Aidan Smith

The Revered Aidan Smith (born 25th April, 1979) is a Velden Politician who has served as the Leader of the Conservative Union since 2018. A member of the Conservative Union Party, Smith was elected in the 2018 South Seafolk by-election and became the first leader of a major party to take office having been an MP for less than a year, having ran unopposed to succeed Sebastian Kurz after his defeat. Aidan Smith led the Conservative Union into the 2019 election, in which the party lost 5 points, but no seats. Under his leadership the party has shifted towards social conservatism and ruralism.

Before entering Parliament as a Conservative
Aidan Smith was first elected as a National Party MP in the 2003 North Wedmoreshire (Now Clouston Abbey) constituency as the youngest MP. As an MP for the National Party until 2013 when he resigned following the growing scandals within the National Party and having narrowly survived unscathed himself. In 2013 he worked in the city as a broker, before turning to journalism in 2015. As a journalist, he was critical of Tom Cummings as a Conservative Prime Minister and sought to advocate the growth of conservatism within the party. As a staunch ally originally of Sebastian Kurz, a fellow ardent conservative, he was able to get selection to be the candidate for the seat of South Seafolk which he won in a shock result.

The 2019 Election
The 2019 Parliamentary Elections were the first challenge for Smith who faced a declining rate in polls and unenthusiastic party. A strategy of ruralism within the party was adopted which enabled Smith to hold onto 10 seats, gaining a larger % of seats than % of seats in shocking success. In spite of this, the party lost almost it's entire support in liberal rural seats and city seats, where it's voters switched to Phoenix, reducing it to areas such as the Bible Belt.

2019-2022 Parliamentary Term
The 2019 Parliamentary Term saw Aidan Smith controversially decide to abstain and allow the Green Solidarity - Cooperative Government to form a minority government. In spite of this, he was at the spearhead of attacks on the Government, particularly with respects to the budget which failed in dramatic fashion. The Conservatives under Aidan successfully passed the Local Governments Bill 2020 which reformed the way Local Elections were conducted and was seen as a huge achievement for the Conservatives and it's rural, localist credentials.

Leadership Style and Values
Aidan Smith has styled himself as a practicing Catholic, and has called for all Christians to come together to protect the values of their faith. In a mostly Protestant country, his ability to pull together people across denomination boundaries has earnt him the ability to dominate religious constituencies. He has strongly advocated the advancement of Christian values of love and forgiveness within politics and argues that the loss of these fundamental values has created a toxic atmosphere within politics. He has been a firm campaigner on ending the liberalisation of sex and has argued that society has become too open.