Past Honorary Presidents include Jonathan Guinness, Lord Carr of Hadley, R. A. Butler and His Grace the Duke of Rutland.

NUCA was inaugurated in 1933, making it one of the oldest union-affiliated societies on campus today, under the name 'Conservative and Unionist Association'.

On 2 November 2015, NUCA voted to disaffiliate from the Party's youth wing, Conservative Future, making it a fully independent association.

Current committee positions are President, Vice-President, General Secretary, Treasurer, Campaigns and Welfare Officer.

Port & Policy is normally held in The Great Hall, an impressive and historically significant part of Trent Building.

Social Events often include bar and pub crawls such as the annual Fox Hunt and Oktober Revolution.

In 2022, NUCA launched The Blue Press, a pro-free speech magazine aimed at fighting back against the perceived left-wing cancel culture that exists on campus.