Donelan, Quin, and Stewart join the whips office; Spencer, Stephenson, and Freer promoted

The Prime Minister completes the mini-reshuffle she started last week. Will she now give the new appointees a chance to grow into the role?

Over-shuffling the whips’ office has undermined its effectiveness

All but one of the current team has been appointed since May became Prime Minister. What institutional memory are they supposed to draw on?

Rory Stewart: Three reasons why we won Copeland. Theresa May, Trudy Harrison – and Labour’s long failure to deliver

After 75 years of the latter’s strategy, most people in Copeland faced a choice of either working for the nuclear industry or being without a job.

Andrew Stephenson: Help us win in Copeland

This will be a challenging by-election, but only the Conservatives will stand up for Cumbria’s vital nuclear energy industry.

David Nuttall: Our candidate in Copeland must be Cumbrian – and a Leave supporter

The by-election is a huge opportunity for our party. We should select someone equipped to pick up crucial votes from Labour and UKIP.

The full PPS list. One third Leavers. One third women. And ninety per cent May supporters.

There’s one undeniable trend among those promoted: they backed the winning candidate.

Securing the Majority 6) Build on CCHQ’s ethnic minority campaigning

Priti Patel, Alok Sharma, Shailesh Vara – all have played a part in the big push among Indian-origin voters. It needs more money and support.

Battlegrounds Revisited 1) The North West

In the aftermath of the election, we revisit our regional profiles to see how the parties fared compared to expectations.

Andrew Gimson’s sketch: Osborne with Cromwellian sobriety produced a Workers’ Budget

Ed Miliband had nothing but class war to offer in reply.

WATCH: Andrew Stephenson MP calls for postal voting to be cut back to fight electoral fraud

People who really need them should get them, the Pendle MP says, but the current system creates a widespread risk of electoral fraud.

Tory Chairman Grant Shapps unveils his new team, including Deputy Chairman, Sarah Newton MP

By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter One of Grant Shapps' first acts as the new Tory Chairman has been to… Read more »

Tory MPs go to Bangladesh as part of the party’s social action project, Project Maja

By Joseph Willits Follow Joseph on Twitter    40 Tory volunteers, including MPs Tobias Ellwood, Nicky Morgan, Eric Ollerenshaw, Andrew Stephenson (pictured), Anne Main… Read more »

Andrew Stephenson calls for prosecutions to be able to appeal against judges’ decisions to grant bail

By Jonathan IsabyFollow Jonathan on Twitter Before yesterday's marathon session on the Finance Bill, Pendle MP Andrew Stephenson introduced a… Read more »

New Lancashire Tory MPs Andrew Stephenson and Jake Berry highlight the importance of manufacturing in their maiden speeches

Two of Lancashire's newly-elected Conservative MPs made their debuts in the Commons yesterday by emphasising the importance of manufacturing. Andrew… Read more »