Margot James PPC
Margot James was invited to become Patron of UCL Conservative Society in September 2004.
Margot was the Parliamentary Candidate for Holborn and St Pancras at the last general election. Since her appointment, Margot has supported directly or indirectly many of the Society’s events. Including giving the vote of thanks at the Annual Committee Dinner and organising for UCL Conservatives to attend a number of receptions throughout the year.
Margot is a University of London graduate (LSE) and has been vocal in her opposition to the Governments plans for the imposition of target numbers and the underfinding of Universities.
Margot has recently become Vice Chairman, for women, of the Conservative Party.
In December 2006 Margot was selected as the PPC for Stourbridge.
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Baroness Thatcher LG, OM, PC, FRS
Margaret Thatcher was made a Life Patron of the Society in the early 80’s.
Thatcher was the longest-serving British Prime Minister. She is also the only woman to have served as Prime Minister, one of only two women to have led a major political party in the UK, and one of only two to have held any of the four great offices of state.In 1992, Margaret Thatcher was raised to the House of Lords by the conferment of a life peerage as Baroness Thatcher, of Kesteven in the County of Lincolnshire.
On 21 February 2007 as a statue of her was unveiled in the UK Parliament, Lady Thatcher made a rare and brief speech in the members’ lobby of the House of Commons. She said: “I might have preferred iron - but bronze will do… It won’t rust. And, this time I hope, the head will stay on.”
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