Free Enterprise Group

{{Short description|Grouping of Thatcherite British Conservative Members of Parliament}}

The Free Enterprise Group was a grouping of Thatcherite British Conservative Party Members of Parliament founded in mid-2011 by Liz Truss that existed until 2022.{{Cite web |date=2022-09-05 |title=Liz Truss: An heir to Thatcher intent on shaking up Britain |url=https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-boris-johnson-london-economy-bcc84e2cd22a42f1a1268234f4908c6e |access-date=2022-09-27 |website=AP NEWS |language=en}} The book Britannia Unchained was written by members of the group.{{Cite web |date=2012-08-22 |title=Britannia Unchained: the rise of the new Tory right |url=http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2012/aug/22/britannia-unchained-rise-of-new-tory-right |access-date=2022-09-27 |website=the Guardian |language=en}} The group has been associated with the Institute of Economic Affairs.{{Cite web |title=Free Enterprise Group – TobaccoTactics |url=https://tobaccotactics.org/wiki/free-enterprise-group/ |access-date=2022-09-27 |website=tobaccotactics.org |language=en}} The group was effectively succeeded by the Free Market Forum, also affiliated with the IEA.

MPs listed as supporters of this group have included:{{Cite web |date=27 February 2012 |title=Free Enterprise Group & Institute of Economic Affairs Growth Forum proposals launched |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814120239/https://iea.org.uk/in-the-media/press-release/free-enterprise-group-institute-of-economic-affairs-growth-forum-proposal |url=https://iea.org.uk/in-the-media/press-release/free-enterprise-group-institute-of-economic-affairs-growth-forum-proposal|archive-date=2019-08-14|website=Institute of Economic Affairs}}{{Cite web |title=Welcome {{!}} Free Enterprise Group |url=http://www.freeenterprise.org.uk/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209105108/http://www.freeenterprise.org.uk/ |archive-date=2013-12-09 |website=freeenterprise.org.uk}}

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• Steve Baker
• Karen Bradley*
• Robert Buckland
• Aidan Burley
• Alun Cairns
• Thérèse Coffey
• Charlie Elphicke
• George Eustice
• Mark Garnier*
• John Glen*
• Ben Gummer
• Sam Gyimah
• Matthew Hancock
• Richard Harrington
• Chris Heaton-Harris
• Margot James
• Sajid Javid
• Chris Kelly
• Kwasi Kwarteng
• Andrea Leadsom
• Brandon Lewis
• Brooks Newmark
• Jesse Norman*
• Guy Opperman
• Priti Patel*
• Mark Pritchard*
• Dominic Raab
• David Rutley
• Laura Sandys
• Chris Skidmore
• Julian Smith*
• Rory Stewart
• Liz Truss
• Andrew Tyrie
• Mike Weatherley
• Nadhim Zahawi

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:*Still an MP following the general election held on 4th July 2024