Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative Party (informally as the Tory Party) is the main right wing, sometimes centre-right, political party in the United Kingdom. Their policies usually promote conservatism. They are the currently the largest party in the House of Commons after the 2019 United Kingdom general election, with 344 out of a possible 650 seats.

The party has generally had liberal economic policies that favour free market economics. The party is British unionist, historically opposing Irish reunification, Scottish and Welsh independence, and is generally critical of devolution.

After a leadership election in the Conservative Party in July, August and September 2022, Liz Truss became the leader of the party. She became Prime Minister on 6 September 2022 by default.

Truss announced her resignation as Prime Minister on 20 October 2022,^[13] after just 44 days in office.^[14][15] This is the shortest Prime Minister's term in British political history.^[13]

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