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Section size for Conservative Party (UK) (64 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	28,198	28,198
History	439	71,935
Origins	2,768	2,768
1867–1914: Conservatives and Unionists	4,495	4,495
First World War	2,224	2,224
1920–1945	1,962	1,962
1945–1975: Post-war consensus	107	8,299
Popular dissatisfaction	687	687
Modernising the party	5,362	5,362
1965–1975: Edward Heath	2,143	2,143
1975–1990: Margaret Thatcher	7,370	7,370
1990–1997: John Major	6,958	6,958
1997–2010: Political wilderness	6,224	6,224
2010–present: Return to government	8,874	31,196
2010–2016: David Cameron	4,458	4,458
2016–2019: Theresa May	4,377	4,377
2019–2022: Boris Johnson	6,794	6,794
2022: Liz Truss	4,828	4,828
2022–present: Rishi Sunak	1,865	1,865
Policies	44	59,414
Economic policy	2,594	2,594
Social policy	12,219	12,219
Foreign policy	13,256	13,256
Defence policy	3,563	6,193
NATO	957	957
European defence	1,478	1,478
Nuclear weapons	195	195
Health and drug policy	2,884	2,884
Education and research	3,381	3,381
Family policy	3,281	3,281
Jobs and welfare policy	4,462	4,462
Energy and climate change policy	3,363	3,363
Justice, crime and security policy	1,532	1,532
European Union policy	3,969	3,969
Constitutional policy	2,236	2,236
Organisation	20	31,449
Party structure	2,970	2,970
Membership	6,424	6,424
Prospective parliamentary candidates	2,056	2,056
Young Conservatives	1,916	1,916
Conferences	252	252
Funding	4,368	9,933
Financial ties to Russian oligarchs	5,565	5,565
International organisations	3,047	3,047
Logo	4,831	4,831
Party factions	3,075	11,210
One-nation Conservatives	2,014	2,014
Free-market Conservatives	3,301	3,301
Traditionalist Conservatives	1,659	1,659
Relationships between the factions	1,161	1,161
Electoral performance and campaigns	2,073	20,002
UK general election results	17,929	17,929
Associated groups	106	2,727
Ideological groups	1,032	1,032
Interest groups	431	431
Think tanks	226	226
Alliances	422	422
Party structures	510	510
See also	409	409
Notes	49	49
References	33	33
Further reading	6,830	8,328
Historiography	1,498	1,498
External links	1,962	1,962
Total	235,716	235,716

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Political party funding.[edit]

The rules on donations to political parties.

https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/political-party-donations-and-loans-great-britain/who-can-you-accept-donations-and-loans Jaymailsays (talk) 23:20, 29 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The Conservative Party[edit]

The Conservative Party is no doubt a center-right party and not a right wing party דולב חולב (talk) 05:39, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The multiple reliable secondary sources you deleted from the article indicate otherwise. Cambial — foliar❧ 08:32, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support for privatisation, reducing the size of the state, focus on nationalism and immigration, these are all hall marks of right to far right policies not centre right. 78.151.204.254 (talk) 12:21, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Far right ?

the Conservative Party of the UK is a very formal, catch all party of the center right.

No need to exaggerate with the term “far right” come on. The Independence Party is the UK’s “far right” party. (Although I don’t think they’re far right but they’re considered as one). דולב חולב (talk) 02:07, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The Conservative Party cannot, in recent years, be considered 'centre right'. Although I consider much of their policies to be far right, they should at the very least be described as right wing. 78.151.204.254 (talk) 12:18, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: There's been extensive discussion on this in the past, and the right-wing label has been included. — Czello ^(music) 12:21, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

One of three[edit]

The CP is one of THREE, not two main parties. --95.24.76.0 (talk) 14:45, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This sounds like it would give disproportionate weight to one of the other parties; based on this edit, I assume you mean the Lib Dems. In which case I'd say, no – there are two main parties as parliamentary seats are what count. — Czello ^(music) 14:51, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Within the EU, the UK is one of the largest recipients of research funding in the European Union[edit]

Wouldn't it be time to write 'was'? Regards, ULF 2001:4C80:40:493:9AEE:CBFF:FEE7:FBAD (talk) 09:08, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done — Czello ^(music) 09:11, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]