The Conservative Party in Gibraltar is the part of the

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that operates in the British Overseas Territory of

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. It is a branch of the South West Region of the Conservative Party. The party does not field candidates in the local elections in the territory, and so far has only ever stood candidates for the European Parliament constituency of South West England and Gibraltar.

History

Gibraltar was first represented in European Elections in 2004 as part of the South West England constituency. None of the main Gibraltar political parties ever contested European elections, so voters chose from United Kingdom party lists. The

Gibraltar Social Democrats The Gibraltar Social Democrats (GSD) is a liberal-conservative, centre-right political party in Gibraltar. The GSD was the governing party for four successive terms in office under the leadership of Peter Caruana, from the 1996 general electi ...

have however endorsed the Conservatives in European and UK Parliamentary elections.

2004

The

polled over two-thirds of the Gibraltar vote, with no other party exceeding 10% support. This was to a large part due to the perception that the

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Government in Britain had "betrayed" Gibraltar by attempting to negotiate a constitutional settlement involving joint sovereignty with Spain. This arrangement was rejected overwhelmingly by Gibraltarians in the 2002 sovereignty referendum. The Conservatives were perceived as being unequivocal in their support for Gibraltar's continued British status. In addition both the leader of the Conservative Party, Michael Howard, and his deputy,

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, flew in to rally support. Before the election th
local Conservatives
mounted a vigorous campaign.

2009

The Conservatives won with 51% of the votes. Gibraltar National Day 022 (9719751118) (3)

2014

On the previous two occasions Gibraltar has participated in European elections, the

had topped the poll. The Liberal Democrats won the popular vote in the territory for the first time.

2019

Consistent with the poor performance of the

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throughout the UK in the 2019 election, the party received just 2.7% of the votes in Gibraltar, moving into fifth place with the Liberal Democrats and the

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taking the first and second places in the election. Incumbent MEP Ashley Fox lost his seat.Gibraltar votes
chronicle.gi May 2019

Electoral performance

The below table lists performance in European Parliamentary elections.

MEPs

Notes

References

External links

Official site
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