| New Conservatives | |
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| President: | John Hayes |
| Leader1 Title: | Chairpersons |
| Leader1 Name: | Danny Kruger Miriam Cates |
| Country: | the United Kingdom |
| Colours: | Blue |
| Ideology: | National conservatism Social conservatism[1] Euroscepticism |
| Position: | Right-wing |
| National: | Conservative Party |
| Seats2 Title: | House of Commons (Conservative seats) |
The New Conservatives are a parliamentary group of predominantly red wall[2] Conservative MPs who aimed to shape the Conservative Party's policies ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election.[3] Politico described the group as having 25 members in July 2023.[4]
The group was created on Sunday, 21 May 2023,[5] 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.[6]
In October 2023, the group proposed banning "gender ideology" within state schools as one of their platforms.[7]
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.[8]
The group describes itself as wishing to return to the Conservative Party's 2019 manifesto.[9] Politico by cutting immigration to below 226,000, as well as focusing on law and order and to tackle perceived bias in education.[10]
The New Conservatives' primary goals are listed in their 10-point plan, which consists of the following:[11]
The group was originally made up of 24 Conservative MPs elected primarily after the Brexit referendum,[12] [13] however only three members have retained their seats.
| MP | Constituency | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Kruger | East Wiltshire | Elected 2019 | |
| Gareth Bacon | Orpington | Elected 2019 | |
| John Hayes | South Holland and The Deepings | President of group,[14] elected 1997 |
| Lee Anderson | Defected to Reform UK | |
| Eddie Hughes | Stood down as MP | |
| Lia Nici | Lost re-election | |
| Robin Millar | Lost re-election | |
| Marco Longhi | Lost re-election | |
| Andrew Lewer | Lost re-election | |
| Mark Jenkinson | Lost re-election | |
| Anna Firth | Lost re-election | |
| Chris Green | Lost re-election | |
| Brendan Clarke-Smith | Lost re-election | |
| James Daly | Lost re-election | |
| Paul Bristow | Lost re-election | |
| Duncan Baker | Lost re-election | |
| Tom Hunt | Lost re-election | |
| Sarah Atherton | Lost re-election | |
| Nick Fletcher | Lost re-election | |
| Alexander Stafford | Lost re-election | |
| Jonathan Gullis | Lost re-election | |
| Miriam Cates | Lost re-election |