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| Cameron to announce ballot result | Cameron to announce ballot result |
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| The result of a ballot of Conservative members on a new set of core values is to be announced by David Cameron. | The result of a ballot of Conservative members on a new set of core values is to be announced by David Cameron. |
| The Tory leader is expected to say a sizeable majority voted in favour of adopting the Built to Last document. | The Tory leader is expected to say a sizeable majority voted in favour of adopting the Built to Last document. |
| However, the BBC has learnt that fewer than a third of the party's 250,000 members returned their ballot papers. | |
| The document sets out the aims and values which Mr Cameron wants the Conservatives to take into the next general election. | The document sets out the aims and values which Mr Cameron wants the Conservatives to take into the next general election. |
| BBC political correspondent Carole Walker said the turnout was not quite the resounding backing the party leadership would have liked. | BBC political correspondent Carole Walker said the turnout was not quite the resounding backing the party leadership would have liked. |
| The mini-manifesto gives the clearest detail yet of the Conservative leader's vision for the future of his party. | The mini-manifesto gives the clearest detail yet of the Conservative leader's vision for the future of his party. |
| Core supporters | Core supporters |
| The shadow cabinet will have its first meeting after the summer break on Tuesday morning in Leeds. | The shadow cabinet will have its first meeting after the summer break on Tuesday morning in Leeds. |
| The focus will be on shadow cabinet members getting out and about in places such as Leeds if the Conservatives want to win the next general election. | The focus will be on shadow cabinet members getting out and about in places such as Leeds if the Conservatives want to win the next general election. |
| Meanwhile senior Tory MP Edward Leigh has warned of "discontent" among the party's core voters. | Meanwhile senior Tory MP Edward Leigh has warned of "discontent" among the party's core voters. |
| The MP for Gainsborough and chairman of the all-party Public Accounts Committee said going too far to attract floating voters was a "very high-risk strategy". | The MP for Gainsborough and chairman of the all-party Public Accounts Committee said going too far to attract floating voters was a "very high-risk strategy". |
| In an article in the parliamentary House Magazine he urged Mr Cameron not to "freeze out" the party's core supporters. | In an article in the parliamentary House Magazine he urged Mr Cameron not to "freeze out" the party's core supporters. |