๐จ Candidate Spotlight
Jihyun Park is standing as a council candidate in Bury.
She was born in North Korea and came to the UK in 2008 as a refugee.
She joined the Conservative Party in 2017, and was the first North Korean refugee to join the party.
We are shocked and deeply saddened by the murder of our colleague Sir David Amess MP.
We send our thoughts and deepest sympathies to his family, friends and colleagues.
Happy International Women's Day! A day to celebrate & advocate for women across the globe. Today we think about women fighting for justice & freedom, and the work we do to empower women into public life. Thank you @RishiSunak@10DowningStreet for the IWD reception this week.
Itโs just over two weeks till local elections and this week weโre sharing our brilliant Somerset County Council candidate, Mandy Chilcott. Mandy has been a town, district and county councillor serving her community for 15 years.
Huge congratulations to our very own Fleur Butler @CWOYorkshire on becoming President-elect of the @Conservatives National Convention, taking up the role at the end of July. ๐๐ #Askhertostand@Women2Win@tory_women
๐จ Candidate spotlight
Meet Gayatri Lokhande, who is standing as a candidate for Boscombe and Pokesdown ward in Bournemouth East.
She has been living in Bournemouth for over 14 years and a Cyber Security consultant by profession.
@BmouthEastCA
Another great session across the Canary Wharf ward, incredible responses on the doorstep!
People want, and rightly deserve, hardworking councillors who will serve them and not their own interests. #VoteConservative
All of us from CWO would like to congratulate our former Chairman Fleur Butler on being awarded an OBE for her services to politics and to women.
She has been an inspiration to many of us and we would like to thank her for everything she does to empower more women to
To all those who @cwowomen who put themselves forward to represent their communities, and to all those who supported them in their hundreds across the country - THANK YOU!๐#askhertostand