Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
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The Leader of the Conservative Party (UK) is the head of the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party and typically serves as its chief political strategist and, when in government, often as Prime Minister.
All labels observed (8)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T431944 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Leader of the Conservative Party (UK) Context triple: [John Major, positionHeld, Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)]
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Leader of the Opposition (UK)
The Leader of the Opposition (UK) is the head of the largest political party in the House of Commons that is not in government, responsible for scrutinizing and challenging the policies and actions of the Prime Minister and the ruling party.
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Leader of the House of Commons
The Leader of the House of Commons is a senior UK government minister responsible for arranging and managing the government's legislative business in the House of Commons.
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Deputy Leader of the Opposition (UK)
The Deputy Leader of the Opposition (UK) is a senior political role, typically within the main opposition party, responsible for supporting and standing in for the Leader of the Opposition in parliamentary and party duties.
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Speaker of the House of Commons
The Speaker of the House of Commons is the politically neutral chief officer and highest authority of the UK’s lower parliamentary chamber, responsible for maintaining order, overseeing debates, and representing the Commons.
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Father of the House of Commons
The Father of the House of Commons is an informal title given to the longest continuously serving member of the UK House of Commons.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Leader of the Conservative Party (UK) Target entity description: The Leader of the Conservative Party (UK) is the head of the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party and typically serves as its chief political strategist and, when in government, often as Prime Minister.
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A.
Leader of the Opposition (UK)
The Leader of the Opposition (UK) is the head of the largest political party in the House of Commons that is not in government, responsible for scrutinizing and challenging the policies and actions of the Prime Minister and the ruling party.
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B.
Leader of the House of Commons
The Leader of the House of Commons is a senior UK government minister responsible for arranging and managing the government's legislative business in the House of Commons.
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Deputy Leader of the Opposition (UK)
The Deputy Leader of the Opposition (UK) is a senior political role, typically within the main opposition party, responsible for supporting and standing in for the Leader of the Opposition in parliamentary and party duties.
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Speaker of the House of Commons
The Speaker of the House of Commons is the politically neutral chief officer and highest authority of the UK’s lower parliamentary chamber, responsible for maintaining order, overseeing debates, and representing the Commons.
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Father of the House of Commons
The Father of the House of Commons is an informal title given to the longest continuously serving member of the UK House of Commons.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
party leadership position
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political office ⓘ |
| appliesToPoliticalParty | Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ |
| associatedWithIdeology | British conservatism ⓘ |
| associatedWithLegislativeBody | House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| canBeRemovedBy | Conservative Party (UK) internal rules ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| hasAuthorityOver |
Conservative Party (UK) central organisation
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linked to:
Conservative Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK) parliamentary party ⓘ
linked to:
Conservative Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK) policy direction ⓘ |
| hasDuty |
appoint senior party officials
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form a government when the Conservative Party (UK) has a majority in the House of Commons ⓘ lead national election campaigns for the Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ shape legislative agenda of the Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalHolder |
Benjamin Disraeli
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Boris Johnson ⓘ David Cameron ⓘ John Major ⓘ Liz Truss ⓘ Margaret Thatcher ⓘ Robert Peel ⓘ Theresa May ⓘ Winston Churchill ⓘ |
| hasRole |
chief political strategist of the Conservative Party (UK)
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head of the Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ party leader ⓘ principal public representative of the Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ |
| inception | 1834 ⓘ |
| isPositionHeldBy | Conservative Party (UK) MP ⓘ |
| isUsually |
Member of Parliament (UK)
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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | United Kingdom national politics ⓘ |
| nativeLabel | Leader of the Conservative Party ⓘ |
| officeHolder | Rishi Sunak ⓘ |
| officeHolderStartTime | 2022-10-24 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Conservative Party (UK) leadership
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linked to:
Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
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| politicalAlignment |
centre-right politics
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conservatism ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Liz Truss
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linked to:
Rishi Sunak
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| reportsTo |
Conservative Party (UK) membership
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Conservative Party (UK) parliamentary party ⓘ
linked to:
Conservative Party (UK)
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| residence | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| scope | national-level party leadership in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| seatRequirement | normally must hold a seat in the House of Commons ⓘ |
| selectionMethod | election by Conservative Party (UK) members and MPs ⓘ |
| termLength | no fixed term ⓘ |
| usedLanguage | English ⓘ |
| whenInGovernmentUsuallyHoldsOffice | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| whenInOppositionUsuallyHoldsOffice | Leader of the Opposition (UK) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Input
Subject: Leader of the Conservative Party (UK) Description of subject: The Leader of the Conservative Party (UK) is the head of the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party and typically serves as its chief political strategist and, when in government, often as Prime Minister.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Heath
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Cameron
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Boris
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Eden
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Lucy Ridsdale
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14th Earl of Home
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Nicholas Howard
Leader of the Labour Party (New Zealand)
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Leader of the Conservative Party (United Kingdom)
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linked to: Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
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Robert Anthony
2019 Conservative Party (UK) leadership election
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officeContested
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Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
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subject linked to:
Michael Hecht
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Thatcher family
2016 Conservative Party leadership election
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officeContested
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Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
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subject linked to:
Duncan Smith
Conservative Party leadership in the House of Commons
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Leader of the Conservative Party in the House of Commons
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linked to: Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
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Javid
linked to: Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
Theresa May confidence vote (December 2018)
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positionContested
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Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
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Jefferson
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Truss
linked to: Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
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Edward Heath (MP for Old Bexley before 1983)