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To what extent have the Conservatives under Cameron moved to the ideological centre on Law and
Order policy?
Crime is an important aspect of society that the public are always concerned about during elections,
meaning that every political party aims to take harsh approaches towards law and order
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In actual fact, the crime rates across England and Wales have decreased over the past
30 years
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This
compassionate conservatism approach goes against traditional Tory policy that has previously leaned
further to the right and encouraged the judiciary to discourage criminality and lawlessness by harsh
punishments including longer custodial sentences
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Since he took leadership of the
party in 2005, Mr Cameron and his cabinet have proposed to improve social welfare as a means of
reducing crime rates
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This approach is more focused on the ideological left as it moves
away from harsh punishments as a method of deterring criminals
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Therefore from 2005, up until the London riots, we had seen the
Conservatives move more towards the left in terms of Law and Order
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The reputation of Britain had
been jeopardised and the international community questioned the lawlessness of the UK and its ability
to host the London 2012 Olympic Games the following summer
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The results of the rioting included 5 deaths and over £200
million in insurance claims which lead to the public wanting to hold the government to account
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In one of his first public speeches to the media
after the riots, the Prime Minister condemned the rioters and looters calling it “criminality, pure and
simple” and requested harsh penalties against those who took part in and incited the riots across the
country while also calling for an enquiring into the causes of the riots including education, poverty and
family structures
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This approach towards crime is completely contradictory to
the previous compassionate conservatism of Cameron in previous years
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Rehabilitation had failed as well over 75% of those arrested during the riots had previous convictions,

demonstrating that restorative justice or police cautions were being used far too often, giving
criminals the impression that they have the ability to get away with criminality
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In conclusion, the current law and order policy of the Conservative party under David Cameron’s
leadership has moved to the ideological centre
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From 2005, Cameron had
viewed crime prevention as more important than the punishment of criminality
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This policy of
compassionate conservatism continued until the 2011 riots which spread across UK cities
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The call for tougher sentencing after the riots resulted
in a shift back towards the ideological right
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