The Tories have opened up candidate selections in seven new seats, including several key target seats. Prospective candidates have been asked to put their CVs in by March 24th for:

• Ashfield – Gloria de Piero clung on in 2017 with a majority of just 441
• Bolsover – The Tories managed a 16% surge in 2017, Dennis Skinner’s majority was cut in half from almost 12,000 down to 5,288
• Colne Valley – Held by the Tories from 2010-2017, Labour secured a very slender majority of 915 in 2017
• Leeds North West – Safe Labour
• Portsmouth South – The Tories won it from the Lib Dems in 2015 before Labour snuck in with a 1,554 majority in 2017
• Sefton Central – Safe Labour
• Wrexham – Ian C Lucas has scraped through with majorities smaller than 2,000 in both the last two elections

Tories ramping up for the next election…