And Damian Green, who failed to be selected for Weald of Kent, has now been selected for Ashford.
Perhaps some of the heated commentary about a pro-Boris Johnson backlash from activists led by the Conservative Democratic Organisation will now cool down a bit.
The Tories are targeting Labour-held seats and the Liberal Democrats Tory-held ones, whilst Labour’s possible gains are probably out of reach.
She is one of the few Cabinet members who does not give the impression of having had her personality flattened by the sacrifices demanded by a ministerial career.
Senior councillors have been ousted by left wing activists. A former Mayor is among the victims.
Maybe it was ever thus, at least in modern times, but Tory-held suburban seats outside the South-East are under-represented at the top table.
The last of our profiles looks at a region that witnessed another Liberal Democrat extinction event and the undoing of the People’s Army.
Our whistle-stop tour heads to the South East, where the Tories and Labour are fighting it out and two minor parties have everything at stake.
While London is experiencing the greatest demand for housing, the prospect of building in the capital is fraught with political risk.