Battleground Seats 12) South East

Concluding our ConservativeHome series on the key contests in each region or nation.

Profile: Gavin Williamson, the “baby-faced assassin” who is now Chief Whip

He has seamlessly made the transition from Cameron to May.

From Reggie to Dessie: Calling all Tory MPs. If in doubt of your sexuality, please consult Dr Sarah Wollaston or Dr Phillip Lee

Plus: Soames makes his way towards a gender-neutral loo. Lunch with Tyrie, lunch with Kirby. The Shipley Strangler strikes again. And: George Simpson saves the day.

Battlegrounds Revisited 10) The South East

The last of our profiles looks at a region that witnessed another Liberal Democrat extinction event and the undoing of the People’s Army.

The Election Battleground 10) The South East

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.

Simon Kirby enters a competition

For the final time, all is explained within.

The Prime Minister unites his party on Europe, but is he winning – or is the Tory Right?

By challenging the German system of consensus politics, Cameron made himself a hero for a day.

A productive day in Parliament – with progress on banning illegal scrap metal dealing

By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. Generally speaking, Fridays are unproductive days in Parliament. They are used to consider Private… Read more »

Conservative MPs react to Nadine Dorries’s suspension

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter

New 1922 Committee and Select Committee members elected

By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. After today's 1922 Committee elections, Robert Buckland has been elected Joint-Secretary (replacing Karen Bradley, an… Read more »

41 Tory MPs join call by Robert Halfon MP for OFT to investigate high petrol prices

By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. Robert Halfon, the Member of Parliament for Harlow, and one of the most successful… Read more »

Tomorrow’s 1922 Committee Elections – nominations in full

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter 8.45pm Update by Matthew Barrett: I have now learned which candidates are being backed by… Read more »

The People’s Pledge announce shortlist of 39 constituencies for new European referendums

By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. 4pm update: People's Pledge sources tells me that Anne Marie Morris, the MP for Newton… Read more »

Who are the 301? The Tory MPs who want to refresh the 1922 Committee

By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter The 301 group is perhaps the most active and important group of backbench Tory MPs. Tim… Read more »

What is the 40 group? Matthew Barrett profiles the MPs trying to keep hold of the most marginal Tory seats

By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter I recently profiled the 2020 and Free Enterprise groups of Tory MPs. Those two groups are formed by ideology:… Read more »