Conservative Workers & Trade Unionists

Political party in the UK

Politics of UK

The Conservative Workers & Trade Unionists (CWTU) is an organisation within the British Conservative Party made up of Conservative-supporting trade unionists.^[2]^[3]^[4] in the United Kingdom which aims at reaching out to support working people and trade unionists.^[5]^[6] It is focused on improving employment rights, tackling low pay, raising productivity and supporting greater employment satisfaction.

The organisation was founded by Robert Halfon MP^{[citation needed]}, former deputy chairman of the Conservative Party and Spencer Pitfield^{[citation needed]}, former director of the Conservative Policy Forum. Spencer Pitfield is the organisation's current director.^{[failed verification]} Richard Short is the deputy director. He was the Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Warrington North at the 2015 general election.^[7]

Principles

Britain should be a country that works for everyone
Working people create wealth for their families and communities
Working people deserve fulfillment and health across their lives
Businesses, workers and government all have responsibility to improve productivity
Society should always value and support hard working people
There should be a constructive working relationship between the Conservative Party and Trade Unions.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "Spencer Pitfield: We need a new, Conservative trade union". ConservativeHome. Spencer Pitfield. 26 July 2016.
^ "Conservative Party to launch own trade union movement". BBC News. 30 September 2015.
^ "New trade union movement founded by Conservatives". The Telegraph. Michael Wilkinson. 1 October 2015.
^ "The Tories are setting up their own trade union movement". The Independent. Jon Stone. 1 October 2015.
^ "Is it possible to be a Tory and a trade unionist?". Left Foot Forward. Carl Packman.
^ "The Conservatives must become a mass movement". Politics Home. Josh May. 29 October 2016.
^ "Tories choose martial arts expert to fight election". Warrington Worldwide. 2014-11-03. Retrieved 2017-04-16.

External links

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History

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Leadership

House of Lords (1828–1922)	Wellington Derby Malmesbury Cairns Richmond Beaconsfield Salisbury Devonshire Lansdowne Curzon
House of Commons (1834–1922)	Peel Bentinck Granby vacant (1848–1849) Disraeli / Granby / Herries Disraeli Northcote Hicks Beach R. Churchill Smith Balfour Law A. Chamberlain
Leaders (1922–)	Law Baldwin N. Chamberlain W. Churchill Eden Macmillan Douglas-Home Heath Thatcher Major Hague Duncan Smith Howard Cameron May Johnson Truss Sunak
Chairmen (1911–)	Steel-Maitland Younger Jackson Davidson N. Chamberlain Baird Hacking Dugdale Assheton Woolton Poole Hailsham Butler Macleod / Poole Blakenham du Cann Barber Thomas Carrington Whitelaw Thorneycroft Parkinson Gummer Tebbit Brooke Baker Patten Fowler Hanley Mawhinney Parkinson Ancram Davis May Fox / Saatchi Maude Spelman Pickles Warsi / Feldman Shapps / Feldman Feldman McLoughlin Lewis Cleverly / Elliot Milling / Elliot Dowden / Elliot Stephenson / Elliot Berry Zahawi Hands Holden
See also	Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party Maudling Whitelaw Lilley Ancram

Leadership elections
1965 Heath 1975 Thatcher 1989 Thatcher re-elected 1990 Major 1995 Major re-elected 1997 Hague 2001 Duncan Smith 2003 Howard 2005 Cameron 2016 May 2019 Johnson July–September 2022 Truss October 2022 Sunak

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Other	Conservative Party Review (2016)

Associated organisations

List	Organisations associated with the Conservative Party
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Politicians	List of MPs 2005–2010 2010–2015 London

Think tanks
Bow Group Bright Blue Bruges Group Centre for Policy Studies Centre for Social Justice European Foundation Onward Policy Exchange Society of Conservative Lawyers

Party alliances

Current	List of current alliances European Conservatives and Reformists Party International Democrat Union (European Democrat Union) European Conservatives Group and Democratic Alliance
Former	List of former alliances Conservative–DUP agreement European People's Party (European People's Party Group) European Conservative Group European Conservatives and Reformists European Democrats Movement for European Reform Alliance for an Open Europe Ulster Conservatives and Unionists (Ulster Unionist Party)