2015 Event British Prime Minister David Cameron is re-elected for five more years in a decisive victory that upset predictions of a close election and resulted in the first Conservative majority government since 1992 2012 Event A tight race is expected in South Korea as voters choose between Moon Jae-in, of South Korea's Democratic United Party, and Park Geun-hye, of the conservative Saenuri Party 2012 Event Britain's MP Nadine Dorries is suspended from the Conservative Party after deciding to become the first politician to appear on a reality TV series 2012 Event Andrew Mitchell, the Chief Whip of the British Conservative Party, resigns over remarks he made to police officers in Downing Street 2012 Event In the Finnish Presidential election, conservative candidate Sauli Niinisto wins in a landslide 2006 Event Stephen Harper, wins the election in Canada and is the first conservative Prime Minister in 12 years 1995 Death Viscount Camrose, British large landowner/Conservative, dies 1994 Event Austrian conservative Vice President wins elections/extreme right gets 18.5% 1994 Event Radio conservative Rush Limbaugh (43) weds Marta Fitzgerald (35) 1993 Death Andries Treurnicht, founder South Africa Conservative Party, dies at 72 1990 Death Ian Gow, British Conservative parliament leader, murdered 1989 Event Brazil elects conservative Fernando Collor de Mello president 1985 Event Amy Eilberg is ordained in New York as 1st woman Conservative rabbi 1983 Event Margaret Thatchers Conservative Party wins British parliamentary election 1982 Event Reverend A Treurnicht forms Conservative Party of South Africa 1975 Event Margaret Thatcher elected leader of British Conservative Party 1975 Event Margaret Thatcher defeats Edward Heath for Conservative leadership 1964 Birthday Michael Johns, born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, health care executive, conservative policy analyst, former federal government official for the United States 1961 Birthday Ann Coulter, born in New York City, New York, conservative political commentator, author, 'Godless: The Church of Liberalism', 'How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must)' 1959 Birthday Charles Hendry, born in West Sussex, England, politician, Conservative Member of Parliament for Wealden 1957 Birthday Nick Hawkins, born in the United Kingdom, politician, Conservative Party, lawyer, Member of Parliament for Surrey Heath 1992 - 2005 1956 Birthday Sebastian Coe, born in Chiswick, England, politician, Conservative party, former athlete, Olympic gold medalist 1980 and 1984, considered greatest middle distance runner ever 1956 Birthday Andrew Mitchell, born in Hampstead, London, politician, Conservative party, Member of Parliament for Sutton Coldfield 1955 Birthday Mary Landrieu, born in Arlington, Virginia, politician, Democrat, U.S. Senator from the State of Louisiana, considered among most conservative Democrats in the Senate 1955 Birthday John Stevens, member of European Parliament, founder of the Pro-Euro Conservative party, known for his pro-Euro policy stance 1955 Birthday Henry Bellingham, born in Cheltenham, England, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for North West Norfolk 1953 Birthday Julian Brazier, born in Kent, England, British politician, Conservative Member of Parliament for Canterbury 1953 Birthday Francis Maude, born in Abingdon, England, politician, Conservative party, Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Horsham 1953 Birthday Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, born in Cambridge, England, politician, landowner, Conservative party, Member of Parliament for Cotswold 1953 Birthday Derek Conway, born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, Derek Leslie Conway, politician, Conservative Party, awarded Territorial Decoration, Member of Parliament for Old Bexley and Sidcup 1952 Birthday David Amess, born in London, England, British politician, Conservative, Member of Parliament for Southend West 1951 Birthday Earl Howe, born in England, British politician, Conservative, front bench member, House of Lords, Health spokesman 1950 Birthday Karl Rove, born in Denver, Colorado, Deputy Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush, author, 'Courage and Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight' 1949 Birthday Andrew McKay, conservative MP 1949 Birthday David Evenett, MP, Conservative 1949 Birthday Walter Sweeney, born in Ireland, born Walter Edward Sweeney, politician, lawyer, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for the Vale of Glamorgan 1948 Birthday Robert Spink, born in Haworth, Worth Valley, Yorkshire, England, Robert Michael Spink, politician, Independence Party, former Conservative Party member, became Member of Parliament for Castle Point in June, 2001 1948 Birthday Thomas Spencer, MEP, Conservative 1947 Birthday Jacques Arnold, MP, Conservative 1946 Birthday John Astor, born in Britain, 3rd Baron Astor of Hever, businessman, Conservative Party, House of Lords, Shadow Minister of Defense 1946 Birthday Dudley Fishburn, born in England, British politician, journalist, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom, holds directorship for Altria Group 1946 Birthday Paul Beresford, born in Levin, New Zealand, Sir Alexander Paul Beresford, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Mole Valley 1945 Birthday John Bowis, born in Brighton, England, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Battersea, member of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly 1945 Birthday Richard Ottaway, born in Bristol, England, Richard Geoffrey James Ottaway, politician, Conservative Party, attended Brittania Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, Member of Parliament for Croydon South 1944 Birthday Alan Horwarth, born in Britain, politician, Baron Howarth of Newport, Member of Parliament for Statford-on-Avon and Newport East, educated at King's College, Cambridge, Conservative Party 1944 Birthday Olga Maitland, born in England, born Lady Helen Olga Hay, known as Lady Olga Maitland, politician, Conservative Party 1944 Birthday James Cran, born in Britain, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Beverley and Holderness 1997 - 2005 1943 Birthday Keith Hampson, born in England, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Ripon 1943 Birthday Julia Cumberlege, born in England, Julia Frances Cumberlege, Baroness Cumberlege, politician, businesswoman, British Conservative Party, member of Dames of the Order of St. Gregory the Great 1942 Birthday Michael Stephen, born in England, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Shoreham from 1992 until 1997 1942 Birthday James Couchman, born in England, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Gillingham 1941 Birthday John Butterfill, born in Kingston upon Thames, England, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament Bournemouth West 1940 Birthday Brian Mawhinney, chairman, British Conservative Party 1940 Birthday Tony Marlow, MP, Conservative 1939 Birthday Barry Porter, MP, Conservative 1939 Birthday Phil Gallie, born in Portsmouth, England, born Philip Roy Gallie, politician, Conservative Party, Member of the Scottish Parliament, Member of Parliament for Ayr 1939 Birthday Patrick Cormack, born in Grimsby, England, politician, journalist, author, historian, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for South Staffordshire 1939 Birthday Hugh Dykes, born in England, served as Conservative Member of Parliament for Harrow East, member of the European Parliament, Vice President of the British-German Association 1939 Birthday Malcolm Thornton, born in England, politician, Conservative party, Member of Parliament for Liverpool 1979 - 1983, Member of Parliament for Crosby 1983 - 1997 1939 Birthday Charles Lyell, born in England, born Charles Lyell, 3rd Baron Lyell, politician, Conservative Party, whip, House of Lords, Peerage of the United Kingdom 1938 Birthday Patrick Buchanan, conservative political columnist 1937 Birthday Peter Lloyd, born in England, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Fareham 1979 - 2001 1937 Birthday Terry Dicks, born in Britain, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Hayes and Harlington 1983 - 1997 1937 Birthday Jerry Wiggin, born in Worcestershire, England, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Weston-super-Mare 1937 Birthday Christopher Tugendhat, born in England, born Christopher Samuel Tugendhat, Baron Tugendhat of Widdington in the County of Essex, politician, Conservative Party, journalist, author, businessman 1936 Birthday Marion Roe, born in London, Dame Marion Audrey Roe, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Broxbourne from 1983 until 2005 1935 Birthday Esmond Bulmer, English cider brewer/Conservative Lower house leader 1935 Birthday David Evans, born in England, footballer, cricketer for Aston Villa, Conservative Member of Parliament for Welwyn Hatfield 1934 Birthday Michael Mates, born in England, born Michael John Mates, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for East Hampshire 1934 Birthday Keith Speed, born in Evesham, England, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Meriden in Warwickshire 1968 - 1974 1934 Birthday Roger Nicholas Edwards, born in England, born Roger Nicholas Edwards, Lord Crickhowell, Baron Crickhowell, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Pembrokeshire, Secretary of State for Wales 1933 Birthday Jerry Falwell, born in Virginia, pastor, evangelist, social conservative, cofounder of the Moral Majority 1933 Birthday Tim Rathbone, born in England, born John Rankin Rathbone, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Lewes from 1974 to 1997 1932 Birthday Angela Rumbold, born in England, politician, Member of Parliament, British Conservative Party, attended King's College, served as Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party 1932 Birthday Lord Renton, MP, Conservative 1932 Birthday Timothy Renton, born in England, born Ronald Timothy Renton, Baron Renton of Mount Harry, politician, Conservative Party, Minister of State, Margaret Thatcher's Chief Whip, Member of Parliament for Mid-Sussex 1932 Birthday James Lester, born in Nottingham, England, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Beeston, served as party whip, junior employment minister 1932 Birthday John Nott, born in Bideford, Devon, Sir John William Frederic Nott, Conservative Party, served as Secretary of State for Defense 1981 - 1983, was Member of Parliament for St. Ives in Cornwall 1966 - 1983 1930 Birthday Roger Sims, born in Britain, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Chislehurst 1974 - 1997 1930 Birthday Bill Benyon, English large landowner/Conservative Lower house leader 1929 Birthday John Hannam, born in the United Kingdom, Member of Parliament for Exeter, Conservative Party 1929 Birthday Arthur Hill, born in Brompton Square, London, Arthur Robin Ian Hill, 8th Marquess of Downshire, the Hereditary Constable of Hillsborough Fort. Conservative Party, House of Lords 1929 Birthday Amedee Turner, born in England, Amedee Edward Turner, politician, barrister, Conservative Party, Member of the European Parliament, patent lawyer 1929 Birthday Bill Walker, born in Dundee, Scotland, politician, deputy chairman, Scottish Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Perth and East Perthshire 1929 Birthday Richard Long, born in London, England, Richard Gerard Long, 4th Viscount Long, politician, Conservative Party 1928 Birthday Peter Griffiths, born in London, born Peter Harry Steve Griffiths, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Smethwick 1927 Birthday Marcus Fox, conservative MP/chairman, 1922 Committee 1927 Birthday Martinus J Mentz, South African MP, Conservative 1927 Birthday Anthony Garner, director, Conservative Central Office 1926 Birthday Cranley Onslow, born in England, politician, Conservative Member of Parliament for Woking, called for lower middle class taxes, life peer as Baron Onslow of Working in Surrey County 1926 Birthday Rayner Goddard, born in England, Lord Goddard, Baron Goddard, judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, known for his strict conservative rulings 1925 Birthday William F. Buckley, Jr., born in New York City, conservative author, commentator, founded 'The National Review' 1925 Birthday Rhodes Boyson, born in Lancashire, England, Sir Rhodes Boyson, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Brent North 1925 Birthday John Wells, born in England, politician, Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Maidstone, educated at Eton College and Corpus Christi College, Oxford 1925 Birthday Charles Henry Plumb, born in England, Charles Henry Plumb, Lord Plumb, Baron Plumb of Coleshill, County of Warwickshire, Conservative Party, politician, leading figure, National Farmers Union 1925 Birthday Fred Catherwood, born in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, politician, writer, Conservative member of the European Parliament, president of Evangelical Alliance 1925 Birthday Peter Lane, born in England, Baron Lane of Horsell, Lord Land of Horsell, politician, businessman, Conservative Party, served in Royal Navy, life peer, House of Lords 1923 Birthday Gerard Vaughn, MP, Conservative 1922 Event British Conservative wins election/Labour 2nd party 1922 Event Conservative A Bonar forms new government in England 1922 Birthday John Farr, born in Nottingham, England, Sir John Arnold Farr, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Harborough 1959 - 1992, served with Royal Navy during World War II 1922 Birthday Lord James Hanson, English industrialist/House of Lords, Conservative 1921 Birthday Ian Percival, born in England, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Southport, served in World War II in North Africa and Burma, earned rank of Major 1921 Birthday Andries Treurnicht, Dr. No, founder, South Africa Conservative Party 1920 Birthday Walter Clegg, born in England, politician, Conservative Party, served as Comptroller of the Household, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, Member of Parliament for Wyre, Member of Parliament for North Fylde 1919 Birthday Julian Amery, conservative minister 1918 Birthday Mervyn Pike, born in England, Irene Mervyn Parnicott Pike, Baroness Pike, Conservative, Life Peerk, knighted, Member of Parliament for Melton, in the county of Leicestershire 1917 Birthday John Stokes, born in England, politician, Conservative Party Member of Parliament, The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, member of the Conservative Monday Club, Primrose League 1917 Birthday Carl Karcher, born in Ohio, restauranteur, founder of Carl's Jr. hamburger chain, supported Conservative causes 1916 Birthday Francis Cockfield, born in Horsham, England, born Francis Arthur Cockfield, Baron Cockfield of Dover in the County of Kent, politician, Conservative Party, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1915 Birthday Julian Ridsdale, born in England, politician, Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Harwich in Essex, The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire 1912 Birthday Cuthbert Alport, born in England, born Cuthbert James McCall Alport, Lord Alport, Baron Alport, politician, Conservative Party, Cabinet Minister, life peer, Deputy Lieutenant for Essex 1912 Birthday Ian Orr-Ewing, born in England, Charles Ian Orr-Ewing, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Hendon North, Baronet of Hendon 1788 Birthday Robert "Bobbie" Peel, British conservative premier/founder, Bobbies 1382 Event Conservative "Popolo Grasso" regain power in Florence Italy
