Conservative Party left-winger taken into account (10)
I believe the answer is:
considered
'taken into account' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to thinking as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'conservative party left-winger' is the wordplay.
'conservative' becomes 'con' (abbreviation for Conservative).
'party' becomes 'side' (eg a side or party in a contract).
'left-winger' becomes 'red' (red can mean a leftwing person).
'con'+'side'+'red'='CONSIDERED'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for considered that I've seen before include "Believed to be" , "respected" , "Looked at" , "Thought carefully about" , "Deliberated" .)