Conservative Future

Conservative Future
PresidentThe Baron Hague of Richmond
ChairmanThe Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen
Founded1998[1]
Dissolved2016
Succeeded byYoung Conservatives
Headquarters4 Matthew Parker Street, London SW1A
IdeologyConservatism
Mother partyConservative Party
International affiliationInternational Young Democrat Union[2]
European affiliationEuropean Young Conservatives

Conservative Future (CF) was the youth movement of the Conservative Party in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The organisation was made up of all members of the Conservative Party who were 30 years old or younger.[citation needed]

Conservative Future was founded in 1998. By 2006, it was the largest political organisation on British campuses[3] and the estimated membership, including members on campuses and through constituency associations may once have totalled 20,000.[4]

Conservative Future Scotland was the independent sister organisation of CF in Scotland. Internationally, Conservative Future participated in the centre-right International Young Democrat Union.[2] Within Europe, it was a founder member of the European Young Conservatives.

Conservative Future founder and former Leader of the House of Commons William Hague was announced as the Honorary President at the 2012 Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham.

It also sent delegates to the National Conservative Convention, the parliament of the party's voluntary wing (Voluntary Party). 2015 was the last year CF sent delegates to the NCC.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Future launched with plans was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b "Member organisations". International Young Democrat Union. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
  3. ^ Bryony Gordon (4 October 2006). "Forget Tory Boy, Conservatives are now cool". The Daily Telegraph.
  4. ^ Rowenna Davis (6 October 2009). "The restrained children of Cameron". The Guardian.