Conservative Party
centre-right to right-wing political party in the United Kingdom
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Summary
Conservative Party is a political party[1]. It ranks in the top 0.3% of political party entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (30,590 views/month, #31 of 10,192).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: European Conservatives and Reformists Party[3], International Democracy Union[4]
- Country: United Kingdom[5]
- Founder: Robert Peel[6]
- Follows: Tories[7], Ultra-Tories[8], Scottish Unionist Party[9], Liberal Unionist Party[10]
- Headquarters location: Conservative Campaign Headquarters[11]
- Child organization or unit: Conservative and Unionist Central Office[12]
- Commons category: Conservative Party (UK)[13]
- SRGB color hex triplet: 0087DC[14]
- Chairperson: Kemi Badenoch[15]
- Has part(s): Welsh Conservative Party[16], Scottish Conservative Party[17]
- Inception: December 18, 1834[18]
- Location of formation: London[19]
- Official website: https://conservatives.com[20]
- Topic's main category: Category:Conservative Party (UK)[21]
- Email address: mailto:compliance@conservatives.com[22]
- Described at URL: https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/othelem/organ/corgan.htm[23]
- Political ideology: conservatism[24], unionism in the United Kingdom[25], economic liberalism[26], neoconservatism[27], social conservatism[28], liberal conservatism[29], Traditionalist School[30]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 9[31]
- Political alignment: centre-right[32]
- Number of seats in assembly: 349[33], 270[34], 31[35], 16[36], 9[37], 5596[38]
- Official name: Conservative and Unionist Party[39]
- Native label: Conservative and Unionist Party[40]
- Short name: Con[41], المحافظين[42]
- Member count: 149,800[43], 910,000[44], 2,800,000[45], 172,437[46]
- Position held by head of the organization: Leader of the Conservative Party[47]
Why It Matters
Conservative Party has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] It is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]