Conservative factions

The New Conservatives

• New Right

• Newest and one of the most vocal groupings

• Pre election had 25 MPs but had now decreased to only 3

• Wishes to return to the 2019 manifesto i.e by cutting immigration to below 226,000

• Party’s previous deputy chair Lee Anderson was part of this group → moved to reform

European Research Group

• New Right

• Highly Eurosceptic, voice of hard-line brexiteers

• Hugely influential in the commons revolts that saw May’s exit

• Had 100 MPs pre election

• Key figure previously was Suella Braverman → lost seat and is now reform

Common Sense Group

• New Right

• centred around culture war issues

• had 50 MPs pre election

The popular conservatism group

• New Right

• Advocates for free market economics

• Mogg, Anderson, Truss and Farage were attendees at its 2024 conference → lost many to reform

One Nation Caucus

• One Nation

• Was the biggest group pre 2024 election, with over 100 MPs → now estimated that only 8 MPs are members

• Advocates for moderation and centre right policies

• Championed Sunak

• 21 MPs were ousted by Johnson and and a handful left the party to form the ill fated change UK