The Glasgow City Conservative and Unionist Association was established in April, 2013.
We are a voluntary organisation within the city which is solely funded by local party membership, subscriptions, donations and fund-raising events. We are open to all and everyone is well come to join us or attend our campaigning or social events.
We support the Scottish Conservative Party in a number of different ways:
- Campaigning on our beliefs
- Organising and attending events (political and social)
- Providing new ideas to help make Glasgow an even better place to live
- Working hard to ensure we elect more Councillors, MPs and MSPs
- Submit ideas that would be beneficial for Glasgow when party policy is being formulated
The Glasgow City Conservative and Unionist Association fights hard to ensure that Scottish Conservatives are elected to office from local Government to Holyrood and Westminster. We actively campaign to increase our share of the vote, spread our message and win seats. We also specifically champion the issues most important to the people of Glasgow and we campaign at every level to bring about the change our great city so desperately needs.
We are a patriotic party of the Scottish centre-right which stands for order, family, enterprise, homeownership, community, and equality of opportunity.
We are a party of freedom and of responsibility, a party of localism and of unionism, a party of strong government and of free enterprise.
As champions of freedom through individual choice, we believe that families and not the state make the decisions that are best for themselves and their communities. But we also stand for personal responsibility, meaning, we believe that people must take responsibility for the decisions they make and bear the consequences if they break the law; for freedom cannot exist without responsibility and respect for the rule of law.
We hold a passionate belief in localism. In Glasgow we are constantly fighting to give more powers to our communities as we believe that decisions should be made as close to the people as possible to re-empower our local communities. But we also stand for Scotland's place in the union, believing that Scotland benefits so much from the United Kingdom, just as the United Kingdom benefits so much from Scotland; four countries, one nation.
We believe in government that is strong in its guarantee of security, freedom and civil liberties. One that is invested in and capable of working with and not against the market to preserve the conservative dream of homeownership and the services upon which we all depend. But we also believe that individuals, businesses and entrepreneurs should be able to trade within the United Kingdom free of unnecessary regulations and unencumbered by excessive taxation.
Fundamentally, we believe in the conservation of our traditions, our nation, and our social order; preserving our cultural, constitutional, social, and economic inheritance for the generations next to come.
This is an extremely exciting time for Conservatives in Glasgow. Our Association presents many opportunities for the Conservatives to tell their story of delivering change for ordinary hardworking Glaswegians.