Local government leaders in the likely next intake of Conservative MPs

Here is the latest in a series of lists categorising some of those standing as candidates in seats which are either notionally Conservative or appear on paper in the top 200 target seats for the Conservatives at the next election.

Below is a list of the ten current or former council leaders hoping to take their place on the green benches (although not necessarily in the constituency in which they are standing):

1. Bob Blackman (Harrow East; ex-Brent Council leader)
2. Kevin Davis (Yeovil; ex-Kingston Council leader)
3. Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green; Barnet Council leader)
4. Lorraine Fullbrook (South Ribble; ex-Hart Council leader)
5. Kris Hopkins (Keighley; Bradford Council leader)
6. Marcus Jones (Nuneaton; Nuneaton and Bedworth Council leader)
7. Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth; ex-Brentwood Council leader)
8. Henry Smith (Crawley; West Sussex County Council leader, pictured)
9. Heather Wheeler (Derbyshire South; South Derbyshire Council leader)
10. Susan Williams (Bolton West; ex-Trafford Council leader)

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