Voting has been underway for six hours, and there are another nine hours to go. The pollsters differ widely on the range of possible results, and of course no election is settled until the actual votes are cast, counted (and, if necessary, contested).
We therefore don’t have any idea of what the outcome will be, in terms of total seat numbers or individual seat gains.
What we do know, however, is which Conservative candidates are at the sharp end of the campaign: those fighting to retain Tory-held seats vacated by their incumbents, and those contesting target seats.
The details of target seats are not officially published, of course, so the list below is the product of our reporting and research during the campaign and may be incomplete. But under any election outcome we can say that the 2019 intake of Conservative MPs is likely to be drawn from the list of 103 candidates below.
How many of them take a seat on the green benches will rest on how good or bad a night it is – and it’s possible that they might be joined by unexpected winners in seats not officially being targeted – but if you’re looking ahead to who the politicians are who might form the next Parliament, this is a good place to start:
Candidates in Tory-held seats
Aberconwy: Robin Millar
Aberdeen South: Douglas Lumsden
Arundel and South Downs: Andrew Griffith
Aylesbury: Rob Butler
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock: Martin Dowey
Beaconsfield: Joy Morrissey
Bosworth: Dr Luke Evans
Bracknell: James Sunderland
Broadland: Jerome Mayhew
Broxtowe: Darren Henry
Buckingham: Greg Smith
Burton: Kate Griffiths
Cities of London and Westminster: Nickie Aiken
Derbyshire Dales: Sarah Dines
Devizes: Danny Kruger
Dover and Deal: Natalie Elphicke
Eastleigh: Paul Holmes
East Devon: Simon Jupp
East Surrey: Claire Coutinho
Eddisbury: Edward Timpson
Grantham and Stamford: Gareth Davies
Guildford: Angela Richardson
Hastings and Rye: Sally Ann Hart
Hertford and Stortford: Julie Marson
Loughborough: Jane Hunt
Meon Valley: Flick Drummond
Meriden: Saqib Bhatti
Mid Sussex: Mims Davies
Milton Keynes North: Ben Everitt
Montgomeryshire: Craig Williams
Newbury: Laura Farris
North Devon: Selaine Saxby
North East Bedfordshire: Richard Fuller
North West Norfolk: James Wild
Orpington: Gareth Bacon
Penrith and the Borders: Dr Neil Hudson
Putney: Will Sweet
Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner: David Simmonds
Runnymede and Weybridge: Dr Ben Spencer
Rushcliffe: Ruth Edwards
Rutland and Melton: Alicia Kearns
Sevenoaks: Laura Trott (no, not the cyclist)
South Cambridgeshire: Anthony Browne
South Ribble: Katherine Fletcher
South West Hertfordshire: Gagan Mohindra
Stafford: Theo Clarke
Stourbridge: Suzanne Webb
Totnes: Anthony Mangnall
Truro and Falmouth: Cherilyn Mackrory
Wantage: David Johnston
Watford: Dean Russell
West Dorset: Chris Loder
Candidates in target seats
Alyn and Deeside: Sanjoy Sen
Barrow and Furness: Simon Fell
Bassetlaw: Brendan Clarke-Smith
Bedford: Ryan Henson
Birmingham Northfield: Gary Sambrook
Bishop Auckland: Dehenna Davison
Blackpool South: Scott Benton
Brecon and Radnorshire: Fay Jones
Bridgend: Dr. Jamie Wallis
Bristol North West: Mark Weston
Bury North: James Daly
Bury South: Christian Wakeford
Canterbury: Anna Firth
Cardiff North: Mohamed Y. Ali
Colne Valley: Jason McCartney
Clwyd South: Simon Baynes
Crewe and Nantwich: Kieran Mullan
Croydon Central: Mario Creatura
Darlington: Peter Gibson
Delyn: Rob Roberts
Derby North: Amanda Solloway
Dudley North: Marco Longhi
Eastbourne: Caroline Ansell
Enfield Southgate: David Burrowes
Gower: Francesca O’Brien
High Peak: Robert Largan
Ipswich: Tom Hunt
Keighley: Robbie Moore
Kensington: Felicity Buchan
Kingston and Surbiton: Aphra Brandreth
Lincoln: Karl McCartney
Oxford West and Abingdon: James Fredrickson
Newcastle-under-Lyme: Aaron Bell
Penistone and Stocksbridge: Miriam Cates
Peterborough: Paul Bristow
Plymouth Sutton and Devonport: Rebecca Smith
Portsmouth South: Donna Jones
Reading East: Craig Morley
Rother Valley: Alexander Stafford
Stockton South: Matt Vickers
Stoke North: Jonathan Gullis
Stoke Central: Jo Gideon
Stroud: Siobhan Baillie
Vale of Clwyd: Dr James Davies
Wakefield: Imran Khan
Warrington South: Andy Carter
Warwick and Leamington: Jack Rankin
Weaver Vale: Adam Wordsworth
West Bromwich West: Shaun Bailey (No, not that Shaun Bailey)
Wolverhampton South West: Stuart Anderson
Wrexham: Sarah Atherton
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