Conservative party

noun

1. a political party in Great Britain founded about 1832 as successor to the Tory party and characterized by moderate progressivism.

Conservative Party

noun

1. (in Britain) the major right-wing party, which developed from the Tories in the 1830s. It advocates a mixed economy, and encourages property owning and free enterprise In fullConservative and Unionist Party
2. (in Canada) short for Progressive Conservative Party
3. (in other countries) any of various political parties generally opposing change

Example Sentences

Mayer said they wanted to emulate the success of the UK Independence Party who had managed to change the Conservative Party's stance on the European Union by winning votes in their traditional heartlands at elections.

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Meanwhile the Conservative Party called his appointment an example of "blatant cronyism".

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During the 2016 Brexit referendum, he quit the Conservative Party in protest at what he called a "tirade of fear" coming from then prime minister David Cameron.

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Badenoch said her new shadow cabinet "draws on the talents of people from across the Conservative Party, based on meritocracy and with a breadth of experience and perspective".

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Badenoch has appointed MP Nigel Huddleston and Lord Dominic Johnson as joint chairmen of the Conservative party, the BBC understands.

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