Conservative Friends of Gibraltar
Encyclopedia
Conservative Friends of Gibraltar is a lobby group within the Conservative Party
opposed to any joint sovereignty of Gibraltar
with Spain
.
To promote and defend the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar
within the Conservative Party, the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth, and beyond.
Related objectives of C.F.G. include:
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
opposed to any joint sovereignty of Gibraltar
Gibraltar
Gibraltar is a British overseas territory located on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula at the entrance of the Mediterranean. A peninsula with an area of , it has a northern border with Andalusia, Spain. The Rock of Gibraltar is the major landmark of the region...
with Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
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Objectives
The central objective of C.F.G. is, as its Founding Declaration states:To promote and defend the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar
Gibraltar
Gibraltar is a British overseas territory located on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula at the entrance of the Mediterranean. A peninsula with an area of , it has a northern border with Andalusia, Spain. The Rock of Gibraltar is the major landmark of the region...
within the Conservative Party, the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth, and beyond.
Related objectives of C.F.G. include:
- For Gibraltar to remain British in its entirety and in perpetuity.
- To oppose any negotiations or agreements about the future of Gibraltar that are contrary to the wishes of the Gibraltarian people.
- To expose the illegitimacy of Spain's claim to Gibraltar.
- To promote a settled constitutional status for Gibraltar.
- CFG shall work to promote these objectives first and foremost within the Conservative Party, seeking through reasoned argument and debate to have them made official Party policy. CFG shall also, though, work to promote these objectives to a wider audience wherever possible.
Honorary officers
- President - The Nicholas Bethell, 4th Baron Bethell M.E.P.
- Deputy President - Sir Nicholas WintertonNicholas WintertonSir Nicholas Raymond Winterton is a retired British Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Macclesfield from 1971 until he retired from the House of Commons at the 2010 general election....
M.P. - Vice President - Eleanor LaingEleanor LaingEleanor Fulton Laing, née Pritchard, is a British politician. She is Conservative Member of Parliament for Epping Forest, and was first elected in 1997.-Early life:...
M.P. - Vice President - Bob SpinkBob SpinkRobert Michael Spink is a politician in the United Kingdom. He was elected as the Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Castle Point in Essex in 1992, lost his seat in 1997, but regained it in 2001...
M.P. - Vice President - Tim LoughtonTim LoughtonTimothy Paul Loughton is a British Conservative Party politician, and has been Member of Parliament for East Worthing and Shoreham since the 1997 general election...
M.P. - Vice President - Murdo FraserMurdo FraserMurdo Fraser is a Scottish politician and the current Deputy leader of the Scottish Conservative Party in the Scottish Parliament. He has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament for the Mid Scotland and Fife region since 2001....
M.S.P.
Elected officers
- Chairman - Andrew RosindellAndrew RosindellAndrew Richard Rosindell is an English Conservative politician. He is the Member of Parliament for the Romford constituency in Greater London...
M.P. - Deputy Chairman - Jamie WhiteJamie WhiteJamie White is an American radio personality and actress who is most notable for having hosted mornings on KYSR Star 98.7 in Los Angeles for nearly nine years...
- Deputy Chairman - Holly Farrow
- Deputy Chairman and Treasurer - Alex Stafford
- Executive Secretary - Stephen ColemanStephen ColemanStephen Coleman is an American film orchestrator and conductor. He received a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Composition from the Manhattan School of Music, in New York...
- Parliamentary Monitor - Sean O'Shea
- Press and Publicity Officer - Anita Vukomanovic