{{Short description|Parliamentary group in the United Kingdom}} {{Use British English|date=July 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox British Political Party | name = New Conservatives | logo = New Conservatives logo.png | logo_size = 250px | colorcode = #0054A5 | president = [[John Hayes (British politician)|John Hayes]] | leader1_title = Chairpersons | leader1_name = [[Danny Kruger]]<br> [[Miriam Cates]] | foundation = {{no wrap|{{start date and age|2023|5|21|df=y}}}} | country = the United Kingdom | colours = {{color box|#0054A5}} Blue | ideology = [[National conservatism]]<br>[[Social conservatism]]<ref name="Andrew Sparrow">{{cite news |last=Sparrow |first= Andrew |date= 11 March 2024 |title= Both Labour and group of Conservative MPs say Lee Anderson defection highlights Tory failings – as it happened |url= https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/mar/11/rishi-sunak-tom-tugendhat-conservatives-richard-tice-labour-keir-starmer-uk-politics-live |work= The Guardian |access-date= 14 May 2024 |quote= The New Conservatives, a group of rightwing, socially conservative MPs ...}}</ref><br>[[Euroscepticism]] | position = [[Right-wing politics|Right-wing]]<ref name="Andrew Sparrow"/> | national = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] | website = {{URL|https://www.thenewconservatives.co.uk/}}{{dl|date=August 2025}} }} The '''New Conservatives''' were a [[parliamentary group]] of predominantly [[Red wall (British politics)|red wall]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Walker |first=Peter |date=2023-07-03 |title=New Conservatives' immigration policy raises questions over Sunak's authority |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jul/03/new-conservatives-immigration-questions-over-sunak-authority |access-date=2023-07-03 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative MPs]] created in May 2023, who aimed to shape the Conservative Party's policies ahead of the [[2024 United Kingdom general election]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Langford |first=Eleanor |date=2023-07-03 |title=The 'New Conservatives' and their 12-point plan to pressure Rishi Sunak on migration, explained |url=https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/who-new-conservatives-plan-pressure-rishi-sunak-migration-2449479 |access-date=2023-07-03 |website=inews.co.uk |language=en}}</ref> ''Politico'' described the group as having 25 members in July 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-03 |title=Meet the New Conservatives giving Rishi Sunak a migration headache |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-rishi-sunak-tory-new-conservatives-mp-cut-immigration/ |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=POLITICO |language=en}}</ref> All but three members lost their seats in the election, and the group has been inactive since the election.
== History == The group was created on Sunday, 21 May 2023,<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Langford |first=Eleanor |date=2023-05-21 |title=New Tory lobby group to pressure Sunak on migration ahead of expected record figures |url=https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/rishi-sunak-pressure-migration-tory-mp-lobby-group-record-figures-2355346 |access-date=2023-07-03 |website=inews.co.uk |language=en}}</ref> and has no official leader, although the co-founders, the former [[Penistone and Stocksbridge (UK Parliament constituency)|Penistone and Stocksbridge]] MP [[Miriam Cates]] and the former [[Devizes (UK Parliament constituency)|Devizes]] MP [[Danny Kruger]] are the chairs behind the initiative.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2023-07-03 |title=Who are the New Conservatives? |url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/conservatives-140122771.html |access-date=2023-07-03 |website=Yahoo News |language=en-GB}}</ref>
In October 2023, the group proposed banning "[[gender ideology]]" within state schools as one of their platforms.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-02 |title=New Conservatives group demands migration curbs and school 'gender ideology' ban |url=https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/national/23826559.new-conservatives-group-demands-migration-curbs-school-gender-ideology-ban/ |access-date=2023-11-13 |website=Worcester News |language=en}}</ref>
In November 2023, it was reported by Sky News that the group had met to discuss [[Suella Braverman]] potentially "making a play" for a Conservative party leadership.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Reshuffle latest: Braverman sacking 'not over protests article - it was homelessness comments' |url=https://news.sky.com/story/suella-braverman-future-latest-reshuffle-rishi-sunak-live-updates-12593360 |access-date=2023-11-13 |website=Sky News |language=en}}</ref>
== Policies == The group described itself as wishing to return to the Conservative Party's 2019 [[manifesto]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-07-03 |title=Tory MPs issue plan for Rishi Sunak to slash migration |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-66084962 |access-date=2023-07-03}}</ref> [[Politico]] by cutting immigration to below 226,000, as well as focusing on law and order and to tackle perceived bias in education.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-03 |title=Meet the New Conservatives giving Rishi Sunak a migration headache |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-rishi-sunak-tory-new-conservatives-mp-cut-immigration/ |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=POLITICO |language=en}}</ref>
=== 10-point policy === The New Conservatives' primary goals are listed in their 10-point plan, which consists of the following:<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 July 2023 |title=Politics UK |url=https://twitter.com/PolitlcsUK/status/1675840507291770880 |access-date=2023-07-04 |website=Twitter |language=en}}</ref>
# Closing temporary schemes that grant [[Work permit (United Kingdom)|work visa]] eligibility for [[care work]]ers and senior care workers. # Raising the minimum income required to gain a skilled work visa. # Extending the closure of the [[International students in the United Kingdom#Net migration and dependants|student dependant route]]. # Closing the graduate route to students. # Reserving university Study Visas for the brightest [[international student]]s. # Monitoring the reduction in visa applications under the humanitarian schemes. # Implementing the provisions of the [[Illegal Migration Bill]] rapidly. # Capping the number of refugees legally accepted for resettlement in the UK. # Raising the minimum combined income threshold for sponsoring a spouse and raising the minimum language requirement. # Capping the amount of social housing that councils may assign to [[British nationality law|non-UK nationals]].
== Membership == {| class="wikitable" |+ !Parliament !Composition |- |2024 (at dissolution) |{{composition bar|24|345|hex=#0054A5}} |} Prior to the general election, the group was made up of 24 [[Conservative MP]]s;<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-03 |title=Meet the New Conservatives giving Rishi Sunak a migration headache |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-rishi-sunak-tory-new-conservatives-mp-cut-immigration/ |access-date=2023-07-03 |website=POLITICO |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Who are the Popular Conservatives - and how do they compare to other Tory movements? |url=https://news.sky.com/story/who-are-the-popular-conservatives-and-how-do-they-compare-to-other-tory-movements-12964275 |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=Sky News |language=en}}</ref> only three members retained their seats.
Unless otherwise mentioned, all members in this table were first elected to parliament in 2019 and defeated in their bid for reelection in 2024. {| class="wikitable" !MP !Constituency !Notes |- |[[Miriam Cates]] |[[Penistone and Stocksbridge (UK Parliament constituency)|Penistone and Stocksbridge]] |Founding member<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2023-07-03 |title=Who are the New Conservatives? |url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/conservatives-140122771.html |access-date=2023-07-03 |website=Yahoo News |language=en-GB}}</ref> |- |[[Danny Kruger]] |[[Devizes (UK Parliament constituency)|Devizes]] |Founding member.<ref name=":1" /> Reelected in 2024 for successor constituency [[East Wiltshire (UK Parliament constituency)|East Wiltshire]]; defected to Reform UK in 2025. |- |[[Jonathan Gullis]] |[[Stoke-on-Trent North (UK Parliament constituency)|Stoke-on-Trent North]] |[[Deputy chairman of the Conservative Party|Conservative party deputy chairman]] |- |[[Alexander Stafford]] |[[Rother Valley (UK Parliament constituency)|Rother Valley]] | |- |[[Nick Fletcher (politician)|Nick Fletcher]] |[[Don Valley (UK Parliament constituency)|Don Valley]] | |- |[[Sarah Atherton]] |[[Wrexham (UK Parliament constituency)|Wrexham]] | |- |[[Tom Hunt (politician)|Tom Hunt]] |[[Ipswich (UK Parliament constituency)|Ipswich]] | |- |[[Gareth Bacon]] |[[Orpington (UK Parliament constituency)|Orpington]] |Reelected in 2024. |- |[[Duncan Baker]] |[[North Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)|North Norfolk]] | |- |[[Paul Bristow]] |[[Peterborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Peterborough]] | |- |[[Brendan Clarke-Smith]] |[[Bassetlaw (UK Parliament constituency)|Bassetlaw]] | |- |[[James Daly (English politician)|James Daly]] |[[Bury North (UK Parliament constituency)|Bury North]] | |- |[[Anna Firth]] |[[Southend West (UK Parliament constituency)|Southend West]] |[[2022 Southend West by-election|First elected in 2022]] |- |[[Chris Green (politician)|Chris Green]] |[[Bolton West (UK Parliament constituency)|Bolton West]] |First elected in 2015 |- |[[Eddie Hughes (British politician)|Eddie Hughes]] |[[Walsall North (UK Parliament constituency)|Walsall North]] |First elected in 2017 |- |[[Mark Jenkinson]] |[[Workington (UK Parliament constituency)|Workington]] | |- |[[Andrew Lewer]] |[[Northampton South (UK Parliament constituency)|Northampton South]] |First elected in 2017 |- |[[Marco Longhi]] |[[Dudley North (UK Parliament constituency)|Dudley North]] | |- |[[Robin Millar (politician)|Robin Millar]] |[[Aberconwy (UK Parliament constituency)|Aberconwy]] | |- |[[Lia Nici]] |[[Great Grimsby (UK Parliament constituency)|Great Grimsby]] | |- |[[John Hayes (British politician)|John Hayes]] |[[South Holland and The Deepings (UK Parliament constituency)|South Holland and The Deepings]] |President of group,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cunliffe |first=Rachel |date=2024-03-09 |title=John Hayes: "Tory voters want full-fat Conservatism" |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/the-weekend-interview/2024/03/john-hayes-interview-conservative-voters-full-fat-conservatism |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=New Statesman |language=en-US}}</ref> elected 1997. Reelected in 2024. |- |[[Lee Anderson (British politician)|Lee Anderson]] |[[Ashfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Ashfield]] |Defected to [[Reform UK]] in March 2024 and reelected for Reform in 2024 |}
== See also == * [[Common Sense Group]] * [[Red Wall Caucus]]
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{official website}}{{dl|date=August 2025}}
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