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How did Conservatives get their name?
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When did the British Conservative Party become known by that name?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Well, it was previously called the Tory Party, but it was officially renamed after the Reform Bill of 1832. A Tory MP, John Wilson Croker, termed the phrase when he said in 1830: 'We now are, as we have always been, decidedly and conscientiously attached to what is called the Tory, and which might with more propriety, be called the Conservative Party'.
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