The office of Treasurer of the Conservative Party was established in 1911, along with that of Chairman, as part of a wider reorganisation of the Conservative and Unionist Party's machinery following the party's failure to win the general elections of January and December 1910.[1]
The officeholders are responsible for fundraising, and in recent years, have sat on the Conservative Party Board.
List
This is a list of treasurers of the Conservative Party.[2]
References
- ^ Thevoz (2016), p. 4.
- ^ Thevoz (2016), pp. 24-25.
- ^ "Michael Spencer's allies decry 'unfairness' in lack of peerage". Financial Times. 2016-07-24. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
- ^ "David Cameron's honours list has been 'blocked'". The Independent. 2016-08-02. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
- ^ Hope, Christopher (2016-08-01). "David Cameron's resignation honours list humiliatingly blocked as committee vetoes peerage for former party treasurer". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
- ^ Greenslade, Roy (17 March 2015). "Appeal court reduces damages award against Sunday Times to £50,000". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
- ^ Ponsford, Dominic (17 March 2015). "Sunday Times libel damages to Peter Cruddas reduced on appeal from £180k to £50k". Press Gazette. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
- ^ Letter from the Prime Minister to Lord Bew, 21 December 2020
- ^ Deputy Political Editor, Sam Coates (2018-05-18). "Gallery chief who donated £550,000 set to become Tory treasurer". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
- ^ "New Tory sleaze row as donors who pay £3m get seats in House of Lords". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
- ^ Deputy Political Editor, Sam Coates (2018-05-18). "Gallery chief who donated £550,000 set to become Tory treasurer". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
- ^ a b "Party Structure and Organisation". conservatives.com. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
Further reading
- David Butler and Gareth Butler, Twentieth Century British Political Facts 1900–2000 (Macmillan, 2000) p. 137
- Seth Alexander Thévoz, "Every Treasurer of the Party Has Gone to the Lords, and I Hope I Don't Set a Precedent by Being the First Who Doesn't": Conservative Party Treasurers and Peerages, 1986-2016 (Oxford: Gwilym Gibbon Centre for Public Policy, Nuffield College, Oxford University, September 2016)