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Tories

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1. A political party in Britain, also called the Conservative party. In the late eighteenth century, the Tories took form as defenders of the king and stability and of established interests in Britain; they advised caution in making political and social change. Winston Churchill, Benjamin Disraeli, and Margaret Thatcher belonged to the party.

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Former Mayor of Wigan Michael Winstanley will represent the Tories in the by-election being held in the Greater Manchester constituency on Thursday 18 June.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

This showed the Greens on 18%, behind Reform UK on 26% but ahead of Labour and the Tories, who were both on 17% and the Liberal Democrats on 16%.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

Over the course of nine years, the equivalent Westminster seat in East Renfrewshire passed from Labour to the SNP to the Tories, back to the SNP and then back to Labour.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Leger, a pollster based in Montreal, said this month that the Liberals enjoyed a 14-point lead over the Tories, and 58% of Canadians approved of the Carney administration’s performance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

James Rivington, the man who printed the Gazette, was one of New York’s best known Tories.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen