By ElectMichelle 2010 Team

Last week, various activists including the National Executive’s own Chris Hampsheir and Michelle Donelan led a team to Wentworth and Dearne to campaign on behalf of Michelle, who is the only National Executive member fighting for a Parliamentary seat at the upcoming General Election.
The weekend was devised around the target local council seats and we started off early in the morning, with various members of the small and steadfast local association, who were absolutely fantastic in putting us up. A special thanks to the Chairman of the …

Well the time is finally here! We’ve been waiting a long time for this and Gordon Brown has finally called the General Election.

The choice at this election is clear: 5 more years of Gordon Brown’s tired government making things worse – or David Cameron and the Conservatives with the energy, leadership and values to get the country moving.

With the announcement of the General Election likely any day now, CF can today roll out another activist tool as we step up our campaign readiness.

The General Election Map, the template for which we trialed during the 2009 Euro elections and Norwich North by-election, will show activists crucial information on CF’s General Election activity.

On Friday evening a dozen of us met at Paddington station to embark on a four hour train journey to Hereford in order to take part in a huge action weekend to support the Conservative candidate Jesse Norman.

We delivered over 8,000 pieces of literature in key areas and canvassed hundreds of residents, listening to their concerns.

On Wednesday 14th April the CF team in Wiltshire will hold a huge Time To Get Involved event in Swindon and Chippenham, firing the starting pistol for CF’s campaigning, and setting a textbook example of organisation and commitment that we want to see replicated nationwide.
I can do no better than borrow heavily from CF’s Wiltshire AC Toby Elliott, who has submitted a detailed and comprehensive plan for the day. Wiltshire contains seven seats, three of which are crucial target seats in which the local team will be looking to make a big impact.
The day …

London Conservative Future spent the weekend campaigning in Watford for PPC Richard Harrington and the local action team. The event, which included a detailed campaign briefing and constituency profile session, saw a dozen activists spend Saturday and Sunday on the campaign trail in the top target seat.
Activists teamed up with the local Association and completed several canvassing and leafleting sessions, engaging with Watford residents and listening to their concerns. The group also got the chance to see the newly launched campaign minibus, which included the slogan ‘Vote for Change’ to …

Yorkshire and Humberside and East Midlands CF are proud to announce a partnership to focus on Target Seat Campaign’s for the upcoming election. This will take the form of organised Campaign days being co-ordinated across the regions to boost our election activity.
Yorkshire & Humberside and East Midlands are also planning to work closely to develop join social events and Campaign Strategies. Given the vast Geography of the two regions and often Rural locations it was decided that with the number of Target Seats falling across or just on the boundaries …

On Saturday December 12, Conservative Future activists from various branches across the North East joined local PPCs and members on a 7am battle bus from Newcastle to Harrogate to help deliver a letter and survey from David Cameron to the constituents of Harrogate and Knaresborough.

This campaign project was directly targeted at voters who want change but are unsure how to achieve it.

By Elaine Bamford (AC Tyne and Wear & Northumberland)

On Saturday 7th November, Conservative Future members from branches across Northumberland & Tyne and Wear joined local PPCs, members and activists on a 7am battle bus to travel up to the Glasgow North-East By-Election.
In total, we managed to help deliver more than 10,000 leaflets for the Conservative candidate Ruth Davidson.
You can view Ruth Davidson’s website here.

On Saturday London Conservative Future activists headed to Lewisham East for a campaign day with PPC Jonathan Clamp.

The campaign saw activists delivered thousands of pieces of literature in the top target seat.

“It was great to see so many London Conservative Future activists out and about supporting a key campaign,” said Serene Richards, London Conservative Future.