Francis Maude — British Politician born on July 04, 1953,

Francis Anthony Aylmer Maude, Baron Maude of Horsham, PC is a British Conservative politician, serving as Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster-General, as well as Member of Parliament representing Horsham in Sussex... (wikipedia)

It always seemed to me a bit pointless to disapprove of homosexuality. It's like disapproving of rain.
We should be the natural home for young mothers. But we're not. Because too often we sound like people who think the only good mother is a married mother.
It is simply the view, and a view I think shared by most members of the party, that it is very difficult to have a leader that does not command the support of the parliamentary party.
We said in our 21st Century Party paper there are 61 mosaic groups, which the market research people use as different socio-economic categories and half of our members come from just five of those groups and that is very narrow - too narrow.
The party at its best has always been a modern party.