Changes to the Conservative Party Constitution - Constituency Chairmen!

 

 Changes to the Conservative Party Constitution – Other changes

·         “Schedule 6 Article 14 If an Association officer is removed by the Board, the replacement does not have to be a member of the Association  or the Area Management Executive if the Board so decides.”

More power to the centre!

·         Present Constitution states:

“Schedule 1 Article 1.2

“the 1922 Committee” means a committee comprising all Members of Parliament;”

This is to be changed to:

“the 1922 Committee means The Conservative Private Members (1922) Committee a committee comprising all Members of Parliament as defined by the Committee Rules.

As the 1922 Committee has considerable powers, particularly in relation to a Leadership contest should not the members of the Party know what the Committee Rules are.?   The Rules could be changed, and ordinary Party members would not know anything about the change!   Dangerous territory!

·         Sensible change:   It is proposed that the term of office of the Officers of an Association should be five years.   This is what it used to be, and it was a mistake to change it.   One of the consequences of this is that the Chairman of an Association could now be a member of the National Convention for five years!