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	Conservative Party (UK) information - Search.com
		Though the Conservatives were in government for a substantial part of the 19th and 20th Centuries, since losing the 1997 election to the Labour Party under Tony Blair, they have been in 'opposition' in Parliament.
		Conservatives are also opposed to devolution to the national and English regions of the UK, preferring a unitary centralised state.
		Conservative modernisers point to Afriyie's election as evidence that the party is changing, though opponents argue that the election of a single fl MP doesn't count for much against the perceived right-wing anti-immigrant campaign fought by the Conservatives in 2005.
	www.search.com /reference/Conservative_Party_(UK) (5013 words)

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		As of 17 January 2005, Labour holds a majority in the house with 408 Members of Parliament and a 161 member majority.
		The Conservative Party is descended from the Tory Party, one of the two ruling parties of 18th and 19th Century British Politics, and its members are still commonly referred to as Tories.
		Though the Conservatives were considered to be the dominant governing party in the United Kingdom for much of the 19th and 20th Centuries, since losing the 1997 election to the Labour Party under Tony Blair, they have been in 'opposition' in Parliament.
	www.lycos.com /info/conservative-party-uk.html (565 words)

	CNN - Labour grabs majority; John Major concedes - 1997 UK Elections
		Labour's dominance was obvious early; as the party hit the magic number of 330, the Conservatives lagged at 52; the Liberal Democrats had 26.
		Blair won his seat with 33,526 votes to the Conservative candidate's 8,383; the voter swing from Conservative to Labour in Sedgefield, a solid Labour seat, was 9.6 percent, according to the initial count.
		The swing from Conservatives to the Liberal Democrats was 3.2 percent.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/9705/01/brit.election.9p (727 words)

	Conservative Party (UK) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Though the Conservative Party was in government for two-thirds of the twentieth century and is often referred to as the 'natural party of government', they have been in opposition in Parliament since losing the 1997 election to the Labour Party under Tony Blair.
		The internal organisation of the Conservative Party is a contrast between the grassroots constituency groups who dominate in the election of party leaders, and the members of the Conservative Central Office who lead in financing, the organisation of elections, and drafting of policy.
		Although Thatcher herself was socially conservative and a practising Methodist, her supporters harbour a range of social opinions from the libertarian views of Michael Portillo to the traditional conservatism of William Hague and David Davis.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK) (4648 words)

	New Labour’s move away from traditional socialist policies towards the centre of the left/right spectrum demonstrated ...
		Our hypothesis is that Labour’s traditional constituency in the working class will not have responded with enthusiasm to New Labour’s apparent lack of c oncern with their interests, and may have shown a greater reluctance to turn out and vote for the party.
		Table 5 shows that the Conservative pattern in 1997 was a straightforward repeat of the Conservative pattern in the previous four elections, although as expected in all three groups abstention is s omewhat higher than previously.
		The Labour pattern, however, is rather different from previous years: Labour abstention was actually lower in the core middle-class core in 1997 than it had been previously, down by 4 points, while it rose by four points i n the working-class core.
	www.strath.ac.uk /Other/CREST/p68.htm (3437 words)

	» Conservative - Edinburgh Sucks!
		Don’t think the Labour haven’t done exactly the same. It has always been the case for more than 20 years that the central office of the labour party decides who their candidates jump into bed with.
		Labour’s Scottish Councils are sinking in a sea of sleaze
		I have canvassed for the Labour Party in the Milton Ward and in Niddrie, in Bingham and Craigmillar.
	www.edinburghsucks.com /categories/conservative (3883 words)

	Labour Party (UK) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Labour won a landslide 179 seat majority in the 1997 general election under the leadership of Tony Blair—its first general election victory since October 1974 and the first general election since 1970 in which it had exceeded 40% of the popular vote.
		The Labour party returned to government with a wafer-thin 4 seat majority under Harold Wilson in the 1964 election, and increased their majority to 98 in 1966 election remaining in power until the 1970 election which contrary to expectations during the campaign they lost.
		Labour in the 1960s made major steps in introducing the permissive society notably the legalisation of homosexuality and abortion, and the abolition of the death penalty (except for a small number of offences - notably High Treason) and various legislation addressing race relations and racial discrimination.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Labour_Party_(UK) (7138 words)

	The Labour Party - Welcome - Current Campaigns - Latest News - People Profiles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Speaking on the motion Deputy Howlin said: “I brought this Bill to the Dail in February of this year when it was supported by the Green Party and was praised by many individual TDs on the Government benches.” You can read the rest of Brendan's statement here and more on the Bill itself here.
		The annual conference is one of the big events for Labour Youth in a year which has seen them hosting its largest ever international event in January in Cork, the International Union of Socialist Youth as well as the largest ever Tom Johnson Summer School which was held in July.
		During Leaders' Questions in the Dail today Labour Leader Eamon Gilmore TD raised the issue of the Aer Lingus decision to scrap the Shannon to Heathrow route.
	labour.ie (990 words)

	Hoover Institution - Hoover Digest - Labour’s Labor Problem
		Finally in 1997—after 18 unbroken years in power—the Conservative Party was swept from office by a Labour electoral landslide led by Tony Blair, who became prime minister; and with Labour’s return to office came union leaders’ hopes that “their” government would restore a significant measure of their influence and participation.
		This idea was agreed on jointly by the Labour Party and the union movement during their years in the political wilderness during the depression of the 1930s and the war years.
		By the end of the 1970s, with a Labour government in power, the whole relationship essentially collapsed as the unions staged massive strikes during the winter of 1978–79, which came to be known aptly as the Winter of Discontent.
	www.hoover.org /publications/digest/2939346.html (2228 words)

	Labour skewing public funds - News Story - Conservative Party
		New research by the Conservatives has revealed the scandalous extent to which Labour have skewed public funds to its own strongholds, while cutting services in Conservative and Lib Dem constituencies.
		Analysis shows that in Conservative areas, Labour are cutting the number of community hospitals, reducing the number of hospital beds; closing Post Office branches, slashing rail services, and planning to impose higher property taxes.
		He spoke out after research revealed that of the 81 community hospitals under threat of cutbacks or closure, 62 are in Conservative constituencies, 8 are in Liberal Democrat seats, while just 11 are in Labour seats.
	www.conservatives.com /tile.do?def=news.story.page&obj_id=134212 (418 words)

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		Thus in Profile 1 there would be a runoff between Labour and Conservative, which Conservative wins because the voters who most prefer the eliminated Liberal candidate all prefer Conservative to Labour and they are sufficient in number to overcome the Labour margin over Conservative with respect to first preferences.
		Conservative remains the plurality runoff winner but Labour becomes the Borda point winner, while approval voting remains indeterminate.
		Labour wins if voting is sincere (demonstrating that Borda Point Voting can deny victory to a majority [and Condorcet] winner, i.e., Conservative), but the 54 Conservative-preferring voters can elect Conservative if they shove Labour down to third place on their ballots.
	userpages.umbc.edu /~nmiller/POLI325/WINNERS.htm (4122 words)

	Comment Central - Times Online - WBLG: Conservative Party
		Conservative spokesmen are apparently allowed to say vindictive and merciless things about the way middle-class parents raise their children, but those who take the assault personally must remain constructive and helpful in their response.
		Conservatives presented the commentariat with a target to die for by flinging their party into a perfectly executed suicide mission.
		So let's get this straight: it is now the official Conservative view that parents who struggle and sacrifice their time and money in the interests of helping their children to get on in life are a problem.
	timesonline.typepad.com /comment/conservative_party/index.html (9203 words)

	Conservative Gifts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
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	www.cartoonstock.com /newscartoons/directory/c/conservative_gifts.asp (916 words)

	ConservativeHome's Platform: Adam Tugwell: Labour vs. Conservative = Equality vs. Opportunity
		This of course is far from an accurate portrayal, but I nonetheless often ask myself why Labour has so successfully walked away with the prize given to the group of politicians who most effectively sell themselves as caring most about the disadvantaged and the people who experience a rum deal in their everyday lives.
		Paradoxically, New Labour have successfully created a ravenous mindset that leaves many thinking that being famous or that having a glamorous occupation are the only things that will give you value in the eyes of others and that these successes just arrive in your lap.
		Back in 1997 New Labour came into government, with a subtle but none-the-less distinct, shift to the ‘right’, effectively taking the ground from under the feet of a Conservative Party, which was in total disarray after losing the election.
	conservativehome.blogs.com /platform/2007/07/adam-tugwell-la.html (1522 words)

	New Labour, New Tactical Voting
		Evidently the Labour landslide and Liberal Democrat revival of 1997 were as much a product of the operation of the single member plurality electoral system as an indicator of the strength of their electoral support.
		Given the position of Labour and the Liberal Democrats in the polls, people in these constituencies may not always have been convinced that a vote for the Liberal Democrats was an effective means of defeating the Conservatives, and this is reflected in our classification.
		Conservative supporters similarly became more positive towards Labour (up 0.70) and less so to their own party (down 0.30), while Labour supporters, although generally more constant over time, expressed a more positive view of the Liberal Democrats in 1997 than in 1992 (up 0.32).
	www.ksg.harvard.edu /norrisweb/ARCHIVE/TACTICAL.HTM (5686 words)

	BBC News \| UK Politics \| Conservative: Labour failing to deliver
		They are desperate to see the delivery from what they have been telling me were in some cases their high hopes from Labour.
		You've got to understand that the Post Offices and the small general stores in the villages depend heavily on farm incomes and the whole agricultural economy is absolutely central to the whole Eddisbury economy.
		They have great friends and relationships with people just across the border and they don't see why someone in Wales now has an Assemblyman who might be able to vote to lift the ban on beef-on-the-bone when their butcher will not be able to sell that.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/400382.stm (426 words)

	Nuneaton Conservative Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Conservatives have always been strong defenders of the environment with a firm belief that neighbourhoods are best maintained through effective local Councils which are directly responsible to the electorate.
		The Leader of the Council cannot have failed to notice that the electorate made a clear decision on the performance of Labour in Nuneaton and Bedworth in the June elections this year by electing a further three Conservative councillors, a judgement which is entirely consistent with the conclusions of the CPA inspectors.
		Conservative policies would mean extra support for ‘shared ownership’ schemes; allowing social tenants to buy a stake in their home and making it easier for housing associations to build more affordable housing.
	members.aol.com /ajwaine/press.htm (19076 words)

	Mandelson tells Labour: we're all Thatcherites (Labour Turns Conservative in UK?) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		PETER MANDELSON warns Labour today not to throw away its grip on power as the European centre-left parties have by losing its nerve and failing to crack down on immigration, antisocial behaviour and crime.
		New Labour had successfully added fairness and opportunity to this Thatcherite economic prudence, he says, but must now move into traditional right-wing territory on immigration and welfare with tough policies rather than pandering to prejudice.
		In a veiled message to Labour rebels in the week the controversial Asylum and Immigration Bill returns to the Commons, he says that the European Left was only defeated by a resurgent Right because of disunity, weak leadership and a lack of courage.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/697396/posts (939 words)

	Birmingham University Labour Students
		I typed in “conservatives” and it came up with the Conservative website, and a list of links to different sections of it: the first of which was policy.
		Labour’s Mike Leddy has been doing some fantastic work in the area and BULS will be out campaigning for his election all this week.
		Splits within the Conservative Party over current policy are undoubtedly deep rooted, this is evident merely from the blog on the Birmingham University Conservative Future blog.
	www.buls.org (8113 words)

	Division of Labour: Conservative Colleges
		While I recall there being a couple of conservative faculty members (which, come to think of it, might actually give W&L a more conservative faculty than most colleges), there were plenty of leftist ones as well.
		I consider myself to be a libertarian (note the small "l") rather than a conservative, but some who know me (e.g., my friend Brad Birzer at Hillsdale) think the term free market conservative is a better fit.
		Ironically, I grew up in a die-hard Democrat family and was not particularly libertarian (or conservative or whatever) while at W&L. Hat tip to my colleague Gary Roseman for sending me the conservative colleges list.
	divisionoflabour.com /archives/000034.php (216 words)

	LABOUR Working for Fairness in Kirklees
		Kirklees’ Labour Group Leader Mehboob Khan today warned that Tory Group Leader Robert Light was "scheming an attempt to cheat voters out of their wishes" while negotiations continue on who should run the Council following Labour’s gains and Tory and Liberal Democrat losses.
		Now that Labour has even more seats - 22 - than he had, what was then right according to him is no longer right.
		The Conservative Leader Cllr Light has said he believes his party should retain power in the Council because he has not had time to complete his job.
	www.kirklees.labour.co.uk (738 words)

	A Conservative's blog: Labour's Lead cut in New ICM Poll (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		It shows Labour at 39% (+1) Conservatives at 34% (+2) and the Liberal Democrats at 18% (-2).
		The interesting thing though is the Conservatives leading Labour on health, crime and the economy.
		Anonymous at 8.38, No it is not that I condone 16 year olds getting pregnant, it is just that it does not follow that it would always be in the best interests of the child to have it removed from its natural family.
	aconservatives.blogspot.com /2007/08/labours-lead-cut-in-new-icm-poll.html (1025 words)

	The Labour Humanist
		The Conservative surge in the opinion polls that killed off the prospects of a November election was built upon a large swing away from Labour amongst older voters.
		Older voters swung from Labour to Conservative in dramatic numbers in the key polls during party conference season.
		In the ICM/News of the World poll of voters in marginal seats the Conservatives had opened up a decisive 56%-32% lead over Labour amongst voters aged 65+ and were ahead 47%-33% amongst voters aged 55-64.
	humanistsforlabour.typepad.com (3676 words)

	Harris Interactive \| Europe \| News Room \| 2005 \| Political Attitudes of Voters for the UK’s Three Main Political ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		While one purpose of that survey was to provide our final prediction it also included many other questions that were designed to understand the mood of the electorate and their reasons for voting one way or another.
		The tables below show the replies to these questions among the people who are most likely to vote, analyzed by whether they intend to vote Conservative, Labour or for the Liberal Democrat.
		These tables are based on the 4,134 eligible voters who told us they are "absolutely certain" to vote today.
	www.harrisinteractive.com /europe/news/2005/PoliticalAttitudes.asp (1220 words)

	18 Doughty Street : Politics for Adults \| HOME
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		Labour cannot afford a âserious fightâ for the leadership
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	www.18doughtystreet.com /tags/labour (832 words)

	THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY UK POLITICS
		The Conservative party admitted last night that it fought the last general election partly with the use of foreign loans which have now been hurriedly repaid to clean up the party's accounts.
		Scotland Yard detectives are investigating both Labour and the Tories to ascertain whether loans were solicited in exchange for the promise of honours including seats in the House of Lords.
		Jonathan Marland, the Conservative party treasurer, said last Monday that he would never reveal the names, but Tory sources said yesterday that he was playing for time to negotiate a deal.
	www.solarnavigator.net /embassies/conservative_party_politics.htm (1322 words)

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