CONSERVATIVE Party members in Hampstead and Kilburn will this evening (Tuesday) decide on who their candidate will be in their bid to unseat Labour MP Tulip Siddiq.

Central office finalised a shortlist of three hopefuls ahead of a selection meeting in West Hampstead. Camden Conservatives leader Claire-Louise Leyland will go up against Henry Newman, a former adviser to Michael Gove and a council election candidate in Highgate, and London Assembly member Kemi Badenoch.

Frognal councillor Siobhan Baillie, who was said to be interested in the role, was not shortlisted