Campaign for Conservative Democracy: About Us

The Campaign for Conservative Democracy was formed in 1994 to campaign for a democratic Conservative Party. It campaigns under the slogan of COPOV i.e. Conservatives, One Person, One Vote.

The original objective of COPOV was "The creation of a Conservative Party Constitution in which each member has one vote". In 1994 the Conservative Party did not have a Constitution. As a result of pressure from COPOV a Constitution was created in 1998, but this Constitution had a major fault line in it as it could only be changed through an electoral college.

Over the years COPOV has extended its objectives by looking at democracy in its widest sense throughout the United Kingdom and within the Conservative Party it has the following main objects:

* The Constitution of the Conservative Party to be approved or altered on the basis of one member one vote at an AGM of the Party open to all members of which two thirds voting are in favour.
* The officers of the Conservative Party (Chairman, Treasurer, Chairman of the Candidates Committee, Chairman of the Policy Forum) to be elected by the members of the Party at an AGM which will also adopt the Annual reports of the officers.
* The democratic principles of elected officers should apply at all levels (national, regional and constituency) of the Conservative Party.
* Should the Leader of the Conservative Party enter into a Coalition Agreement or Arrangement with another Party this must be endorsed at a meeting of the Parliamentary Party and at a Special General Meeting of Conservative members.

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At the last Annual General Meeting of COPOV the following were elected:

Chairman John E. Strafford

Deputy Chairmen Cllr. Derek Tipp

Mike Baker

Hon. Secretary Caroline Strafford

Management Committee Cllr Alan Glass

Stephen Parker

Jo Summer

Julia Long
Cllr. Trevor Egleton

Christopher Horne

2 comments:

Garry HeathMarch 2, 2016 at 11:04 AM
This week's announcement on CCO's plans for grassroots association has just increased the importance of this Campaign from useful to vital.

We are increasingly seeing our democracy being taken over by an inward looking "we know best elite".

We need to take back control and with it we may attract a wider membership.

Every week I get an email expousing the "victories" of some minister or another. There is never a return email and always a demand for money.

This should tell every party member exactly what the leadership thinks of them. Swivelled eyed loons only good to be milked by the gifted elite