Area Councils Draft 2 New Conservative Party Constitution

 Draft New Conservative Party Constitution (2)

 A Draft New Conservative Party Constitution has been issued.   I set out below various comments on particular clauses.   I welcome any comments.

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44 Should the Constitution mandate/encourage Federations/Groupings?  If so, how can this be suitably phrased?

The Constitution should abolish Federations and neither encourage nor discourage groupings.   Groupings should be determined by the Constituency Associations involved.

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48

 Elections to the Area Council

Delete: Representatives  on the Area Council.   Every Constituency within every Association shall be represented on their respective Area Council in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 7 

Insert: Each Area Council shall comprise:

1)    The members of the Party resident within the Area.

2)    The members of the Area Management Executive, who must be resident within the Area.