Conservatives to make politics more representative

A meeting of the Conservative party’s Ethnic Diversity Council took place yesterday to discuss promoting equality and diversity within the party.

The council's chairman, Mohamed Iltaf Sheikh said party leader David Cameron was pushing for a greater number of women and ethnic minority candidates for the next election.

"Not only did we as a Party field the biggest number of ethnic minority candidates at the last General Election but we are now determined to get the biggest number elected next time."

He added: "I am very pleased that the party chairman [Francis Maude] has promised future meetings with, and support for, this rising number of Conservative candidates from black and ethnic minority communities."

The Ethnic Diversity Council was launched at the Conservative party conference in Blackpool in October.

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