Andrew Kennedy: Unitary authorities can help save taxpayers’ money

Buck-passing between different authorities results in poor outcomes for residents and kickback from voters.

Andrew Kennedy: County or city-wide Association groupings with experienced agents in charge. My plan to salvage the voluntary party.

The Party has collectively failed to modernise its campaigning, with the result that we saw on June 8. This needs radical reform if it is not to collapse completely.

Andrew Kennedy: What to do on the doorsteps to win in May

When 90 per cent of people voted either Tory or Labour, a simple “may we count on your support” was probably sufficient. In this climate, we must be smarter.

Andrew Kennedy: How to select better candidates for local elections

Too often, I fear we take the line of least resistance because it is easier than the alternative.

Andrew Kennedy: How an Association turned from a loser into a winner

The story of Chatham & Aylesford, establishing priorities, sticking to them – and teamwork.

Andrew Kennedy: Our findings on whether the mass of new Party members who joined post-referendum will renew

63 per cent say yes, 23 per cent say no – but the response rate to our survey suggests that the first figure will turn out to be lower.

Andrew Kennedy: The decline and fall of a Conservative Association

When a self-replicating clique becomes dominant – be it of councillors, evangelicals, po-faced harridans or freemasons – there is trouble ahead.

Andrew Kennedy: If councillors become too grand to shape up, they should be shipped out

Asked what he had done to help in a recent marginal by-election, one replied, “Oh, I knew there would be enough of you lot running around for me not to have to bother.”

Andrew Kennedy: This may be our last chance to group Associations together to win the victories we need

It is possible that the Party may end this new year in a weaker position than before the 2015 election if CCHQ doesn’t act quickly.

Andrew Kennedy: Let’s have less me, me, me in 2017, please – and more us, us, us

The self-absorption of modern life is having an impact of our campaigning capacity.

Andrew Kennedy: Home lessons in why democracy matters from Latin America

I hope that in the electoral battle that lies ahead ahead, a fresh-faced volunteer will stand on the streets of Quito, and pose questions in a refined Liverpool accent.

Andrew Kennedy: Who were the best Conservative Party Chairmen in modern times?

Lord Woolton (pictured right) was the greatest-ever, rebuilding the Conservatives after the war. But here are my favourite five.

Andrew Kennedy: How to make five year terms of office work

I believe that officers at all levels should be elected at a general meeting following as soon as is practical after a general election.

Andrew Kennedy: The pluses and minuses of national membership of the Party

I strongly support the move in principle, but there are serious questions about the practical implications for standing orders, data and income.

Andrew Kennedy: Councillors may not like open forms of reselection. But they should learn to grin and bear it.

Those calling for a wholesale review of the national selection rules should put forward alternatives better than the arrangements we have currently in place.