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Blue Collar Conservatism
Blue Collar Conservatives are a pressure group and caucus of Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Members of Parliament who identify as working class conservatives. It was founded in 2012 by former cabinet minister Esther McVey and a former conservative parliamentary candidate for Workington (UK Parliament constituency), Workington and Fujitsu UK's head of corporate affairs, Clark Vasey. It was relaunched at the beginning of the 2019 Conservative Party leadership election by Esther McVey, Ben Bradley (politician), Ben Bradley, the MP for Mansfield (UK Parliament constituency), Mansfield since 2017, and Scott Mann (politician), Scott Mann, the MP for North Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency), North Cornwall since 2015. The relaunch was reported to have rivalled the recent establishment of the One Nation Conservatives (caucus), One Nation Conservatives. As a group, they aim to "champion working people and develop a conservative agend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esther McVey
Esther Louise, Lady Davies (born 24 October 1967), styled as Esther McVey, is a British Conservative Party politician and television presenter who has been serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tatton since 2017, and served as the MP for Wirral West from 2010 to 2015. She previously served in cabinet as Minister of State for Employment from 2013 to 2015, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in 2018, Minister of State for Housing and Planning from 2019 to 2020 and Minister of State without Portfolio from 2023 to 2024. Born in Liverpool, McVey was placed in foster care for the first two years of her life and was then brought up by her biological family. She was privately educated at The Belvedere School before going on to study at Queen Mary University of London and City, University of London. After working at her family's construction business, she became a television presenter, co-presenting ''GMTV'' with Eamonn Holmes. McVey first entered the House of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
