8-485: New Conservative Party (or similar names) may refer to: New Conservative Party (UK) , 1960–1962 New Conservative Group , Australia, 1991– c. 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) ,
16-615: 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, Watching Brief , and then in November stood in the Bolton East by-election . He took only 1.2% of the vote in Bolton East, while fellow party member C. F. H. Gilliard fared even worse in the 1960 Mid Bedfordshire by-election , with 0.6% of
24-655: A group of UK Conservative Party MPs, 2023–current See also [ edit ] Conservative Party (disambiguation) Neoconservatism Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title New Conservative Party . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New_Conservative_Party&oldid=1176646781 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Political party disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
32-706: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages 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, a civil engineer living in Dorking , Surrey . He described it as a party "neither of the extreme right nor left", although The History of British Political Parties describes its main policy as British nationalism . Dayton stood as
40-764: The Labour Party , and standing for the party in Westmorland at the 1966 general election . Westmorland (UK Parliament constituency) Westmorland was a constituency covering the county of Westmorland in the North of England , which returned Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . The constituency had two separate periods of existence. In
48-467: The boundary changes in 1983 the southern part of the constituency became part of the new seat of Westmorland and Lonsdale and the northern area was transferred to Penrith and The Border The 1918 – 1983 seat corresponded to the county of Westmorland even after the abolition of the administrative county in 1974 . Election results taken from the History of Parliament Trust series. William Lowther
56-609: The votes cast. In May 1961, the party was renamed as the True Conservative Party , but this change did not revive its fortunes, and it was dissolved in the autumn. However, Dayton founded the Patriotic Front for Political Action and stood in the 1961 Oswestry by-election , at which he took a 2.8% share. He soon ceased publishing Watching Brief , and dissolved the new party in February 1962, joining
64-403: Was appointed Postmaster General of the United Kingdom and called to the House of Lords as Baron Lowther , causing a by-election. Thompson's death caused a by-election. Lowther's death caused a by-election. Taylour succeeded to the peerage, becoming Marquess of Headfort and causing a by-election at which his son was elected unopposed. General Election 1939/40 Another General Election
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