Tonight the Tories have opened up three tranches of candidate selections for the least-winnable seats across the country. The ones that you’d only normally select right before a general election…

Although this decision was taken before the result of the confidence vote, this shows the Tories are firmly getting on an election footing. The seats are all set to have fast-track selections with CCHQ aiming to have a candidate in place in every seat by the end of the month. Whether people want to become candidates for unwinnable seats with no guarantee of an upcoming election is another matter…

Read the full list below. Deep breath…

Barking

Bethnal Green & Bow

East Ham

West Ham

Ilford North

Ilford South

Leyton & Wansted

Poplar & Limehouse

Edmonton

Hackney South & Shoreditch

Hackney North & Stoke Newington

Hornsey & Wood Green

Islington North

Islington South & Finsbury

Tottenham

Walthamstow

Croydon North

Greenwich & Woolwich

Lewisham East

Lewisham Deptford

Lewisham West & Penge

Norwich South

Cambridge City

Oxford East

West Brom East

West Brom West

Durham

All seats in Birmingham

All seats in Coventry

All seats in Doncaster and Rotherham

All seats in Teesside

All seats in Manchester and Salford

All seats in Merseyside

All seats not yet selected in South Yorkshire

All seats in Tyneside