Male's Conservative past? (7)
I believe the answer is:
history
'past?' is the definition.
(history is a kind of past)
'male's conservative' is the wordplay.
'male's' becomes 'his' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'conservative' becomes 'tory' (informal term for a Conservative Party member).
'his'+'tory'='HISTORY'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for history that I've seen before include "Background" , "Old record" , "Chronicle" , "Time passed" , "Study of past events" .)