Tory an Unionist Pairty

The Tory an Unionist Pairty (Tory Pairty, Tories, Inglis: Conservative and Unionist Party an the Conservatives) is a centre-richt poleetical pairty in the Unitit Kinrick. The govrening pairty syne 2010, it is the lairgest in the Hoose o Commons, wi 364 Members o Pairlament.

Tory an Unionist Pairty
Leader	Rishi Sunak
Lairds Leader	The Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
Foondit	1834
Precedit bi	Tory Pairty
Heidquarters	Conservative Campaign HQ 4 Matthew Parker Street, London, SW1H 9NP, England
Membership  (2014)	149,800
Ideology	Conservatism Economic liberalism Breetish unionism Euroscepticism
Poleetical poseetion	Centre-richt
Internaitional affiliation	Internaitional Democrat Union
European affiliation	Alliance o European Conservatives an Reformists
European Pairlament group	European Conservatives an Reformists
Colours	Blue
Website
conservatives.com

The pairty wis foondit in 1834 frae the oreeginal Tory Pairty (1678-1834), an wis ane o twa dominant poleetical pairties in the nineteent century, alang wi the Leeberal Pairty. Unner Benjamin Disraeli it played a preeminent role in politics at the hicht o the Breetish Empire. In 1912, the Leeberal Unionist Pairty merged wi the pairty tae form the Tory an Unionist Pairty. In the 1920s, the Labour Pairty surpassed the Leeberals as the Tories' main rivals. Tory Prime Meenisters — notably Winston Churchill an Margaret Thatcher — led govrenments for 57 year o the twentiet century.

Poseetioned on the centre-richt tae richt o Breetish politics, the Tories are ideologically conservative. Different factions hae dominatit the pairty at different times, includin ane naition conservatives, Thatcherites, an leeberal conservatives, while its views an policies hae chynged ootthrou its history. The pairty has generally adoptit leeberal economic policies—favourin free mercat economics, leemitin state regulation, an pursuin preevatisation—awtho in the past haes an aw supportit pertectionism. The pairty is Breetish unionist, opponin baith Erse reunification an Welsh an Scots unthirldom, an historically supportit the maintenance o the Breetish Empire. On social policy, it haes historically taken a mair socially conservative approach, tho this haes recedit ower recent decades. In furrin policy, it favours a strang militar capability, bein supportive o Breetish pairteecipation in NATO.

The Tories are a member o the Internaitional Democrat Union an the Alliance o Conservatives an Reformists in Europe, an sit wi the European Conservatives an Reformists (ECR) pairlamentar group. The Scots, Welsh, Northren Erse an Gibraltarian brainches o the pairty are semi-autonomous. Its support base consists primarily o middle-cless voters, especially in rural auries o Ingland, an its domination o Breetish politics ootthrou the twentiet century haes led tae it bein referred tae as ane o the maist successfu poleetical pairties in the Wastren warld.