List of UK Conservative Party general election manifestos
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A list of UK Conservative Party general election manifestos since 1900. From 1900 to 1945, the Conservative Party general election manifesto was usually published as a form of a short personal address by the leader of the party. From 1950, the Party published a more formal document.
Election | Conservative leader | Election winner | Manifesto title | Link to text |
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2015 | David Cameron | Conservative | Strong leadership. A clear economic plan. A brighter, more secure future. | [1] |
2010 | David Cameron | Hung (Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition) | Invitation to join the government of Britain | [2] |
2005 | Michael Howard | Labour | Are you thinking what we're thinking? | [3] |
2001 | William Hague | Labour | Time for Common Sense | [4] [5] |
1997 | John Major | Labour | You can only be sure with the Conservatives | [6] [7] |
1992 | John Major | Conservative | The Best Future for Britain | [8] [9] |
1987 | Margaret Thatcher | Conservative | The Next Moves Forward | [10] [11] |
1983 | Margaret Thatcher | Conservative | The Challenge of Our Times | [12] [13] |
1979 | Margaret Thatcher | Conservative | 1979 Conservative Party General Election Manifesto | [14] [15] |
October 1974 | Edward Heath | Labour | Putting Britain First | [16] [17] |
February 1974 | Edward Heath | Hung (Labour) | Firm Action for a Fair Britain | [18] [19] |
1970 | Edward Heath | Conservative | A Better Tomorrow | [20] [21] |
1966 | Edward Heath | Labour | Action Not Words: The New Conservative Programme | [22] [23] |
1964 | Alec Douglas Home | Labour | Prosperity With A Purpose | [24] [25] |
1959 | Harold Macmillan | Conservative | The Next Five Years | [26] [27] |
1955 | Anthony Eden | Conservative | United for Peace and Progress | [28] [29] |
1951 | Winston Churchill | Conservative | 1951 Conservative Party General Election Manifesto | [30] [31] |
1950 | Winston Churchill | Labour | This is the Road | [32] [33] |
1945 | Winston Churchill | Labour | Winston Churchill's Declaration of Policy to the Electors | [34] [35] |
1935 | Stanley Baldwin | National Government | A call to the nation | [36] |
1931 | Stanley Baldwin | National Government | The nation's duty | [37] |
1929 | Stanley Baldwin | Hung (Labour) | Stanley Baldwin's election address | [38] |
1924 | Stanley Baldwin | Conservative | Stanley Baldwin's election address | [39] |
1923 | Stanley Baldwin | Hung (Labour) | Stanley Baldwin's election address | [40] |
1922 | Andrew Bonar Law | Conservative | Andrew Bonar Law's election address | [41] |
1918 | Andrew Bonar Law | Conservative-Liberal Coalition | The Manifesto of Lloyd George and Bonar Law | [42] |
December 1910 | Arthur Balfour | Hung (Liberal, with Irish Nationalist support) | Arthur Balfour's election address | [43] |
January 1910 | Arthur Balfour | Hung (Liberal, with Irish Nationalist support) | Arthur Balfour's election address | [44] |
1906 | Arthur Balfour | Liberal | Arther Balfour's election address | [45] |
1900 | Marquess of Salisbury | Conservative | The manifesto of the Marquess of Salisbury | [46] |
See also
- Tamworth Manifesto
- List of UK Labour Party general election manifestos
- List of UK Liberal Party general election manifestos
Further reading
- Iain Dale, Conservative Party general election manifestos, 1900-1997, Routledge, 2000, ISBN 0-415-20589-1