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CW21 AGENDA Friday 5th February 7.00pm 8.10pm Rt Hon Mark Spencer MP - Chief Whip Conference raffle Saturday 6th February (Conference opens at 9.45am) WELCOME ADDRESS AND MESSAGE FROM THE LUNCH BREAK PRIME MINISTER 12.50pm 10.00am AREA AWARDS Kate Vaughan 1.40pm CONFERENCE OPENING SPEECH CAMPAIGNING FOR OUR LOCAL ENVIRONMENT AND 10.10am COMMUNITIES Rt Hon James Cleverly MP - Minister of State, Foreign, 1.45pm Commonwealth & Development Office Panel session with Cllr Simon Eardley (Cheshire West & Chaired by Lee Evans Chester), Dr Christian Dunn (Bangor University) and Iain FROM THE GRASSROOTS Taylor (Community Forest Trust) 10.50am Introduced and chaired by Cllr Simon Eardley and Cllr Janet Clowes Tom Spiller OBE - Conservative Progress Chaired by Kate Vaughan WHAT TO EXPECT FROM A BIDEN PRESIDENCY? 2.30pm COFFEE BREAK Dr Randall Heather - US Political Analyst 11.20am Chaired by Kate Vaughan A CHAT WITH THE PARTY CHAIRMAN CONFERENCE CLOSING REMARKS 11.30am 3.20pm Rt Hon Amanda Milling MP - Conservative Party Kate Vaughan Chairman Chaired by Wendy Maisey OBE RING2WIN – CONNECT CALLING 12.10pm Anne Perham - Insight Department, CCHQ Chaired by Sean Houlston MESSAGE FROM Kate Vaughan Chairman, Cheshire and Wirral Area Conservatives n behalf of the team, it is my pleasure to welcome you all to CW21, our ninth annual (and first virtual) OCheshire and Wirral Area Conservatives Conference. The pandemic has stopped so much over the past 11 months, and whilst we can see the light at the end of the tunnel with vaccines protecting hundreds more people every minute, COVID-19 is sadly still with us. Our annual conference is a firm fixture in the Conservative political calendar here in Cheshire and Wirral – and the North West – and we haven’t let the pandemic stop us from organising this year’s event and raising money to support campaigning across the Area. At last year’s conference we raised over £8,000 which has been used to support campaigning projects across the Area. We’ve also raised money via Zoom events including speakers, online quizzes and a virtual Christmas Party, and would like to thank members for their support over what has been an extraordinary and unexpected year. This year’s annual conference comes as we prepare for a bumper set of elections in May. We face crucial local elections in Halton, Warrington and Wirral, as well as Police and Crime Commissioner elections in Cheshire and Merseyside, Liverpool City Region Metro Mayor elections in Halton and Wirral, and local by-elections across the Area. Our local associations have been working hard to ensure we field candidates and engage with voters via Connect calling and digital campaigning, but we need your help right across the Area, so please get involved where you can. Whilst the pandemic has meant our Conference has gone online, I trust you will find the same great content that members have come to expect over the past nine years, with guest speakers on both days, interactive presentations and panel sessions, and a brilliant raffle to raise funds to support campaigning. Thank you once again for supporting CW21. The Area team hope you enjoy the Conference and trust that we will have succeeded in delivering an informative and interesting event. With best wishes, THE CONSERVATIVE FOUNDATION YOUR LEGACY – THE COUNTRY’S FUTURE Every year, supporters leave us gifts in their wills. The majority we won in 2019 is their legacy. What will your legacy be? It’s no secret that the Conservative Party has always relied on the generous support of its members. But that’s just the start. To go the extra mile, to win the majority that no one expected, we need lasting financial security. This takes long-term planning – and long-term funding. That’s why the Conservative Foundation was set up a decade ago. The Conservative Foundation provides the party with lasting financial security. Funded entirely through gifts left by supporters in their wills. Every gift, no matter how large or small, helps us win elections. And every gift is ring-fenced, so you can rest assured that your money will always be retained as capital, only the income is distributed, to be used solely for the benefit of the Conservative Party. The money helps provide means-tested bursaries for candidates who qualify for assistance. At the last election, the majority of candidates we gave bursaries to won their seats. At the next election, that could be the difference between a Conservative and a Labour government. But there’s much more to do. So if you want to help secure the future of this country, then why not get in touch? Just see overleaf or call 020 7984 8037. Guest Speaker Friday 5th February ark Spencer was first elected as Since becoming a Member of Parliament, Mark has served Mthe Conservative Member of on several committees including the Environment, Food Parliament for Sherwood in 2010. Mark and Rural Affairs Select Committee. In 2016, the then is also a local farmer and businessman. Prime Minister, Theresa May MP, appointed Mark to the Mark's family have lived in Sherwood Government Whips Office as an Assistant Government for four generations in Lambley - where Whip. Mark also held various other posts in the Whips he still lives today with his wife and two Office including Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury children. (2017-2018), Vice Chamberlain of HM Household (2018) and Comptroller of HM Household (2018-2019). Born in 1970, Mark went to Lambley Primary School then Colonel Frank Seely School in Calverton. He then studied In July 2019, Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, appointed at Shuttleworth Agricultural College in Bedfordshire, Mark to the Cabinet in the post of Government Chief before joining the family farm business which now Whip and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury. Mark employs around 50 local people, growing produce which still spends his time campaigning for Sherwood, and is sold in the farm shop. ensuring that his priorities