Conservatives Abroad mourns the passing of one of its key founders, the Rt. Hon. Lord Tebbit CH PC.
Following the 1985 Representation of the People Act which defined ‘overseas elector’, Norman Tebbit MP had been made Chairman of the Conservative Party and asked Central Office to run a campaign to register newly enfranchised overseas citizens, which during his tenure as Chairman between 1985 to 1987 evolved into the creation of a dedicated Party organisation focused on overseas voters, which, as it remains today, was called ‘Conservatives Abroad’.
All of us at Conservatives Abroad are deeply indebted to the vision and support Norman Tebbit had for Britons living overseas and their right of enfranchisement and representation as British citizens.
