Tory Party chairman Baroness Warsi has issued an appeal to David Cameron to keep her in her post in the forthcoming Cabinet reshuffle, claiming she could help the party attract a new generation of women, working class and ethnic minority voters.
Speaking to the Daily Telegraph from Tampa Bay, Florida, where she has been attending the Republican Party convention, she said: "If I genuinely had a choice, I would like to stay doing what I'm doing.
"If you look at the demographics, at where we need to be at the next election, we need more people in the North voting for us, more of what they call here 'blue collar' workers and I call the white working class.
Warsi described herself as a working-class Northern mum
"We need more people from urban areas voting for us, more people who are not white and more women.
"I play that back and think, 'I'm a woman, I'm not white, I'm from an urban area, I'm from the North, I'm working class - I kind of fit the bill. All the groups that we're aiming for are groups that I'm familiar with."
Lady Warsi has been criticised for her performance in the key party role by some Tories who say the job should be done by an MP sitting in the House of Commons.
The Conservative peer has weathered two potential scandals, after she was accused of breaching ministerial code in June after being accompanied by a business partner to Pakistan. She was cleared of any wrongdoing and apologised for any "embarrassment to the government" in the wake of the revelations.
In July Lady Warsi was also cleared of wrongly claiming expenses after allegations that she continued to claim, despite living in London rent-free.
The first female Muslim Cabinet member has been described as the UK's new Iron Lady. In her interview with the Telegraph she said she "has had to fight for everything, every single day." It seems she is preparing to fight for the Conservative party chairmanship.
Warsi is expected to retain her seat, but media-savvy Grant Shapps, the Housing minister is tipped to replace her as the Tory chairman. Warsi could go on to become the International Development Secretary according to The Independent.