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True blue Tories ‘banned from standing in the general election’
who co-founded Women2Win with Theresa May almost 20 years ago with the aim of increasing the number of female Tory MPs. Other influential figures include Matt Wright, chairman of the candidates ...
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'He said there was no chance of her winning': Inside the 1975 Conservative leadership race
Margaret Thatcher owed her victory to the cunning Airey Neave and the miscalculations of Tories who just wanted to give Ted Heath ‘a kick up the ...
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Four Tory MPs cleared of breaching Covid lockdown rules at birthday drinks in parliament
although it turned out to be a “hybrid” event held as part of a series of meetings organised by the Women2Win network of female Tory MPs. “Wine (probably not exceeding two bottles ...
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Women made history at the 2019 UK election
Credit: Joe Giddens/PA Images via Getty Images An important caveat: only a quarter of Conservative MPs (of which there are 364) are female. Labour, meanwhile, now has more female MPs than male ...
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Election results 2019: a record number of female MPs have won seats
Wales also has its first three female Conservative MPs: Fay Jones, Virginia Crosbie and Sarah Atherton. Boris Johnson’s Conservative party won by a landslide overnight with 43.5% of the vote and ...
Tories try to poach suspended Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe
SUSPENDED Reform MP Rupert Lowe has had secret talks about joining the Tories, the Sun on Sunday can reveal. Multiple Conservative MPs have called and messaged the Great Yarmouth MP since his ...