Abstract
The chapter analyses the changing behaviour of the Conservative Party especially in the 2010-2015 Parliament. It argues that Conservative MPs displayed an increased willingness to take an independent line in the House of Commons and that this dissent within the parliamentary Conservative Party was thus more a constraint than a resource for David Cameron in these years. It details the factors which changed the face of the Conservative Party’s parliamentary cohort in 2010 and examines the personalities, factions and issues which marked the Conservative Party in this period. It examines the origins, scale and impact of changes in backbench attitudes and evaluates their significance both for the exercise of leadership in the Conservative Party and for public policy-making.
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