As of 2024, there are a number of factions within the British parliamentary Conservative Party which have the informal name of the "Five Families", named after the Five Families of the New York Mafia.[1][2]
Among the factions that have been described as members of the "Five Families" are:[3]
- The Blue Collar Conservatives, a group that identify as working class MPs
- The Common Sense Group, a group of right-wing MPs.[4]
- The Conservative Growth Group, supporting Liz Truss.[5]
- The European Research Group, a group of Eurosceptic MPs that promoted Brexit.
- The New Conservatives, a parliamentary group of predominantly "Red Wall" Conservative MPs.
- The No Turning Back group, backing Thatcherite policies.
- The Northern Research Group, consisting of MPs elected to seats in Northern England.
- The One Nation Conservatives, consisting of centre right MPs taking a more moderate position on social and fiscal policies.
References
edit- ^ Buchan, Lizzy (2024-01-16). "'The Five Families' - All the Tory rebel groups threatening pain for Rishi Sunak". The Mirror. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
- ^ Wood, Poppy (2023-12-09). "Tory rebel factions dubbed the 'five families' like New York mafia". inews.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
- ^ "What are the so-called 'five families' of the Tory party in Westminster?". The Independent. 2024-01-16. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
- ^ Walker, Peter (2023-12-28). "Heavy election defeat could lead to Tory lurch to right, analysis shows". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
- ^ Allegretti, Aubrey (2023-10-02). "Rishi Sunak's Commons majority in peril as 60 Tories join Liz Truss group". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
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