Conservative Future Scotland
Conservative Future Scotland | |
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Chairman | Ian Donnell |
Treasurer | Calum Richardson |
Secretary | Callum Purves |
Ideology | Conservatism |
International affiliation | International Young Democrat Union |
Website | |
Official website |
Conservative Future Scotland (CFS) is the youth wing of the Scottish Conservative Party.[1]
The organisation formed in early 2005 by the merger of the Scottish Young Conservatives and the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Students (SCUS) group, a process which had happened with its sister organisation in the rest of the United Kingdom - Conservative Future - in 1998. Its membership comprises all of the Scottish Conservative Party's members under the age of 30[2] or who are currently in higher education. The organisation forms itself into three regions, each with its own executive. Within the regions University Conservative and Unionist Associations and area Conservative Future branches organise at the local level.
CFS is the independent sister organisation of Conservative Future, the central Conservative Party body that operates in the rest of the UK.
CFS had to cancel its 2014 Conference because of a "lack of interest and declining membership".[3] The Conservative Party itself, following the 2015 General Election, has only one Westminster MP with a seat in Scotland.
The 2015/16 Elections were held in December 2015 and saw Ian Donnell elected to the post of National Chair. Calum Richardson was elected to the post of National Treasurer and Callum Purves was elected to the position of National Secretary. All 3 serve on the committee of the St Andrews University Association.
National Executive 2015/16
National Officers
- National Chairman - Ian Donnell
- National Treasurer - Calum Richardson
- National Secretary - Callum Purves
Regional Chairmen
- North of Scotland Chairman - Vladimir Kardapoltsev
- West of Scotland Chairman - Vacant
- East of Scotland Chairman - Tom Wrench
Non-Voting Members
- Policy Forum Co-Director - Robert Weir
Former Chairmen/Presidents
2014/15 - Chairman: Michael Kuznir
2013/14 - Chairman: Andrew Yule
2012/13 - Presidency Abolished Chairman: Declan Pang
2011/12 - President: Aric Gilinsky; Chairman: James Reekie
2010/11 - President: Duncan Stewart; Chairman: Anne Sutherland
2009/10 - President: David Ritchie; Chairman: Oliver Lash-Williams
2008/09 - President- Gabrielle Mancini;
Chairman- Bess Rhodes
2007/08- President- Hannah Dolan; Chairman- Tobias Lehman
East of Scotland
East of Scotland Regional Officers
- East of Scotland Chairman - Tom Wrench
- East of Scotland Treasurer - Vacant
- East of Scotland Secretary - Charlie Mann
Branches
Universities
- Dundee University Conservative and Unionist Association (DUCUA)
- Edinburgh University Conservative and Unionist Association (EUCUA)
- St Andrews University Conservative Association (www.facebook.com/STAUCA)
- University of Stirling Conservative Association
West of Scotland
West of Scotland Regional Officers
- West of Scotland Chairman - Vacant
- West of Scotland Treasurer - Vacant
- West of Scotland Secretary - Vacant
Branches
Universities
- Glasgow University Conservative and Unionist Association (GUCUA)
- University of Strathclyde Conservative and Unionist Association
North of Scotland
North of Scotland Regional Officers
- North of Scotland Chairman - Vladimir Kardapoltsev
- North of Scotland Treasurer - Emma Farqhuar
- North of Scotland Secretary - Fiona Craigen
Branches
Universities
- Aberdeen University Conservatives
- Robert Gordon University Conservative and Unionist Association (RGUCUA)
References
- The Young Tory Renaissance, The Sunday Times, October 2006
- Let's Get This Party Restarted, The Herald Magazine, 24 May 2009
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