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New Conservative Party (other)
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New Conservative Party (or similar names) may refer to: * New Conservative Party (UK), 1960–1962 * New Conservative Group, Australia, 1991–1992 * New Conservative Party (Japan), 2000–2003 * New Zealand Conservative Party, 1996-c.1998 * New Conservatives Party, New Zealand, 2011–current * New Conservative Party (Latvia), 2014–current * New Conservative Party (South Korea), 2019–2020 * New Conservatives (UK), a group of UK Conservative Party MPs, 2023–current See also * Conservative Party (other) * Neoconservatism Neoconservatism (colloquially neocon) is a political movement which began in the United States during the 1960s among liberal hawks who became disenchanted with the increasingly pacifist Democratic Party along with the growing New Left and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Conservative Party (UK)
The New Conservative Party was a minor nationalist political party in the United Kingdom. The party was founded in March 1960 by John E. Dayton,F. W. S. Craig, ''Minor Parties at British Parliamentary Elections'' a civil engineer living in Dorking, Surrey. He described it as a party "neither of the extreme right nor left",From our archives , ''Bolton News'', 15 September 2010 although ''The History of British Political Parties'' describes its main policy as British nationalism.David Boothroyd, ''The History of British Political Parties'', p.209 Dayton stood as a candidate first in the 1960 Harrow West by-election, at which he took 4.7% of the vote – which proved to be the party's highest ever share. Following this, he launched a party newsletter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Conservative Group
The New Conservative Group (also known as the New Conservatives) was a short-lived Australian political party registered in the Australian Capital Territory. It was founded in November 1991 by Robyn Nolan, a former Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly, who had resigned from that party the previous month. Nolan had not long before been told that she would not be given a winnable position on the Liberal ticket for the forthcoming 1992 election after a round of bloodletting caused by Liberal leader Trevor Kaine Trevor Thomas Kaine (17 February 1928 – 3 June 2008) was an Australian politician who served as the first male Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory from 1989 to 1991. Kaine was elected into a multi-member single electorate in t ... reasserting control over the party. Nolan had an interest in continuing in the Assembly, however, and founded the New Conservative Group as an alternative conservative party to enable her to do this. The party subse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Conservative Party (Japan)
The New Conservative Party (NCP) was the name of two now-defunct political parties in Japan with a common lineage. The first incarnation of the party (, ''Hoshutō'', ) was founded on April 3, 2000 by 20 lower house and 6 upper house defectors from the Liberal Party. This party was dissolved briefly and then re-established (as , ''Hoshu Shintō'', ) on December 25, 2002 in order to accommodate defectors from the Democratic Party of Japan. The party eventually merged with the Liberal Democratic Party after the 2003 election. First New Conservative Party In 2000, Liberal Party leader Ichiro Ozawa decided to take his party out of its coalition with the ruling conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and go into opposition. However, some of his party members wanted to remain in the government, and thus defected to form the New Conservative Party. Takeshi Noda had been favored to be founding president, but he opted to become the secretary-general. Toshiki Kaifu also decli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand Conservative Party
The New Zealand Conservative Party (originally known as Right of Centre) was a short-lived political party in New Zealand. It was founded by a dissident National Party MP, Ross Meurant. Foundation Meurant had led the New Zealand Police's high-profile "Red Squad" during the controversial 1981 Springbok Tour. He became a National Party MP in 1987 and won re-election as such in 1990 and in 1993. Meurant often clashed with the leadership of the National Party over Māori policy, and was regarded as one of the leading dissidents within the National caucus at the time. Eventually, in September 1994, Meurant decided to break away from National and to establish his own party, adopting the name "Right of Centre" (or "ROC"). The acronym represented Meurant's right-wing economic philosophy of privatisation of government assets. The new party was originally conceived by former National MPs Rob Munro (formerly a lieutenant-colonel in the New Zealand Army), lawyer Graham Reeves, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Conservatives Party
New Conservatives is a conservative political party in New Zealand. Some opponents and observers have described the party's policies as far-right, though the party now states it has moved to a "more centrist" position under new leadership. It advocates for lower taxation, anti-abortion measures and austerity cuts. It was founded as the Conservative Party in August 2011 by businessman and political activist Colin Craig, who led the party from its foundation until his resignation in June 2015. The party had two members on the Upper Harbour Local Board in Auckland from 2013 to 2016. The party has contested the four general elections from 2011 through 2020 without winning any seats. At the 2014 election it received 3.97% of the vote. At the 2020 general election, they gained 1.5% of the vote. The party changed its name to New Conservative in November 2017, and then to New Conservatives in 2023. Ideology and policies The New Conservatives party's policies include, or have incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Conservative Party (Latvia)
The New Conservative Party (, JKP), known as The Conservatives (, K) from February 2022 to October 2023, is a liberal-conservative political party in Latvia. It was formed on 17 May 2014. Jānis Bordāns was chosen as the leader on the founding assembly. The Conservatives is a conservative party, and it is positioned on the centre-right on the political spectrum. It has embraced its main appeal on anti-corruption policies. Due to its rapid transformation, it succeeded in winning seats in the 2017 municipal elections. In the 2018 parliamentary election they placed third by winning 16 seats. During their stint in the 13th Saeima, in 2022 the party voted supported an ultimately unsuccessful bill to introduce civil union A civil union (also known as a civil partnership) is a legally recognized arrangement similar to marriage, primarily created to provide legal recognition for same-sex couples. Civil unions grant some or all of the rights of marriage, with ch ...s to the cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Conservative Party (South Korea)
The New Conservative Party () was a South Korean conservative political party officially founded in 2020. History The New Conservative Party was originally formed as the Emergency Action for Change and Innovation () on 30 September 2019. The group, organized within the Bareunmirae Party, was made up of 15 lawmakers who were critical toward the leadership of Sohn Hak-kyu. Yoo Seong-min, the former co-chairman of the Bareunmirae Party, was chosen as the organizational leader. On 4 December, the name was shortened to Change and Innovation (), and then adopted the incumbent name on 12 December. However, six lawmakers were dropped, mainly pro-Ahn Cheol-soo lawmakers, since their head did not express a strong intention to join. Some pro-Ahn lawmakers also criticized the organization's decision to use "Conservative" in its name, adding that it ignores centrism. On 5 January 2020, the New Conservative Party held an official formation convention. Ideology The leader Ha Tae-keung ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Conservatives (UK)
The New Conservatives are a parliamentary group of predominantly red wall Conservative MPs who aimed to shape the Conservative Party's policies ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election. ''Politico'' described the group as having 25 members in July 2023. History The group was created on Sunday, 21 May 2023, and has no official leader, although the co-founders, the former Penistone and Stocksbridge MP Miriam Cates and the former Devizes MP Danny Kruger are the chairs behind the initiative. In October 2023, the group proposed banning "gender ideology" within state schools as one of their platforms. In November 2023, it was reported by Sky News that the group had met to discuss Suella Braverman potentially "making a play" for a Conservative party leadership. Policies The group describes itself as wishing to return to the Conservative Party's 2019 manifesto. Politico by cutting immigration to below 226,000, as well as focusing on law and order and to tackle perceive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conservative Party (other)
The Conservative Party is a name used by many political parties around the world. These political parties are generally right-wing though their exact ideologies can range from centre-right to far-right. Political parties by this name include: Europe Current * Croatian Conservative Party * Conservative Party (Czech Republic) *Conservative People's Party (Denmark) * Conservative Party of Georgia *Conservative Party (Norway) *Conservative Party (UK) * The Conservatives (Latvia) Historical * Conservative Party (Bulgaria), 1879–1884 * Conservative Party (Kingdom of Serbia), 1861-1895 *German Conservative Party, 1876–1918 * Conservative Party (Hungary), 1846–1849 * Conservative Party (Iceland), 1924–1927 * Conservative Party (Prussia), 1848–1876 *Vlad Țepeș League, in Romania 1929–1938 * Conservative Party (Romania, 1880–1918) * Conservative Party (Romania), 1991–2015 * Conservative Party (Spain), 1876–1931 * Conservative Party (Sweden), 1995-1999 * Tories, Britai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
