Election of Speaker, Second Round. The Deputy has 244 votes. It’s his to lose.
Laing has 122 votes, Bryant 120. Unless the candidates who withdraw transfer disproportionately to one of them, Hoyle seems to be home and dry.
Election of Speaker, first round. Hoyle leads by almost a hundred votes.
He won 211 votes. Laing gained 113 and Bryant 98. Hillier and Leigh are eliminated.
The three finalists for tomorrow’s candidate selection in Meriden
The Secretary General of Muslims for Britain; a Birmingham City Councillor; and a former Joint Chief of Staff to Theresa May will fight it out tomorrow.
Aiken selected as Cities of London and Westminster candidate
The Leader of Westminster City Council won out over two of her council colleagues.
Andrew Griffiths gets the green light to seek readoption in Burton
Apparently aware of the potential controversy, the Party Board has appointed Lord Hunt to supervise the ballot in East Staffordshire next week.
James to leave Parliament after finding her association don’t want her to continue as their candidate
Her letter to the Prime Minister emphasise that ‘we agreed on just about everything apart from Brexit…I trust in your One Nation outlook’.
New: Shortlists for the Aberconwy and Sevenoaks candidate selection races
Two very different Tory-held seats have an important choice to make.
The Election Battlegrounds 1) East Midlands
Our survey of the electoral battlefield kicks off with the East Midlands, where Labour and the Tories go head-to-head with minimal interference from smaller parties.
Sweet selected as candidate for Putney
Wandsworth councillor wins the nomination on the first round of voting to contest the seat presently held by Justine Greening.
Ten former Conservative MPs have the Tory whip restored
If their Associations are willing – even perhaps if they are not – any of those named can now stand in the forthcoming election as Tory candidates
Exclusive: Walker resigns from the Party Board, amid rising tensions over centralised candidate selection
The Vice-Chairman of the ’22 served on the Board for nine years, and recently oversaw the leadership contest, so his departure is a surprise.
Introducing the six candidates shortlisted for Devizes
The number of finalists appears to be the result of the local association pushing back against CCHQ’s attempts to influence the selection.
Kennedy to step down after four years in Parliament
The South Ribble MP’s departure is a surprise – as is the fact that a shortlist to replace her has been agreed in secret before her news was announced.
The Hertford and Stortford candidate selection: a shortlist, a controversy and a cautionary tale
We reveal the four candidates on tonight’s shortlist – and the unusual way in which the selection has been partially centralised.
The programme motion falls by 322 votes to 308
The Prime Minister falls 14 votes short – and says that the Bill will be paused while he speaks to EU leaders.