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Tories are still biggest party on the right, claims Cleverly

Leading Tory brands Reform a "cult of personality" but Reform deputy leader says its electoral success has shaken up politics.

Chico Khan-Ghandapur: “Under New Management” –  Why you can choose to vote for Conservatives on May 7th    

People aren’t being asked to return to the old, failed Conservative party, but a newer, more disciplined and more coherent Conservative team: one with new leadership, a renewed com...

David Willetts: The Conservatives are actually good at coalitions, but under their own name

Conservatives have, in the past, been good at building up broad coalitions behind big all-embracing Conservative principles, interpretations of which may differ. If we won’t create...

New conservative, old Labour?

He might resist the framing, but when you strip away the labels and simply ask what the correct answers are to policy issues, you end up with a programme that looks – on most of th...

Clark Vasey: Why winning a London council seat reinforces my belief in blue collar Conservatism

Ours was a relentlessly anti-Labour campaign. Even when our canvassing results showed us losing votes to Reform, we did not shift our focus from Labour. We didn’t attack Reform or...

Labour and Reform ‘utterly trounced’, says Conservative leader in Harlow

Scottish Conservative election manifesto at-a-glance

The party's priorities include cutting tax bills, raising school standards and delivering faster GP appointments.

YOUGOV: Reform Maintains Lead as Tories Take Second

The latest polling from YouGov has Reform on a five-point lead: Reform UK 24% â–¼1 Conservatives 19% â–²1 Labour 17% = Greens 16% â–²1 Lib Dems 14% = Restore Britain 3% â–¼1 SNP 3%...

Conservatives promise return to 'common sense' in West Oxfordshire pitch

With the Local Elections 2026 incoming, the West Oxfordshire Conservatives have made their pitch to the district's voters.

Peter Franklin: The Conservatives must not become a niche party for the old and rich

The political map has been redrawn, and the Conservatives are becoming a party of only wealthy and older voters. This is a dangerous development for the party, and the cliff edge i...

Tolga Inanc: Winning in a multiparty system is possible for the Conservatives it just takes a shift in mindset

Conservatives must do more than energise loyalists: They must frame elections as meaningful choices between likely outcomes in each seat, and why Conservative policies matter. If w...

Reform take from the Conservatives in first council gain of local elections

Daniel Pitt: Back in the day a flowering of Conservatism came from a bloom of primroses

Today we shoul keep the cost of party membership down, provide social events for members to enable like-minded Tories to meet, and we must provide platforms for serious but enjoyab...

Local elections live blog: The Conservatives hold Hillingdon

Reform UK and the Lib Dems are also making big gains from the Conservatives. The post Local elections live blog: The Conservatives hold Hillingdon appeared first on Conservative Ho...

Conservative 'blue wall' holds firm in south of Scotland

The Scottish Conservatives retain three seats and the SNP one across the Borders and Dumfries and Galloway.

David Coates: The Primrose League and applied Tory democracy

'A loyal Throne and a patriotic people; that is our policy and that is our faith' so declared Lord Randolph Churchill. In the Primrose League, he founded that ambition found its m...

Local elections 2026: Conservatives share plans and pledges for Oxford city

As local elections approach, the Oxford Mail has collated pledges and plans from party leaders city - here is the Conservative's pitch.

David Gauke: Cannons to the right of them, cannons to the left – Labour’s dilemma is also that of the Tories

The strategic challenge for the Tories is that it has been losing support to both its right and left.  Move decisively to the right and more votes get lost to left-wing parties, mo...

Riccardo Cantadori: What conservative principles can offer a divided Britain

The wise politician addresses the questions of his age with a view to passing a society’s fundamental values on to future generations, allowing for adjustments that do not compromi...

Tories Raise Prices for 2026 Conference Above Inflation

The Tories have hiked prices for their 2026 Party Conference above inflation. Some confidence in renewed interest in the party’s offer this year… Conservative Party Conference — Av...

Conservatives pledge to make 'better council' in election bid

West Oxfordshire Conservatives have launched their local election campaign, setting out their vision for a "better council".

Peter Franklin: How can we escape the suffocating similarity between the Conservative Party and Reform UK?

Fortune favours the brave. My hope is that the party that reaches out beyond its comfort zone — and the sterile zero-sum game with its Right-of-centre rival — will be rewarded for...

Seb James: How the Conservatives are opening the doors to the young

The party has changed, the faces have changed, and the values have never been clearer. The Conservative Party can enable anyone to achieve their potential. The post Seb James: How...

Leadership vote to be announced for B.C. Conservative Party after Rustad ouster

VANCOUVER — It’s a pivotal day for the British Columbia Conservative Party as the Opposition in the provincial legislature will announce its new leader. The candidates, who had to...