Conservative Way Forward

Conservative Way Forward
Formation1991; 33 years ago (1991)
Key people
Cecil Parkinson
Eric Forth
Sir Christopher Chope
Margaret Thatcher
Chrissie Boyle
AffiliationsConservative Party
Thatcherism
Euroscepticism
Websitewww.conservativewayforward.com

Conservative Way Forward (CWF) is a British pressure ad campaigning group, which is Thatcherite in its outlook and agenda. Margaret Thatcher was its founding president.[1]

Conservative Way Forward was founded in 1991 to "defend and build upon the achievements of the Conservative Party under Margaret Thatcher's leadership, and to adapt the principles of her era in government to modern concerns and challenges".

The group organises speaker meetings, seminars and receptions, supported and attended by Government Ministers past and future.[2]

In all leadership elections since 1997, the candidate supported by Conservative Way Forward has ultimately won.[3][failed verification]

Conservative Way Forward is to be relaunched in 2022[4] by MP Steve Baker who will be its new chairman.[5]

  1. ^ "Tory quits in 'hidden cuts' row". News. BBC. 25 March 2005.
  2. ^ Hope, Christopher (2 April 2013). "Former Coalition defence minister takes over Margaret Thatcher legacy group to fight defence cuts". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  3. ^ Donal Blaney Retrieved 5 Feb 2016
  4. ^ Baker, Steve (11 December 2021). "Boris Johnson's overreaction to omicron variant is squandering the goodwill and trust of voters". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  5. ^ "I will be relaunching Conservative Way Forward to redefine the territory on which the Conservative Party operates. Steve Baker MP, CWF Chairman". Twitter. Retrieved 1 May 2022.