About us

Mission Statement

The Conservative Co-operative movement (CCM) has been established to promote the co-operative ideal from within the Conservative Party, in order to realise the concept of the Big Society.

Aims

CCM will promote alternative models of capitalism in which risk and profit are shared more equitably, thereby establishing active citizenship as the Big Society. CCM will promote cooperative values across the public and private sectors. Spreading the sharing of good practice and encouraging politicians at national and local level to prioritize a cooperative approach to business.

About the Conservative Co-operative Movement (CCM)

The Conservative Co-operative Movement was set up by Jesse Norman in response to a call by David Cameron for a new centre-right organisation to promote co-ops and the co-operative ethos. In that role, the CCM has had a major impact both in opening up debate about the value of co-ops and employee ownership within the public services, and in shaping Conservative party policy on the use of co-ops. Party policy now includes enabling legislation for public sector workers to form co-ops to deliver public services; for communities to take over municipal and council facilities, and run them as co-ops; and for greater use of co-ops in housing. Now constituted as a co-op itself, the CCM has started to build up its own membership according to co-operative principles, adding a practical dimension to its existing advocacy and promotional work.

Our people

Jesse Norman MP

Jesse Norman is the Member of Parliament for Hereford and South Herefordshire, a member of the Treasury Select Committee who has recently joined the Policy Board at 10 Downing Street. The media voted him Parliamentarian of the Year and Backbencher of the Year in 2012.

Jesse has huge experience of co-ops and employee ownership, having been a director of Job Ownership Ltd (now the Employee Ownership Association), a pioneering advisory and advocacy organisation for employee ownership. He is author of some highly acclaimed titles including The Big Society and a biography of the 18th Century statesman Edmund Burke, The Achievement of Michael Oakeshott (ed.), After Euclid and Compassionate Conservatism. He writes regularly in the national press.

Jesse also serves on the boards of the Roundhouse and the Hay Festival, is a member of Council at NIESR, the National Institute for Economic and Social Research, works with numerous charitable and philanthropic organisations in Herefordshire.

Jesse Norman was educated at Oxford University (BA) and at University College London (MPhil, PhD). He had a Drector's role at BZW, and taught philosophy at UCL and Birkbeck College and ran an educational project in Communist Eastern Europe,

Simon Randall (Chairman)

Simon Randall is a Consultant at Winckworth Sherwood and a Consultant and former Partner at LG (formerly Lawrence Graham), where he acts for local authorities and housing associations on a wide range of issues with the emphasis upon housing, externalisation, charitable trusts, regeneration, joint ventures and public procurement.

Simon has had a distinguished career in London local government, having been an elected member of Bromley Council for over 20 years and a member of the Greater London Council during the Ken Livingstone years. He served as Chairman of the London Boroughs Association Housing and Social Services Committee and in that capacity advised housing ministers on housing issues.Simon lectures and writes articles regularly on local government and housing issues. He was appointed CBE in 1991 for his London housing and local government work.

Loanna Morrison (Executive Director)

Loanna Morrison was the Parliamentary Candidate for the Conservatives in the constituency of Bermondsey & Old Southwark in the 2010 general Election.

Prior to setting up her own business producing and editing political pamphets, she enjoyed a 20-year career in journalism, writing for national and international newspapers. She has also worked as a producer and researcher in television on programmes including Sky News.

As an experienced campaigner she is concerned about the rise of bureaucracy on small businesses across Southwark and Bermondsey and strongly believes that the Cooperative Movement will have a major impact on collective autonomy in the same way that home ownership did on individual autonomy.

Loanna is also the founder and Director of South London Apprenticeship Fair, which is an annual event that equips young people to make the best career choices. She is also a Trustee for Downside Fisher Youth Club in bermondsey.

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Nick Vaughan ( Press & Communications)

Nick is a Vice President at Teneo Strategy who works exclusively with CEOs and leaders of the world's largest companies, institutions and governments. He provides public affairs counsel in wide variety of business sectors and previously held similar roles at Financial Dynamics (FD) and Gardant Communications. He has also worked for various Conservative Parliamentarians both in the European Parliament and in the House of Commons.

A former member of Herefordshire Council and the National Chairman of Conservative Future, he continues to contribute to various ‘blogs’ and was recently tipped as one for a future 'on the green benches' in the recent book: Blueprint: The Politics, Principles and Personalities of the New Conservative Government.

Christine Emmett ( Committee Member)

Christine is a former Buyer for Marks and Spencer and has also worked on major transport sector procurements including Channel Tunnel.She worked for William Hague MP as a member of the transport commission for the
North. She is a Non Executive Director of two health trusts and chairman of a Health and Well Being Board. Her portfolio also includes environment. Christine has advised John Redwood’s economic competitiveness review and stood as the
Conservative candidate for the by-election in Corby, an executive member of her local Conservative association, a county councillor and Vice President of a businesses owners club.

Marjorie Ellis Thompson (Committee Member)

Marjorie Ellis Thompson has over 30 years experience in public-interest advocacy and political public relations on both sides of the Atlantic, UK and Europe. She is the best-selling author of ‘Brand Spirit: How Cause Related Marketing Builds Brands’ with a second: ‘The New Brand Spirit: How Communicating Sustainability Builds Brands Reputations and Profits’ will be published in November 2013. This year will also see her as a judge in the National Business Awards. A former Chair of the Conservative Co-operative Movement, she is also a member of the Executive of the Camberwell & Peckham Conservative Association. Born and educated in the USA, she achieved a BSc Hons in History at the Colorado College before moving to the UK to study for an MSc Econ in West European Politics at the LSE.

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Michael Pudney (Commitee Member)

Michael is a Business Consultant specialising in customer and
membership Service. For 35 years, he worked for a Fraternal/Mutual Insurance Society where he gained invaluable expertise on member driven mutual organisations including the Co-operative movement. Now he runs his own business supplying support and advice to businesses and membership orientated
organisations, especially the not for profit, charitable, third and social enterprise sectors. His expertise lies in improving the effectiveness of customer/membership service delivery and customer/membership retention strategy.

He continues to encourage the development of community based groups and businesses through co-operatives and social enterprises. He is deeply involved in politics as a Conservative party activist and a Local Association Officer.