Contact was the newsletter of the Constituency Tactical Support Team, which was set up shortly after the 1987 general election by John Lacy, Director of Campaigning at Conservative Central Office. The CTST was designed to be a team of highly mobile professionals 'ready to help at Parliamentary and local elections, or to mount special campaigns in a constituency'. It also provided tactical support units for constituency associations and provided training to help transform and professionalise their campaigning techniques.