SOME Conservatives want to bring their party conferences back to Bournemouth after encountering shouts and egg-throwing in Manchester, an MP says.

The party gathering has been greeted by angry demonstrations, with around 60,000 people attending an anti-austerity march at the start of the conference.

Some delegates and journalists had eggs thrown at them and were greeted by shouts of ‘scum’ as they entered the cordoned area.

Tory supporters have reportedly been advised not to wear their conference badges outside the secure area around the venue.

Bournemouth West MP Conor Burns said: “Our members have been spat at, had eggs thrown at them. There are about 100 people screaming ‘Tory scum’ and ‘murderers’.

“For the ordinary volunteers to have to go through that is disgraceful.

“There appear to be quite a lot of people who are not burdened by working who have managed to make it outside.

“It’s one of the most unpleasant things I’ve ever seen.”

Speaking to the Daily Echo from the conference, he said a number of supporters would like to return to Bournemouth.

He added: "The lady in the queue next to me just heard what I’m saying and says ‘Can we go back to Bournemouth please?’"

The Conservatives last visited Bournemouth in 2006, when their experience was marred by delays in issuing security passes, causing some delegates to miss the start of the conference. Fears were voiced at the time that the party could boycott the town in future.

Neither Labour and the Conservatives have brought their conferences to the resort in recent years. They have added metropolitan venues such as Manchester, Birmingham and Liverpool to their preferred venues instead.

But this September the BIC hosted two autumn party conferences for the first time, when both the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party visited within a week. The events were the town’s first party conferences since 2009.

Labour conferences in Bournemouth attracted large protests when the party was in government, including a march in support of fox hunting in 1999 and anti-war demonstrations in 2003.