Hollingbery crop 3.jpg Sir George Hollingbery
  • Ambassador to Cuba 2022-25
  • MP for Meon Valley 2010-19
Kris Hopkins 2015.jpg Kris Hopkins
  • MP for Keighley 2010-17
Official portrait of Mr Nick Hurd crop 3.jpg Nick Hurd
  • Minister for Civil Society 2010-14
  • MP for Ruislip, Northwood & Pinner 2010-19
  • MP for Ruislip-Northwood 2005-10
Michael Jack CBE.png Michael Jack
  • Chairman of the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Select Committee 2003-10
  • MP for Fylde 1987-2010
Official portrait of Margot James crop 3.jpg Margot James
  • MP for Stourbridge 2010-19
Official portrait of Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate 2020 crop 3.jpg The Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate
  • Life peer since 2016
  • Leader of the Conservatives in the European Parliament 2004-07 and 2008-10
  • MEP for Yorkshire & the Humber 1999-2016
Jessica Lee MP.jpg The Lady Harrington of Watford
  • MP for Erewash 2010-15
Oliver Letwin official portrait (cropped).jpg Sir Oliver Letwin
  • Minister of State for Government Policy 2010-16
  • MP for West Dorset 1997-2019
Official portrait of Mr David Lidington crop 3.jpg Sir David Lidington
  • Leader of the House of Commons 2016-17
  • MP for Aylesbury 1992-2019
Peter Luff, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Defence.jpg Sir Peter Luff
  • MP for Mid Worcestershire 1997-2015
Johnny Mercer Official Cabinet Portrait, October 2022 (cropped).jpg Johnny Mercer
  • MP for Plymouth Moor View 2015-24
Official portrait of Sir Robert Neill MP crop 3.jpg Sir Bob Neill
  • Chair of the Justice Select Committee 2015-24
  • Leader of the Conservative Party in the London Assembly 2004-06
  • MP for Bromley & Chislehurst 2006-24
Official portrait of Guy Opperman crop 3.jpg Guy Opperman
  • MP for Hexham 2010-24
Claire-Perry-GOVUK-960x640.jpg Claire Perry O’Neill
  • MP for Devizes 2010-19
Official portrait of Rebecca Pow MP crop 3.jpg Rebecca Pow
  • MP for Taunton Deane 2015-24
Official portrait of Mr Mark Prisk crop 3.jpg Mark Prisk
  • MP for Hertford & Stortford 2001-19
Official portrait of Lord Randall of Uxbridge crop 3.jpg The Lord Randall of Uxbridge
  • Life peer since 2018
  • Government Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Commons 2010-13
  • MP for Uxbridge & South Ruislip 2010-15
  • MP for Uxbridge 1997-2010
Malcolm Rifkind 2011 (cropped).jpg Sir Malcolm Rifkind
  • Chair of the Intelligence & Security Committee 2010-15
  • MP for Kensington 2010-15
  • MP for Kensington & Chelsea 2005-10
  • MP for Edinburgh Pentlands 1974-97
Official portrait of Amber Rudd crop 3.jpg Amber Rudd
  • Vice-Chair of Prosper UK
  • Home Secretary 2016-18
  • MP for Hastings & Rye 2010-19
No image.svg Izzi Secombe
  • Leader of Warwickshire County Council
Foreign Office Minister Mark Simmonds meeting the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby in London, 3 March 2014 (Simmonds cropped).jpg Mark Simmonds
  • MP for Boston & Skegness 2001-15
Official portrait of Sir Nicholas Soames crop 3.jpg The Lord Soames of Fletching
  • Life peer since 2022
  • MP for Mid Sussex 1997-2019
  • MP for Crawley 1983-97
Official portrait of Dame Caroline Spelman crop 3.jpg Dame Caroline Spelman
  • Secretary of State for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs 2010-12
  • Chairman of the Conservative Party 2007-09
  • MP for Meriden 1997-2019
Official portrait of John Stevenson crop 3.jpg John Stevenson
  • MP for Carlisle 2010-24
Official portrait of Iain Stewart MP crop 3.jpg Iain Stewart
  • MP for Milton Keynes South 2010-24
Andy Street Mayor.jpg Sir Andy Street
  • Co-Chair of Prosper UK
  • Mayor of the West Midlands 2017-24
Official portrait of Edward Timpson MP crop 3.jpg Edward Timpson
  • MP for Eddisbury 2019-24
  • MP for Crewe & Nantwich 2008-17
No image.svg Lisa Townsend
  • Surrey Police & Crime Commissioner since 2021
Official portrait of Lord Tyrie crop 3.jpg The Lord Tyrie
  • Chair of the Competition & Markets Authority 2018-20
  • Life peer since 2018
  • MP for Chichester 1997-2017
Official portrait of Mr Edward Vaizey crop 3.jpg The Lord Vaizey of Didcot
  • Life peer since 2020
  • MP for Wantage 2005-19
Official portrait of Lord Willetts crop 3.jpg The Lord Willetts
  • Life peer since 2015
  • MP for Havant 1992-2015

References

  1. Novik, Mari; Sheppard, David; Parker, George (26 January 2026). "Prosper UK aims to pull Conservative Party back to middle ground and counter rise of Reform UK". www.ft.com. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
  2. Alencar, Mauricio (26 January 2026). "Andy Street: Conservatives can beat Reform through centre-right". City AM. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
  3. "Prosper UK - Meet The Team". Prosper UK. Retrieved 29 January 2026.