Editing Conservative Future (section)

{{Short description|UK political youth movement}}
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{{Infobox political youth organization
| name = Conservative Future
| logo           = [[File:Conservative Future logo.png|300px]]
| president      = [[William Hague|The Baron Hague of Richmond]] 
| chairman    = [[Carlyn Chisholm|The Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen]] 
| colorcode      = #0281AA
| founded = 1998<ref name="Future launched with plans" /> 
| ideology       = [[Conservatism in the United Kingdom|Conservatism]]
|succeeded by=[[Young Conservatives (UK)|Young Conservatives]]| headquarters   = 4 Matthew Parker Street, London SW1A
| dissolved   = 2016
| international  = [[International Young Democrat Union]]<ref name="IYDU member organisations" />
| regional1_type = European
| regional1_name = [[European Young Conservatives]]
| mother party = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]]
}}{{Conservatism UK|Parties}}
'''Conservative Future''' ('''CF''') was the youth movement of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] in [[England]], [[Wales]], and [[Northern Ireland]]. The organisation was made up of all members of the Conservative Party who were 30 years old or younger.{{Citation needed|date=May 2017}}

Conservative Future was founded in 1998.  By 2006, it was the largest political organisation on British campuses<ref name="Forget Tory Boy">{{Cite news |title=Forget Tory Boy, Conservatives are now cool |author=Bryony Gordon |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=4 October 2006 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3655712/Forget-Tory-Boy-Conservatives-are-now-cool.html |author-link=Bryony Gordon }}</ref>  and the estimated membership, including members on campuses and through constituency associations may once have totalled 20,000.<ref name="The restrained children">{{Cite news |title=The restrained children of Cameron |author=Rowenna Davis |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=6 October 2009 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2009/oct/06/toryconference-conservatives }}</ref>

[[Conservative Future Scotland]] was the independent sister organisation of CF in [[Scotland]].  Internationally, Conservative Future participated in the [[centre-right]] [[International Young Democrat Union]].<ref name="IYDU member organisations">{{cite web |url=http://www.iydu.org/index.php?option=com_contact&catid=27&Itemid=50 |title=Member organisations |publisher=[[International Young Democrat Union]] |accessdate=25 October 2009 }}</ref>  Within Europe, it was a founder member of the [[European Young Conservatives]].

Conservative Future founder and former [[Leader of the House of Commons]] [[William Hague]] was announced as the Honorary President at the 2012 [[Conservative Party Conference]] in [[Birmingham]].

It also sent delegates to the [[National Conservative Convention]], the parliament of the party's voluntary wing (Voluntary Party). 2015 was the last year CF sent delegates to the NCC.