Conservative Party in Northern Ireland

synonyms: The 'Model' North Down Association of the Conservative Party (??) A branch of the British Conservative Party. Although both the Labour and Conservative parties said for many years that they would not organise in Northern Ireland, the Conservative Party was forced, by a vote at their annual conference in 1989, to begin campaigning in the region. A branch of the Conservative Party was established in North Down but has had only mixed political success at the polls.