How MPs say they will vote in today’s confidence ballot

We currently have it at 189 declared for May, versus the 31 publicly opposed, and 93 undeclared.

Patel and Seely win Foreign Affairs committee places. Simon Clarke is elected to the Treasury committee.

The results of yesterday’s Select Committee elections weren’t at all bad for the Brexiteers – or Conservative Friends of Israel, for that matter.

20 Conservative MPs revolt over tax credits. Five of them are 2015 intake members.

The number of rebels has risen; it is concentrated among post-2005 intake Tories, and in seats that are either marginal or were until recently.

Results of the first tranche of Select Committee elections

Some backbenchers are unhappy that people who already have a job as a PPS have been allowed to stand.

Iain Dale: My starring role next week – as Valerie Trierweiler’s bouncer

Plus: A masturbatory act of self-indulgence on a grand scale. And: The backbone of a goldfish and the principles of a harridan.

The 14 Tory MPs who voted for the Afriyie amendment

Despite the amendment attempt, and Labour attempts to talk the Bill out, the 2017 referendum is still on track.

70 Tory MPs vote to repeal the Human Rights Act

By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. Yesterday in Parliament, Richard Bacon, a Conservative backbencher, tried to introduce a Bill which would… Read more »

The 118 Tory MPs the Daily Mail lists as being opposed to gay marriage

By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. The Daily Mail this morning reports on the 118 Conservative MPs who have written to… Read more »

New 1922 Committee and Select Committee members elected

By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. After today's 1922 Committee elections, Robert Buckland has been elected Joint-Secretary (replacing Karen Bradley, an… Read more »

Conservative Select Committee appointments announced

By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. Guido Fawkes has a list of new Conservative members of Select Committees, from Graham… Read more »

Adam Holloway MP: My Afghanistan diary. Poppy palaces. Exhausted supermodels. A house in Kabul. And a political surge?

Adam Holloway is Conservative MP for Gravesham, a member of the defence select committee and a former soldier who has… Read more »

Only one supportive Conservative question for Philip Hammond yesterday (and that from one of his recent Ministerial colleagues)

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter Even the most cursory glance at today's ConHome newslinks demonstrates that Philip Hammond had… Read more »

41 Tory MPs join call by Robert Halfon MP for OFT to investigate high petrol prices

By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. Robert Halfon, the Member of Parliament for Harlow, and one of the most successful… Read more »

Tomorrow’s 1922 Committee Elections – nominations in full

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter 8.45pm Update by Matthew Barrett: I have now learned which candidates are being backed by… Read more »

What is the Cornerstone group? Matthew Barrett profiles the socially conservative Tory backbench group

By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter My series profiling the backbench groups of Tory MPs has so far mainly featured groups… Read more »