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 all those who come from an ethnic minority or have one parent coming from an ethnic minority:
- Annesley Abercorn (Hazel Grove)
- Kemi Adegoke (Dulwich and West Norwood)
- Shaun Bailey (Hammersmith, pictured)
- Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham)
- Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones (Chippenham)
- Helen Grant (Maidstone and the Weald)
- Zahid Iqbal (Bradford West)
- Priti Patel (Witham)
- Adeela Shafi (Bristol East)
- Alok Sharma (Reading West)
- Deborah Thomas (Twickenham)
- Paul Uppal (Wolverhampton South West)
> Previous entry in this series: Members of the potential new intake who have fought the same seat twice or three times