Birmingham Conservatives allocate six candidates to their hardest-to-win seats

The candidates for the Birmingham City Seats Initiative have been allocated their seats today:

1. Robert Alden has been adopted for Birmingham Erdington - Projected Labour majority of 9,654
2. Jo Barker for Birmingham Hall Green - Projected Labour majority of 4,191 over the Liberal Democrats
3. William Norton for Perry Barr - Projected Labour majority of 7,589 over the Liberal Democrats
4. Meirion Jenkins for Birmingham Yardley - Projected Liberal Democrat majority of 2,121 over Labour
5. Colin Hughes for Birmingham Ladywood - Projected Labour majority of 6,215 over the Liberal Democrats
6. Shailesh Parekh for Birmingham Hodge Hill - Projected Labour majority of 10,175 over the Liberal Democrats.