CCHQ have opened selections for 21 new seats across England and Wales

Two-thirds of this latest tranche come with a caveat that applicants may be deselected if the boundary review goes ahead.

Matt Smith: Wales shows how the Tories are building a new electoral coalition

An unanticipated surge in Labour support shouldn’t lead us to lose sight of the possibility of a long term shift in working class support towards our party.

Exclusive: We bust the Party ban on making known the names on the Hitchin and Harpenden shortlist. The latest selections news.

Plus: Eleven candidates selected elsewhere, including Gillian Keegan in Chichester and Kemi Badenoch in Saffron Walden.

Battleground Seats 4) Wales

Continuing our series on the key contests in each region and nation.