[2] It maintains overall responsibility for targeting voters and seats, including shortlisting and finalising the selection of Conservative candidates across the United Kingdom for local and national elections.

This was the scene of multiple televised historic moments and symbolic photographs, including for the election victories of Margaret Thatcher and John Major, though later began to be associated with party infighting.

[21] The party agreed to move to "new, more suitable premises as soon as possible", with then Shadow Home Secretary David Davis stating it had "got old and we need to find rather more purpose-built accommodation for modern use".

[citation needed] The establishment of Conservative Central Office dates back to 1871, with the creation of professional support for the Party by Sir John Gorst.

[25] In June 2017, following the 2017 general election, CCHQ was blamed for the worse-than-expected result, with a number of new appointments, such as new Conservative Director of Communications, Carrie Symonds.

[4][26] On 19 November 2019, for the duration of a televised leadership debate between the leader Boris Johnson and his Labour counterpart Jeremy Corbyn, hosted by ITV in the run up to the 2019 general election, the CCHQ press office's Twitter page (@CCHQPress) was renamed 'factcheckUK' – it did not change the Twitter handle to maintain the account's verified status, to post Conservative rebuttals to Labour's statements about them during the debate.

[31] In response, the Electoral Commission, which does not have a role in regulating election campaign content, called on all campaigners to act "responsibly",[32][30][33] fact-checking body Full Fact criticised this behaviour as "inappropriate and misleading", and a spokesperson from Twitter said that "Any further attempts to mislead people by editing verified profile information – in a manner seen during the UK Election Debate – will result in decisive corrective action.

"[29][30][31][32][34][35] On 26 June 2024, the CCHQPress profile was renamed "Tax Check UK" during a leadership debate between Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer hosted by ITV as part of the 2024 general election campaign.