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'''Conservative and Unionist Party''', also known as '''Conservative Party''' or '''Tory Party''', is a centre-right conservative political party in the UK.
 
  
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The '''Conservative and Unionist Party''', also known as '''Conservative Party''' or '''Tory Party''', is a centre-right conservative political party in the UK.  It has been in power in Westminster since May 2010, led by Prime Minister [[David Cameron]] .<ref>[http://www.conservatives.com/Conservative Party] Conservative Party Website,accessed 17th November 2010</ref>
  
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==Donor Clubs==
:http://www.conservatives.com/
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*[[Party Patrons]]
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*[[Fastrack]]
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*[[Team 2000]]
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*[[Business & Entrepreneurs Forum]]
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*[[The Front Bench Club]]
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*[[The Renaissance Forum]]
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*[[Treasurers' Group]]
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*[[The Leader's Group]]<ref> Conservatives [https://www.conservatives.com/donate/donor_clubs.aspx Donor Clubs], accessed 23 February 2015 </ref>
  
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==Lobbyists and election campaign advisors==
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*[[Lynton Crosby]]
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==Website==
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http://www.conservatives.com
  
 
==Resources==
 
==Resources==
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See: [[Fracking Spads]]
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*[[Donations from the Big Four under the Coalition Government]]
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*Stephen Crone and Stuart Wilks-Heeg, [http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/just-50-%E2%80%98donor-groups%E2%80%99-have-supplied-over-half-of-the-conservative-party%E2%80%99s-declared-donation-income-in-the-last-decade-a-fact-disguised-by-legal-%E2%80%98fame-avoidance/ Just 50 ‘donor groups’ have supplied over half of the Conservative party’s declared donation income in the last decade, a fact disguised by legal ‘fame avoidance’ techniques], British Politics and Policy, London School of Economics, 20 December 2010.
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*Michael Hill, [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-923X.2013.02430.x/full Arrogant Posh Boys? The Social Composition of the Parliamentary Conservative Party and the Effect of Cameron's ‘A’ List], ''The Political Quarterly'', 13 February 2013.
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*Aditya Chakrabortty, [http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/30/incredible-shrinking-tory-party-david-cameron The incredible shrinking Tory party], The Guardian, Monday 30 September 2013
  
 
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The Conservative and Unionist Party, also known as Conservative Party or Tory Party, is a centre-right conservative political party in the UK. It has been in power in Westminster since May 2010, led by Prime Minister David Cameron .[1]

Donor Clubs

Lobbyists and election campaign advisors

Website

http://www.conservatives.com

Resources

See: Fracking Spads

Notes

  1. Party Conservative Party Website,accessed 17th November 2010
  2. Conservatives Donor Clubs, accessed 23 February 2015
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