Blue Collar Conservativism

Blue Collar Conservatives are a pressure group and caucus of Conservative Party Members of Parliament who identify as working class conservatives. It was founded in May 2019 by former cabinet minister Esther McVey at the beginning of the 2019 Conservative Party leadership election. It was founded two months after the One Nation Conservatives.[1] As a group, they aim to, "champion working people and develop a conservative agenda to benefit the voters and communities most neglected by Labour". The New Statesman has described the caucus as an influential grouping within the parliamentary party.[2]

This article is about caucus in the British Conservative Party. For the American caucus of a similar name, see Blue Collar Caucus.

Blue Collar Conservative Caucus
ChairmanBen Bradley
Founded30 May 2019 (2019-05-30)
by Esther McVey
IdeologyConservatism
Right-wing populism
Euroscepticism
Political positionCentre-right to right-wing
National affiliationConservative Party
Colors     Blue
House of Commons
(Conservative seats)
78 / 365
Website
Blue Collar Conservativism on Twitter
  • Politics of United Kingdom
  • Political parties
  • Elections

Campaigns

The group focus their campaigning on empowering blue-collar workers and other working class people. They also campaign on Brexit and law enforcement. The values of the caucus were attributed to the result of the 2019 general election, where the Conservatives won many seats inside the Red wall.[3]

The caucus supports cancelling High Speed 2.[4][5]

Leadership

Board members

Membership

According to the group's website; these are the members/supporters of the caucus:[6]

Members who are no longer MPs

References
  1. "Tory MPs launch rival campaign groups". BBC News. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  2. "How the Blue Collar Conservatives could turn on Boris Johnson". www.newstatesman.com. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  3. McVey, Esther (16 December 2019). "Tory electoral triumph has unleashed blue collar conservatism". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  4. Sholli, Sam (30 May 2019). "Heathrow and HS2 in firing line of many prime minister front runners". New Civil Engineer. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  5. "Are the new intake of Tory MPs really pushing the party to the centre?". CapX. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  6. "People". Blue Collar Conservatism. Retrieved 25 March 2020.

See also
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