London Mayoral selection struck by technical problems – hundreds of party members risk not getting a vote

The troubled VoteSource database strikes again as CCHQ asks activists to manually check membership lists.

The Corbyn Factor visits our survey. It finds that Tory members should have more rights than registered supporters

Three-quarters of the former believe that the latter should not be entitled to vote in the coming Party leadership election.

Andrew Thorpe-Apps: This is how we increase Tory membership

Shift our organisation to an interest-based model; lower financial barriers to membership; foster genuine debate; and increase competition and rewards for young volunteers.

Please take our special Feldman Review and Party Reform survey

Should members and registered supporters have the same rights? What about city and county federations? Should the Party Chairman be elected? All this and much more.

Rob Leitch: The folly of federating Conservative associations

The key to successful grassroots politics is the local touch: remote and sprawling party organisations are a big step in the wrong direction.

Paul Abbott: Reforming Conservative Associations. Let’s be bold – while time is in our side

The Kennedy plan set out on this site could work. It would further professionalise our campaigning, while enhancing the local democracy that our Party depends on.

Martin Hislop: CCHQ must end its obsession with information control

The mayoral selection process has produced new heights of bureaucratic excess, to the extent that party officers cannot even locate their colleagues in other associations.

Paul Abbott: Our Party’s membership system needs to be abolished and rebuilt for the modern age

Over two years in CCHQ I saw how a broken system hampers campaigning and alienates supporters. This must be stopped.

Ivan Massow: Why I should be on our shortlist for London Mayor

The capital needs more than a business-bashing agitator for the Opposition or a City Hall that will sacrifice economic growth on the altar of dogma.

Iain Dale: If Tory candidates have to pay for themselves, the Party really be one for the rich

Plus: Let’s have three bands of income tax. Red sky at night, my Shepherds delight. And: see you in Finchley tomorrow for my Conservative Mayoral Candidate Hustings.

The race for the Chairmanship of the National Convention

Meet the two candidates hoping to succeed Emma Pidding in the Conservative Party’s most senior voluntary position.

The computers that crashed. And the campaign that didn’t. The story of the Tory stealth operation that outwitted Labour last month

The first full analysis of how the 2015 election was won. The Party’s efforts were driven by an innovative approach to target seats. So what worked and what didn’t?

Cllr Stephen Canning: This is a golden opportunity to reform our party

This is our chance to capitalise on a surge in support and enthusiasm, especially among the young.

The ECHR. Gove V May, Round Two?

Nick Timothy’s article today arguing that Britain should quit the ECHR will be read as representing the Home Secretary’s view at a time when the Justice Secretary is still weighing his options.

William Rutherford: We urgently need to rebuild Party membership

In Kent, we’re introducing a hassle-free supporters programme to reconnect with local voters and secure a future for our campaign machine.