Houchen. He’s patriotic. Even more importantly – he delivers.

Labour isn’t focused on the second, preferring to blame others for problems, and too many of its activists aren’t the first, either.

Building the Blue Wall: Stoke South

The fourth in our series: how the 2017 generation of winners from Labour increased their majorities.

The Election Battlegrounds 2) West Midlands

Our region-by-region survey of possible key seats continues with a look at what is shaping up to be one of the key head-to-head confrontations between the Tories and Labour.

The Australian Liberals know who their target voters are. The Conservatives don’t seem to have a clue.

Amidst the gathering leadership election debate, there is a lack of focus on who such voters are and where they live.

Good luck, Prime Minister, with your plan to split the Left. Just don’t split the Right as well while you’re at it.

Her bid to woo Labour Commons votes for a Brexit deal is part of a wider gambit.

Robert Jenrick: Our initiative to win votes in the Midlands

Join us, and let’s do our bit to help our candidates and brilliant new MPs keep changing their communities and the country for the better.

Lewis Baston: The election suggests that the tectonic plates of British politics are shifting

The shock over the overall result has distracted us from how remarkable some of each party’s gains really were.

Battleground Seats 7) West Midlands

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

Cllr Abi Brown: Winning for the Conservatives in Stoke

Targeting, local candidates and campaigning with the Parliamentary candidates produced gains.

80 City Seats Initiative constituencies open for candidate applications

Candidates can apply to 22 “clusters” of seats across the country.