Conservative Friends of Gibraltar was a
lobby group within the
Conservative Party opposed to any joint sovereignty of
Gibraltar
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, anthem = " God Save the King"
, song = " Gibraltar Anthem"
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, map_alt = Location of Gibraltar in Europe
, map_caption = United Kingdom shown in pale green
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with
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
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Objectives
The central objective of C.F.G. was, as its Founding Declaration stated:
To promote and defend the
British Overseas Territory of
Gibraltar
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, anthem = " God Save the King"
, song = " Gibraltar Anthem"
, image_map = Gibraltar location in Europe.svg
, map_alt = Location of Gibraltar in Europe
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within the Conservative Party, the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth, and beyond.
Related objectives of C.F.G. included:
#For Gibraltar to remain British in its entirety and in perpetuity.
#To oppose any negotiations or agreements about the future of Gibraltar that are contrary to the wishes of the Gibraltarian people.
#To expose the illegitimacy of Spain's claim to Gibraltar.
#To promote a settled constitutional status for Gibraltar.
#CFG shall work to promote these objectives first and foremost within the Conservative Party, seeking through reasoned argument and debate to have them made official Party policy. CFG shall also, though, work to promote these objectives to a wider audience wherever possible.
Committee
Honorary officers
*President - unknown
*Deputy President - Sir
Nicholas Winterton
Sir Nicholas Raymond Winterton (born 31 March 1938) is a retired British Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Macclesfield from 1971 until he retired from the House of Commons at the 2010 general election.
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*Vice President -
Tim Loughton
Timothy Paul Loughton, (born 30 May 1962) is a British politician and former banker who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Worthing and Shoreham since the 1997 general election. A member of the Conservative Party, he was Parl ...
M.P.
*Vice President -
Murdo Fraser
Murdo MacKenzie Fraser (born 5 September 1965) is a Scottish politician who served as Deputy Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party from 2005 to 2011. He has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Mid Scotland and Fife reg ...
M.S.P.
Elected officers
*Chairman -
Andrew Rosindell
Andrew Richard Rosindell MP (; born 17 March 1966) is a British Conservative politician. He became the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Romford constituency in Greater London in 2001.
He has been the international director of the European ...
M.P.
*Deputy Chairman - Jamie White
*Deputy Chairman - Holly Farrow
*Deputy Chairman and Treasurer - Alex Stafford
*Executive Secretary - Stephen Coleman
*Parliamentary Monitor - Sean O'Shea
External links
Conservative Friends of Gibraltar
{{UK Conservative Party
Politics of Gibraltar
Organisations associated with the Conservative Party (UK)