Nick Timothy is from this Birmingham seat, which could go blue if anyone can be bothered to vote.
Plus: Eleven candidates selected elsewhere, including Gillian Keegan in Chichester and Kemi Badenoch in Saffron Walden.
Continuing our series on the key contests in each region and nation.
She will now run to succeed Sir Alan Haselhurst as MP for the constituency.
The MEP for the East Midlands will now fight to retain the Conservative-held seat.
Latest news from round the country.
I can’t recall a more important election – we simply can’t to lose sight of our vulnerabilities at this crucial moment.
A strong lead in the polls is an opportunity to make difficult decisions about funding health and welfare spending.
Continuing our ConservativeHome series, which will run each Monday during the election campaign, on the key contests in each region.
“The Prime Minister is heading for a colossal coronation on 8th June. We’re determined to turn this into a contest.”
Two in three of them favour this change. One in three remain opposed. Who said Tory members always oppose liberalising measures?
All the latest news of shortlists and selections from right across the country.
The ‘progressive alliance’ is one of the left’s favourite myths – but the idea that Tory and UKIP votes are interchangeable is folly also.
The Prime Minister’s social justice adviser, who stood against Corbyn in 2015, is chosen to succeed Pickles.
This third piece of our mini-series on what should be in the manifesto argues that a strong and stable Government should support strong and stable families.