F&H shortlist is all A-list

ConservativeHome has learnt that Folkestone & Hythe Conservative Association (Tory majority of 11,680) has drawn up a shortlist of six in the race to succeed Michael Howard.  All six are A-listers:

1. Harriet Baldwin - fought Stockton North in 2005
2. Damian Collins - fought Northampton North in 2005
3. Chris Heaton-Harris - Eurosceptic MEP for the East Midlands *
4. Brandon Lewis - Leader of Brentwood Borough Council
5. Kulveer Ranger - Senior management consultant, who wrote about the A list here
6. Laura Sandys - Political consultant, involved with openDemocracy and the Centre for Defence Studies

* Selected for Daventry