Well done to Bim Afolami, who won the selection tonight in Hitchin and Harpenden (Conservative majority 20,055) on the second round of voting. He is seeking to succeed Peter Lilley, who is standing down.
Here’s our sketch biography of the new candidate:
Commiserations to the other candidates – Catherine Baxendale, who was knocked out in the first round, and Shirley Soskin, who made the final two.