The MPs we deserve

The speeding up of turnover rates has almost nothing to do with shifts to the right or left, and much more to do with wider cultural change in Parliament.

Kennedy to step down after four years in Parliament

The South Ribble MP’s departure is a surprise – as is the fact that a shortlist to replace her has been agreed in secret before her news was announced.

Which MP is backing which candidate. Our named estimates. Johnson 131, Hunt 48, Gove 36, Javid 22

Here’s our best stab at who is voting for whom, and this list will be updated each morning, as the contest continues.

Appointments 3) Kennedy now Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at Health

The Prime Minister’s Parliamentary Private Secretary steps up to plug another gap in her short-staffed ministry.

Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: May seems to think she has a deal she can sell

But although the Prime Minister looked calm, Nigel Dodds, parliamentary leader of the DUP, did not.

Iain Dale’s Top 100 Most Influential People on the Conservative Right

In all, there are 30 new entries in the whole list, one down on last year and two down on the 2016 record of 33.

Hollingbery replaces Hands. Ultimate safe choice.

He was Theresa May’s PPS when she was Home Secretary, and has also been her PPS since she became Prime Minister.

The Tory Left: not always Out, not necessarily Loud, but definitely Proud – and a growing force

A list of new Tory Reform Group patron MPs suggests that it is stronger in the Commons than it may look.

List of PPS’s

It doesn’t seem to be complete yet, but here are as many of the appointments as have been released to date.

Peter Bould: A reshuffle may be coming – and the Cabinet needs more northern MPs

You would have to go back more than 20 years to find a time when fewer secretaries of state held northern constituencies. 

Parliamentary Private Secretaries: full list

Seema Kennedy becomes the Prime Minister’s second PPS. Brexiteer Kwasi Kwarteng is PPS to Philip Hammond. And much, much more.

The full PPS list. One third Leavers. One third women. And ninety per cent May supporters.

There’s one undeniable trend among those promoted: they backed the winning candidate.

Mostly Remainers. Almost all May supporters. Majority female. The 21 new intake MPs promoted to PPS.

What does their selection reveal about the Government’s priorities? And why are some other rising stars missing?

The majority of ethnic minority Conservative MPs are backing Leave

Meanwhile, Leave campaigners are pitching targeted messages to voters from a non-EU background.

The complete Cameron’s Children: an analysis of all 74 new Conservative MPs

On the surface, this intake looks different from those that have preceded it – and is in some respects. But beneath it, this is in many ways a very traditional Tory group.