Interview: Priti Patel, Employment Minister, makes the case for hard work and free childcare

She knows about work, and is unembarrassed to talk about it, because her family arrived from Uganda with nothing.

Halfon is out to build a new Party – and he stands every chance of doing so

The new Deputy Chairman has a track record of taking up radical goals, and battling until he succeeds.

Lord Feldman: Today, I announce a full review of how the Conservative Party works

This no-holds-barred conversation will involve members, activists, digital friends, MPs, councillors and professional staff – and I want all the big questions asked.

Interview: Gavin Barwell – the ultimate Tory proof of how incumbency can be made to work

Different messages were sent to UKIP/Tory waverers; to undecided voters who preferred Cameron to Miliband; and to non-Tories who nevertheless liked Barwell.

Conservatives added to their vote even in the seats they lost

It was an election of steady progress for the Tories. Meanwhile, Labour gained big and lost big.

Let’s not get carried away. The Conservatives only won over a quarter of all potential voters.

This is the consequence of declining turnout and less support for the two main parties.

Lord Ashcroft: We have a chance to build a party no-one need feel shy about supporting

The Conservative Party has an unexpected opportunity to prove it is the party for people who are optimistic, open-minded and self-reliant.

Election Sketch: Why the Scots are so keen to register a massive protest vote against Labour

Labour voters in Douglas Alexander’s seat are furious at being treated as “a second-class nation” and “bullied” during the referendum.

Lord Ashcroft: My final round of marginals polling

The last ten surveys contain mixed news for all parties and some noteworthy results.

Election sketch: Charlotte Leslie – “Getting Stuff Done” on the doorsteps of Bristol North West

She knows how to “swim her own race” – and, at a local level, is part of the anti-politics movement.

How to win on 20 per cent of the vote

Election results tend to leave out the people who didn’t vote. Here’s what happens when you leave them in.

Lord Ashcroft: My latest battleground polls – including a Tory lead in Rochester and Strood

I also have new findings from Bristol North West, Bristol West, Thurrock, Colne Valley and High Peak.

What the rebirth of the Whig Party tells us about Conservative politics

Its leader voted for Cameron in 2010. Now he’s trying to occupy ground that Cameron has vacated.  

Election sketch: Javid copes with a semi-naked UKIP voter in Derbyshire

The Culture Secretary goes campaigning in two Derbyshire marginals…and finds time to ensure that his Department is flying the flag of England on St George’s Day.

Election sketch: Northamptonshire Conservatives (including Mrs Bone) hope to persuade voters that UKIP is redundant

Peter Bone in Wellingborough, and Tom Pursglove in Corby, are campaigning on a staunchly Eurosceptic platform. Mrs Bone approves, but rather wishes it was all over.