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= = The Conservative Party = = A History =

The Conservative Party was founded in 1834 by Sir Robert Peel, the prime minister of the United Kingdom. It has origins in the Tory Party, a political grouping stretching back to the 17th century, and the Conservative Party is sometimes referred to as Tory. With the expansion of electoral franchise in the 19th century, the party formed an alliance with the new Liberal Unionist Party in 1886, and held power for over twenty years before a defeat in 1906. In 1912 the Conservative Party merged with the Liberal Unionists. During World War I, the Conservative Party joined an all-party coalition under prime minister David Lloyd George, and again during World War II under the leadership of Winston Churchill. In 1951 they won the general election, and stayed in power until 1959. In 1979 the Conservative Party won the general election, placing Margaret Thatcher as prime minister until 1990, when she was replaced by John Major as party leader, causing another victory for the Conservatives in the 1992 election. The party remained in power until 1997, defeated by the Labour Party, and was in opposition until the 2010 election, when the Conservative Party entered a coalition government with the Liberal Democrats, with Conservative David Cameron as prime minister.



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