Conservative Party Board

Conservative Party Board
Founded	1834
Headquarters	4 Matthew Parker Street, Westminster, England , United Kingdom
Key people	Richard Holden, Board Chairman Graham Edwards, Treasurer Roger Pratt, Secretary
Website	conservatives.com

The Conservative Party Board is the national governing body of the Conservative Party of the United Kingdom. It is responsible for operational matters such as fundraising, membership, candidates, and internal elections.^[1] It is made up of members from each section of the party: voluntary, political and professional. The board meets once a month and works closely with Conservative Campaign Headquarters elected representatives and the voluntary membership mainly through a number of management sub-committees.^[1]

Members

Board^[1]
Office	Incumbent
Chairman of the Board Chairman of the Conservative Party	Richard Holden MP
Chairman of the National Conservative Convention Deputy Chairman of the Board	Peter Booth
Deputy Chairman of the Party	Nickie Aiken MP
Treasurer of the Conservative Party	Graham Edwards
President of the National Conservative Convention	Peter Smallwood
Vice President of the National Conservative Convention	Fleur Butler
Vice President of the National Conservative Convention	Julian Ellacott
Vice President of the National Conservative Convention	Michael Winstanley
Senior member of the professional staff of the Party	Alan Mabbutt OBE
Chairman of the Conservative Councillors’ Association	Cllr Phil Broadhead
Chairman of the Scottish Conservative Party	Craig Hoy MSP
Chairman of the Welsh Conservative Party	Cllr Tomos Davies
Nominated by the Leader with endorsement by the Board	Matt Wright
Board appointment with approval of the Leader	Katy Bourne OBE
Chairman of the Association of Conservative Peers	Rt Hon The Lord Forsyth of Drumlean PC
Chairman of the 1922 Committee	Sir Graham Brady MP
Elected by the 1922 Committee	Richard Graham CMG MP
Elected by the 1922 Committee	David Morris MP
Elected by the 1922 Committee	Bob Blackman CBE MP
Secretary to the Board	Roger Pratt CBE

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Party Structure and Organisation". conservatives.com. Retrieved 27 May 2024.

External links

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Topics

History of the Conservative Party
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Electoral history
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Leadership

House of Lords (1828–1922)	Wellington Derby Malmesbury Cairns Richmond Beaconsfield Salisbury Devonshire Lansdowne Curzon
House of Commons (1834–1922)	Peel Bentinck Granby vacant (1848–1849) Disraeli / Granby / Herries Disraeli Northcote Hicks Beach R. Churchill Smith Balfour Law A. Chamberlain
Leaders (1922–)	Law Baldwin N. Chamberlain W. Churchill Eden Macmillan Douglas-Home Heath Thatcher Major Hague Duncan Smith Howard Cameron May Johnson Truss Sunak
Chairmen (1911–)	Steel-Maitland Younger Jackson Davidson N. Chamberlain Baird Hacking Dugdale Assheton Woolton Poole Hailsham Butler Macleod / Poole Blakenham du Cann Barber Thomas Carrington Whitelaw Thorneycroft Parkinson Gummer Tebbit Brooke Baker Patten Fowler Hanley Mawhinney Parkinson Ancram Davis May Fox / Saatchi Maude Spelman Pickles Warsi / Feldman Shapps / Feldman Feldman McLoughlin Lewis Cleverly / Elliot Milling / Elliot Dowden / Elliot Stephenson / Elliot Berry Zahawi Hands Holden
See also	Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party Maudling Whitelaw Lilley Ancram

Leadership elections
1965 Heath 1975 Thatcher 1989 Thatcher re-elected 1990 Major 1995 Major re-elected 1997 Hague 2001 Duncan Smith 2003 Howard 2005 Cameron 2016 May 2019 Johnson July–September 2022 Truss October 2022 Sunak

Party structure

Professional	Conservative Party Board Conservative Campaign Headquarters Treasurer of the Conservative Party Conservative Research Department
Voluntary	National Conservative Convention
Parliamentary	1922 Committee Conservative Chief Whip's Office
Conference	Conservative Party Conference
Subnational	Northern Ireland Conservatives Scottish Conservatives Welsh Conservatives Gibraltar Conservatives
Directly elected city mayoral authorities	London Conservatives
Local	Conservative Associations
Other	Conservative Party Review (2016)

Associated organisations

List	Organisations associated with the Conservative Party
Sectional groups	Conservative Women's Organisation Young Conservatives Conservatives Abroad LGBT+ Conservatives Association of Conservative Clubs
Factional groups	2020 group Activate The Atlantic Bridge Blue Collar Conservativism Common Sense Group Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation Conservative Christian Fellowship Conservative Co-operative Movement Conservative Countryside Forum Conservative Disability Group Conservative European Forum Conservative Friends of America Conservative Friends of the Chinese Conservative Friends of Gibraltar Conservative Friends of India Conservative Friends of Israel Conservative Friends of Palestine Conservative Friends of Turkey Conservative History Group Conservative Humanist Association Conservative Mainstream Conservative Health Conservative Muslim Forum Conservative Education Society Conservative National Property Advisory Committee Conservative Rural Affairs Group Conservative Science & Technology Forum Conservative Trade Unionists Conservative Transport Group Conservative Way Forward Conservative Women National Committee Conservative Workers & Trade Unionists Conservatives 4 Cities Conservatives Against Fox Hunting Conservatives at Work Conservatives for International Travel Cornerstone Group COVID Recovery Group European Foundation European Research Group Fresh Start Macleod Group Margaret Thatcher Foundation Monday Club 92 Group No Campaign No Turning Back Northern Research Group One Nation Conservatives Popular Conservatism Renewing One Nation Selsdon Group Tory Green Initiative Tory Reform Group Young Britons' Foundation Five Families
Politicians	List of MPs 2005–2010 2010–2015 London

Think tanks
Bow Group Bright Blue Bruges Group Centre for Policy Studies Centre for Social Justice European Foundation Onward Policy Exchange Society of Conservative Lawyers

Party alliances

Current	List of current alliances European Conservatives and Reformists Party International Democrat Union (European Democrat Union) European Conservatives Group and Democratic Alliance
Former	List of former alliances Conservative–DUP agreement European People's Party (European People's Party Group) European Conservative Group European Conservatives and Reformists European Democrats Movement for European Reform Alliance for an Open Europe Ulster Conservatives and Unionists (Ulster Unionist Party)