Four ex-MEPs and five other parliamentarians hope to become Tory 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 including the two former MPs hoping for a return to the Commons and others seeking to become MPs, having served in the European Parliament or one of the other devolved bodies:

1. Bob Blackman (Harrow East; ex-London Assembly)
2. Angie Bray (Ealing Central and Acton; ex-London Assembly)
3. Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan; Welsh Assembly)
4. Peter Duncan (Dumfries and Galloway; ex-MP)
5. Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North; ex-MP and ex-MEP)
6. Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry; ex-MEP, pictured)
7. Alex Johnstone (Aberdeenshire West and Kincardine; Scottish Parliament)
8. Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood; ex-London Assembly)
9. Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton; ex-MEP)

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