Conservatives in England are the force that in 2014 became the largest of the parties in the House of Commons. It has 304 seats. The party’s partners are liberal democrats. Together, two forces form a board, whose head is David Cameron, the Prime Minister of Great Britain.
The concept
Conservatives are an association that brought the history of 1834. It was one of the most important political forces in the 19th century. As today, then the social movement of the conservatives went along its path with the unification of the liberals.
The year 1912 was remembered by the fact that now not only the interests of this trend, but also the unionist party were highlighted. We rarely see information about affiliate partners. Most often in historical chronicles it is the Conservative Party that flashes.
The history of this trend
In the 1920s, liberals began to lose ground, voters stopped giving preference to them. The Labor Party entered the political scene with confidence. Conservatives are those people who at that moment sent their prime ministers to head the board, which lasted for 57 years.
Here we can mention such famous persons as Winston Churchill (reigned from 1940 to 1945 and in 1951-1955), Margaret Thatcher (her reign falls on the period 1979-1990).
If we talk about the second person, she carried out extensive economic liberalization. Her parties are credited with the highest level of Euroscepticism compared to other government groups.
Conservative politics reigned when the 2010 elections took place. The victory was not absolute, because I had to resort to the support of the liberals, whose leader at that moment was David Cameron.
Nowadays
Another election was held in 2014, as a result of which the party took third place in the cohort of the European Parliament. Conservatives - this is the organization that got nineteen seats. They include a moderately Eurosceptic coalition of reformists and conservatives in Europe.
The Scottish Parliament gives third place in terms of the size of this association.
Conservatives are those with whom the Ulster Unionist party collaborated when the five-party cabinet of ministers of Northern Ireland was formed. The development of this direction began already in the 17th century.
If you want to trace the earliest sprouts of the tree into which the conservatives subsequently grew in England, you can take the 1670s as a starting point. This association is deservedly given the title of the oldest and most respected party in the whole world.
How it all started
Around the conservative association, the absolutists grouped. In the early 18th century, the union was rebuilt. The changed state of society was taken into account. An ideological-religious, tactical, socio-philosophical, political and organizational basis was laid.
Together with the Whigs, the Tories were two leading political forces held by British bicameral power. The second half of the 18th century was remembered by the fact that the conservatives finally became a party advocating for the well-being of aristocrats and the upper layers of the spiritual world, nobles and the bourgeois. Then came fifty years of rule.
Pressure was being exerted on the masses of the people, the revolutions that occasionally took place in the civilian environment were stifled. As a result, there was no other way but to allow moderate bourgeois reforms, and at the same time to oppose changes in parliament.
The end of the 18th century was marked by the transformation of the Tories into an organization that ensured the primacy of the ruling classes against the backdrop of social and economic turmoil and turmoil on the political stage. Such metamorphoses caused a revolution in industry, a revolution in France, a movement of democrats on the path to freedom and power.
In the 19th century
The year 1815 brought the adoption of the Bread Laws. The Castlery government conducted reprisals, and the Tory authority was undermined. The liberals were looking for a way to negotiate with representatives of the bourgeois. Disagreements among conservatives escalated.
The introduction of the parliamentary reform of 1832 was a severe blow. The industrial bourgeoisie now gained access to power. At that moment, the Conservative Party of Great Britain appeared. The emergence of local organizations of this political force, which were the foundation for the National Union of Tory Associations. By all means tried to protect the land aristocracy. Over time, one could talk about the emergence of the main party, consolidating the English monopoly capital.
Relentless leadership
A huge role in creating the doctrine of conservatives is assigned to J. Chamberlain. He put forward the idea, in accordance with which they later created the customs union of the empire, implemented protectionism. England lost its monopoly position in industry, and the struggle for leadership with other countries intensified. The power of the conservatives at that time only grew stronger, and they were the undisputed leaders in the political arena.
In the twentieth century, this alliance also remained very stoic and dignified. During the elections in 1945, she reorganized to expand the party’s mass base. The program, on the basis of which social policy was conducted, gained more flexibility.
Political power was at the top of the board and beyond. The rule of Margaret Thatcher was wise and progressive. Nowadays, conservatism has leaned toward social liberalism. The Laborites were in less favorable positions in 2008. However, in 2010, 306 seats were obtained, which is not enough to form a one-party government. They formed a coalition in which liberal democrats became partners of the conservative ones. The board is led by David Cameron and his deputy, Nick Clegg.
As you can see, the former Tories do not give up their positions, but hold on tightly to the chairs in the boardroom. Their influence has weakened slightly compared to the past decade, but knowing how stable this union is, we won’t be surprised if in the future they break ahead.
