Caulfield and Bradley resign as Party Vice Chairs – “I cannot defend this course to my electorate”

Both gave Downing Street the opportunity to assuage their concerns about Chequers, but still found the policy unacceptable.

Is the Conservative Party’s membership growing? If so, how fast?

Lewis has adopted a wise policy of transparency. That offers a chance to ditch guesstimates.

Andrew RT Davies forced out as Welsh Tory leader. A struggle begins to ensure his successor is elected by Party members.

The flashpoint appears to have been the Brexit supporter’s comments about Airbus. His replacement must be chosen by a full democratic ballot.

WATCH: “I’m not going to play a numbers game” on the Tory membership (for now), says Lewis

The new Party Chairman says the current localised structure means he doesn’t know the total – but promises a figure “in future”.

Priti Patel: Priorities for the new Party Chairman. Let’s democratise, decentralise, cut membership fees – and open up candidate selection.

We must value the expertise and hard work of grassroots Party members far more. They hold the key to our future.

New evidence of the harm done by the Conservative Party’s mismanagement of its own grassroots

Fresh research bolsters ConservativeHome’s case for a new Chairman and urgent Party reform – and offers a glimmer of hope.

Our CCHQ election audit: the rusty machine, part two. How and why the ground campaign failed.

Activists were asked to trust in a targeting analysis that proved to be based on flawed data and assumptions that were overturned by the manifesto.

There must be a reckoning about the Conservative Party’s misfiring machine

Errors in policy, personality and strategy will rightly be discussed. But our Party must no longer ignore the failings at CCHQ.

Tim Bale: Are elections won by members or money?

After decades of decline, the membership figures of the main political parties are on the rise. But will it make a difference?

Should reducing immigration be the top Brexit priority? Take our monthly survey.

Plus, what kind of Brexit do you want? And how do you rate the performance of each member of the Cabinet so far?

Patrick Sullivan: Why we need an election…to choose our Party Chairman

Electing them would empower new and returning members, and reward the old ones