One local Tory was who present at the selection told ConservativeHome that the “biggest single difference” between the two final candidates was that “he promised to return to the constituency” before the next election.
This positive decision will also be a welcome sign for any Sunak-sceptic Northern MPs that he takes levelling up – and them holding their seats in 2024 – seriously.
The saga shows how vulnerable Britain’s planning system can be to high profile, articulate pressure groups.
The second article in a three-part series explaining why adapting to a society and economy shaped by technology is key.
We hope that Trudy Harrison’s tale on our site today, together with others coming this week, encourages women who may not have done so to think about it.
The first article in our new mini-series, in which female Conservative MPs share the stories of their journeys into politics, comes from the MP for Copeland.
The area has faced years of neglect from both establishment parties in Scotland, and that is why I was elected.
We are waiting for Labour to deliver their proposals. Because this should be too important an issue to become a political football.
The shock over the overall result has distracted us from how remarkable some of each party’s gains really were.
It comes with a stipulation of its own. My constituency estimates, to adapt my 2015 mantra, are a probability, not a prediction.
The “People’s Army” is an unpopular party and an unattractive brand. They always have been, and Brexit has changed nothing.
The by-election winner becomes the first Conservative to represent the area since 1935.
The calling-in of a planning application to open a coalmine at Whitehaven suggests prioritising green optics over Northern livelihoods.