By Tim Montgomerie
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It's been harder and harder to get people to go to party conferences – partly because of the cost of the major city locations and partly because of the lack of rough-and-tumble politics in the main arena events. A survey conducted by the President of the National Convention, Paul Swaddle, reveals, however, that the overwhelming majority of those who go to Conference seem to enjoy it and want to return.
20% of those who attended October's Birmingham gathering were surveyed and these were the key results:
Would you recommend Conference to others?
Will you be attending next year's Conference?
Have you attended the annual Conservative Party Conference before?
Our own September survey of Tory members found the following results when we asked people to say which THREE things would most increase the likelihood that they would attend Party Conference:
Another 16% said "nothing would make me attend Conference"!