List of Conservative Party (UK) general election manifestos

This is a list of the British 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.

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Election	Leader	Election winner	Manifesto title	Link to text
2019	Boris Johnson	Conservative	Get Brexit Done: Unleash Britain's Potential	[1]
2017	Theresa May	Hung (Conservative with DUP confidence & supply)	Forward, Together: Our Plan for a Stronger Britain and a Prosperous Future	[2]
2015	David Cameron	Conservative	Strong Leadership. A Clear Economic Plan. A Brighter, More Secure Future.	[3]
2010	David Cameron	Hung (Conservative-led coalition)	Invitation to Join the Government of Britain	[4] [5]
2005	Michael Howard	Labour	Are You Thinking What We're Thinking?	[6]
2001	William Hague	Labour	Time for Common Sense	[7][8]
1997	John Major	Labour	You Can Only Be Sure with the Conservatives	[9][10]
1992	John Major	Conservative	The Best Future for Britain	[11][12]
1987	Margaret Thatcher	Conservative	The Next Moves Forward	[13][14]
1983	Margaret Thatcher	Conservative	The Challenge of Our Times	[15][16]
1979	Margaret Thatcher	Conservative	1979 Conservative Party General Election Manifesto	[17][18]
October 1974	Edward Heath	Labour	Putting Britain First	[19][20]
February 1974	Edward Heath	Hung (Labour)	Firm Action for a Fair Britain	[21][22]
1970	Edward Heath	Conservative	A Better Tomorrow	[23][24]
1966	Edward Heath	Labour	Action Not Words: The New Conservative Programme	[25][26]
1964	Alec Douglas-Home	Labour	Prosperity with a Purpose	[27][28]
1959	Harold Macmillan	Conservative	The Next Five Years	[29][30]
1955	Anthony Eden	Conservative	United for Peace and Progress	[31][32]
1951	Winston Churchill	Conservative	1951 Conservative Party General Election Manifesto	[33][34]
1950	Winston Churchill	Labour	This Is the Road	[35][36]
1945	Winston Churchill	Labour	Winston Churchill's Declaration of Policy to the Electors	[37][38]
1935	Stanley Baldwin	National Government	A Call to the Nation	[39]
1931	Stanley Baldwin	National Government	The Nation's Duty	[40]
1929	Stanley Baldwin	Hung (Labour)	Stanley Baldwin's Election Address	[41]
1924	Stanley Baldwin	Conservative	Stanley Baldwin's Election Address	[42]
1923	Stanley Baldwin	Hung (Labour)	Stanley Baldwin's Election Address	[43]
1922	Bonar Law	Conservative	Andrew Bonar Law's Election Address	[44]
1918	Bonar Law	Hung (Conservative-dominated coalition)	The Manifesto of Lloyd George and Bonar Law	[45]
December 1910	Arthur Balfour	Hung (Liberal with Irish Nationalist support)	Arthur Balfour's Election Address	[46]
January 1910	Arthur Balfour	Hung (Liberal with Irish Nationalist support)	Arthur Balfour's Election Address	[47]
1906	Arthur Balfour	Liberal	Arthur Balfour's Election Address	[48]
1900	Lord Salisbury	Conservative	The Manifesto of the Marquess of Salisbury	[49]

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References

Conservative and Unionist Party

History

Organisations

Conservative Party Archive

Topics

Leadership

House of Lords (1828–1922)	Wellington Derby Malmesbury Cairns Richmond Beaconsfield Salisbury Devonshire Lansdowne Curzon
House of Commons (1834–1922)	Peel Bentinck Granby vacant (1848–1849) Disraeli / Granby / Herries Disraeli Northcote Hicks Beach R. Churchill Smith Balfour Law A. Chamberlain
Leaders (1922–)	Law Baldwin N. Chamberlain W. Churchill Eden Macmillan Douglas-Home Heath Thatcher Major Hague Duncan Smith Howard Cameron May Johnson Truss Sunak
Chairmen (1911–)	Steel-Maitland Younger Jackson Davidson N. Chamberlain Baird Hacking Dugdale Assheton Woolton Poole Hailsham Butler Macleod / Poole Blakenham du Cann Barber Thomas Carrington Whitelaw Thorneycroft Parkinson Gummer Tebbit Brooke Baker Patten Fowler Hanley Mawhinney Parkinson Ancram Davis May Fox / Saatchi Maude Spelman Pickles Warsi / Feldman Shapps / Feldman Feldman McLoughlin Lewis Cleverly / Elliot Milling / Elliot Dowden / Elliot Stephenson / Elliot Berry Zahawi Hands Holden
See also	Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party Maudling Whitelaw Lilley Ancram

Leadership elections
1965 Heath 1975 Thatcher 1989 Thatcher re-elected 1990 Major 1995 Major re-elected 1997 Hague 2001 Duncan Smith 2003 Howard 2005 Cameron 2016 May 2019 Johnson July–September 2022 Truss October 2022 Sunak

Party structure

Professional	Conservative Party Board Conservative Campaign Headquarters Treasurer of the Conservative Party Conservative Research Department
Voluntary	National Conservative Convention
Parliamentary	1922 Committee Conservative Chief Whip's Office
Conference	Conservative Party Conference
Subnational	Northern Ireland Conservatives Scottish Conservatives Welsh Conservatives Gibraltar Conservatives
Directly elected city mayoral authorities	London Conservatives
Local	Conservative Associations

Associated organisations

List	Organisations associated with the Conservative Party
Sectional groups	Conservative Women's Organisation Young Conservatives Conservatives Abroad LGBT+ Conservatives Association of Conservative Clubs
Factional groups	2020 group Activate The Atlantic Bridge Blue Collar Conservativism Common Sense Group Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation Conservative Christian Fellowship Conservative Countryside Forum Conservative Disability Group Conservative European Forum Conservative Friends of America Conservative Friends of the Chinese Conservative Friends of Gibraltar Conservative Friends of India Conservative Friends of Israel Conservative Friends of Palestine Conservative Friends of Turkey Conservative History Group Conservative Humanist Association Conservative Mainstream Conservative Health Conservative Muslim Forum Conservative Education Society Conservative National Property Advisory Committee Conservative Rural Affairs Group Conservative Science & Technology Forum Conservative Trade Unionists Conservative Transport Group Conservative Way Forward Conservative Women National Committee Conservative Workers & Trade Unionists Conservatives 4 Cities Conservatives Against Fox Hunting Conservatives at Work Conservatives for International Travel Cornerstone Group COVID Recovery Group European Foundation European Research Group Fresh Start Macleod Group Margaret Thatcher Foundation Monday Club 92 Group No Campaign No Turning Back Northern Research Group One Nation Conservatives Selsdon Group Tory Green Initiative Tory Reform Group Renewing One Nation Young Britons' Foundation Conservative Co-operative Movement
Politicians	List of MPs 2005–2010 2010–2015 London

Think tanks
Bow Group Bright Blue Bruges Group Centre for Policy Studies Centre for Social Justice European Foundation Onward Policy Exchange Society of Conservative Lawyers

Party alliances

Current	List of current alliances European Conservatives and Reformists Party International Democrat Union (European Democrat Union) European Conservatives Group and Democratic Alliance
Former	List of former alliances Conservative–DUP agreement European People's Party (European People's Party Group) European Conservative Group European Conservatives and Reformists European Democrats Movement for European Reform Alliance for an Open Europe Ulster Conservatives and Unionists (Ulster Unionist Party)