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Section size for Conservative Party (UK) (61 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	26,525	26,525
History	439	132,532
Origins	2,768	2,768
1867–1914: Conservatives and Unionists	4,591	4,591
First World War	1,980	1,980
1920–1945	2,084	2,084
1945–1975: Post-war consensus	81	8,114
Popular dissatisfaction	675	675
Modernising the party	5,331	5,331
1965–1975: Edward Heath	2,027	2,027
1975–1990: Margaret Thatcher	7,041	7,041
1990–1997: John Major	6,057	6,057
1997–2010: Political wilderness	5,722	5,722
2010–2024: Austerity, Brexit, and the pandemic	7,121	31,445
2010–2016: David Cameron	4,276	4,276
2016–2019: Theresa May	4,330	4,330
2019–2022: Boris Johnson	7,069	7,069
2022: Liz Truss	4,765	4,765
2022–2024: Rishi Sunak	3,884	3,884
Economic policy	3,521	3,521
Social policy	12,443	12,443
Foreign policy	11,459	11,459
Defence policy	5,102	5,102
Health and drug policy	3,212	3,212
Education and research	3,663	3,663
Family policy	3,274	3,274
Jobs and welfare policy	5,240	5,240
Energy and climate change policy	3,846	3,846
Justice, crime and security policy	1,623	1,623
Transport and infrastructure policy	4,098	4,098
European Union policy	2,574	2,574
Constitutional policy	2,236	2,236
Organisation	20	29,353
Party structure	2,970	2,970
Membership	4,504	4,504
Prospective parliamentary candidates	2,056	2,056
Young Conservatives	1,916	1,916
Conferences	252	252
Funding	4,526	10,086
Financial ties to Russian oligarchs	5,560	5,560
International organisations	3,078	3,078
Logo	4,471	4,471
Party factions	3,069	11,204
One-nation Conservatives	2,014	2,014
Free-market Conservatives	3,301	3,301
Traditionalist Conservatives	1,659	1,659
Relationships between the factions	1,161	1,161
Electoral performance and campaigns	2,050	20,329
UK general election results	18,279	18,279
Associated groups	106	2,754
Ideological groups	1,032	1,032
Interest groups	431	431
Think tanks	226	226
Alliances	423	423
Party structures	536	536
See also	409	409
Notes	49	49
References	33	33
Further reading	6,678	8,176
Historiography	1,498	1,498
External links	2,219	2,219
Total	233,583	233,583

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One of three

The CP is one of THREE, not two main parties. --95.24.76.0 (talk) 14:45, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This sounds like it would give disproportionate weight to one of the other parties; based on this edit, I assume you mean the Lib Dems. In which case I'd say, no – there are two main parties as parliamentary seats are what count. — Czello ^(music) 14:51, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Within the EU, the UK is one of the largest recipients of research funding in the European Union

Wouldn't it be time to write 'was'? Regards, ULF 2001:4C80:40:493:9AEE:CBFF:FEE7:FBAD (talk) 09:08, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done — Czello ^(music) 09:11, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Marriage equality

"According to an estimation of the right-wing Bow Group think-tank, in 2013 the Conservative Party lost 35–40% of its membership due to the Same Sex Marriage Bill."

This is a baseless assertion. It should be deleted.

Citation link is dead, and Bow Group provides no data to ground this claim. "Evidence" comes from claimed "canvassing" of 100 local associations, typically one per constituency. UK has over 600 constituencies.

Same group found that average age of Conservative Party members is 72.

If not deleted, it should be contextualized:

"The right-wing Bow Group think tank claimed the Conservative Party lost 35–40% of its membership due to the Same Sex Marriage Bill in 2013. It based the claim on a canvassing of a fraction of local associations; it did not conduct a poll. The same group stated in 2017 that the average age of a Conservative Party member may be 72."

https://www.bowgroup.org/the-bow-group-finds-that-the-average-age-of-a-conservative-party-member-is-72/ 108.51.52.223 (talk) 13:01, 25 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

~~== Policies section could be replaced with a Recent Policies section. ==~~

The policies section contains information from a decade or more ago. A soultion to this could be changing the ''Policies'' section to ''Modern policies'', focusing on the four recent Conservative manifestos. 2A0A:EF40:E4A:E101:319F:4C4A:6D08:9EEC (talk) 22:06, 11 June 2024 (UTC)( Blocked sockpuppet of Lam312321321, see investigation)[reply]

That would be counter to the WP:RECENTISM guideline. Helper201 (talk) 03:36, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Directly Elected Mayors Count

The article lists 2 Conservative mayors but there is only 1 92.40.218.87 (talk) 22:53, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Change the opening to The party sits on the centre-right to right-wing of the British political spectrum. This sounds better and in line with other poltcial party pages.

This page might do with following Labour Party and trimming some bloated sections down. 2A0A:EF40:EFE:5801:BC2E:C25C:64C3:F0A0 (talk) 16:51, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: The greater weight of reliable sources supports the term "right-wing", thus it appears first. Cambial — foliar❧ 17:03, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This might be confusing, as other pages on here refer to the party as always centre-right before right-wing. 2A0A:EF40:EFE:5801:BC2E:C25C:64C3:F0A0 (talk) 17:06, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There's no reason that might be confusing. But your premise is inaccurate; several other pages refer to it as 'right-wing' before 'centre-right'. Cambial — foliar❧ 17:12, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What pages are those? 2A0A:EF40:EFE:5801:BC2E:C25C:64C3:F0A0 (talk) 17:15, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

See, for example, Electoral history of the Conservative Party (UK). But regardless, there's no reason this might be a source of confusion, and 'other stuff'-type arguments aren't relevant. Cambial — foliar❧ 17:20, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I would argue it would be better as 'centre-right to right-wing'. Also, that page you listed isn't cited at the top. 2A0A:EF40:EFE:5801:BC2E:C25C:64C3:F0A0 (talk) 17:22, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Our style manual for the lead section of articles indicates that where citations are already in the body, having the same citations in the lead is not a necessity. Cambial — foliar❧ 17:26, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]