Party Relations - Key Facts Flashcards
Two divisions in the Conservative Party
- Europe
- Fall of Margaret Thatcher
Number of the remaining MPs after the 1997 General Election that were Eurospectic
145 out of 165
Winner of the 1997 Leadership Race
Conservatives
William Hague
Person who threated the unity of the Party
Michael Portillo
Person who gave the ‘anti-Thatcher’ speech in 1999
Peter Lilley
Average Age of a Conservative Party member
64
New rules of the leadership elections
Conservative Party
MPs would vote in succession of ballots until only 2 candidates remained, the vote would then go to the party membership
Strongest candidates for the 2001 leadership race
Conservative Party
- Michael Portillo
- Ken Clarke
Person who won the 2001 leadership election
Conservative Party
Iain Duncan Smith
Policy which Iain Duncan Smith tried to introduce
Compassionate Conservativism
Place where Iain Duncan Smith visited
Easterhouse estate in Glasgow
Bills that the Conservatives voted against that showed they were socially conservative
- Reppeal of Section 28
- Allowing unmarried couples to adopt
Modernisers within the Party
- David Cameron - Shadow Education Secretary
- George Osborne - Shadow Chancellor
Person that took over the Conservative leadership in 2003
Michael Howard
Those involved the Conservative Leadership Election in 2005
- David Davis
- David Cameron