"Global Times" answered readers: What is the "1922 Committee" of the British Conservative Party?

Editor: Comrade:

Recently, it was reported that Bredi, chairman of the 1922 Committee of the British Conservative Party, announced that Trask defeated his opponent Sonak to be elected to the Conservative Party. What organization is the British Conservative Party 1922?

Hubei reader Liu Weichen

The 1922 committee is a group consisting of the counters after all the councils of the British Conservative Party. Council member, also called back seats, as the name suggests, refers to the members of the British parliament sitting on the back seat during the meeting. In contrast, the parliamentary meeting is the prime minister and other important members of the cabinet members during the meeting. In other words, the rear parliament is an ordinary parliamentarian; the 1922 committee composed of the conservative party concept is a group representing the ordinary members of the Conservative Party. The group was formally formed in 1923 and was composed of ordinary members generated by the 1922 election, so it was named 1922.

The committee has an executive committee, which is elected by the executive committee. A chairman of the Executive Committee, the current chairman is Graham Bredi, took office in 2010. In May 2010, shortly after the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party formed the United Government, the premiere of the Conservative Party and the British Prime Minister Cameron were proposed and voted by the 1922 Committee. Meeting. However, under Bredi persistence, the former member of the predecessor did not have the right to vote.

According to the British Conservative Party Constitution, the 1922 committee played a key leading role in the conservative party's first election. During the party's first election stage, it is not only responsible for submitting the list of candidates, but also confirming that the party's first candidate and specific voting procedures are determined by the Conservative Council. In addition, the chairman of the Executive Committee served as an election supervisor throughout the election. Therefore, the chairman of the 1922 committee announced that the results of the conservative party's first election are normal.

During the first campaign of the Conservative Party in 2019, Bredi himself was eager to try the party's first throne. To this end, he temporarily resigned as the chairman of the committee. Chairman. (Wang Pinzhi)

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