An opportunity for McLoughlin to welcome 50,000 new Party members

The number of new members has surged since the EU referendum – and our columnist Andrew Kennedy has the low-down on who they are.

Andrew Kennedy: How best to select local government candidates

The rights of incumbents should be balanced against the aspirations of new applicants. Here’s how we manage it in West Kent.

Andrew Kennedy: The urban and northern challenge for our new Party Chairman, Patrick McLoughlin

If we are to be a truly national Party, we must have in place a structure which enables us to hear, absorb and reflect the views of the entire United Kingdom.

The Conservatives have an influx of new members – they should be encouraged to become council candidates

There is an opportunity to revitalise local democracy.

Jake Berry: The Conservative Party must double its membership – it’s time for Maymentum

Corbyn is hopeless in many ways, but he has boosted Labour’s membership to half a million. We need to be ready to counter that.

The 1922 Committee proposes to beef up incumbency protections for MPs threatened by the boundary changes

A letter to the Parliamentary Conservative Party reveals the ongoing work to fulfil Cameron’s “no MP left behind” promise.

Andrew Kennedy: The remarkable story of a post-referendum surge in membership – the most intense I can remember

Our survey suggest that these new members are moderate, politically engaged and (with encouragement) could reinvigorate our Associations.

Nick Boles: We modernisers aren’t, repeat aren’t, quitting the Party. We’re staying put – and we’ve so much more to do.

We have never been more mainstream in the Conservative Party – so much so that most practitioners have never felt the need to identify themselves as such.

The bullying of Leadsom will do her no harm at all in this leadership election. Media please note.

A significant slice of Party members will share Leadsom’s view on same-sex marriage. A larger proportion will value the role of the churches.

For Brexit’s sake and for Britain’s, Theresa May should be the next Prime Minister

With almost 200 votes behind her, she is the only candidate with a chance of steering a coherent Leave plan through a pro-Remain Commons.

Sarah Ingham: Stop this contest now. May deserves a coronation.

By delaying the result until September, the Party Board believes it is a good idea for the United Kingdom to drift, rudderless, for another two months. Crisis, what crisis, eh?

Ten questions for Fox

Are you simply a candidate of the Right? How would you handle a Democrat administration in America?

Scott Mann: Working class, state-educated, experienced, radical, solid for Brexit – Fox is the leader we need

The case for Fox. He will ensure that promotion is based on merit – not upon which dinner party you attend. And he wants a directly-elected Party Chairman.

Andrew Kennedy: Feldman is going but his reforms must continue

To continue to succeed, we must restore not only mass membership but mass activism.

Ten questions for Gove

What evidence is there that you can increase the Party’s electoral reach? Would you bring back liberal interventionism? Would you appoint George Osborne to your Cabinet?