Mark Pritchard MP: "Despite the obvious talents of Baroness Warsi", the Party Chairman needs to be an MP

Mark Pritchard warns that prioritising Lords reform will make Coalition look "out of touch"

Newsnight examines UKIP's threat to the Conservatives

WATCH: Mark Pritchard MP on his resignation

Tory MPs Mark Pritchard and Nadhim Zahawi debate EU motion on Radio 4

Mark Pritchard MP says he is willing to defy three line whip to give the British people their say on Europe while his parliamentary colleague Nadhim Zahawi says vote is a distraction from the economic crisis.

Mark Pritchard says the international community should allow Libyan rebels access to arms to defend themselves

Mark Field and Patrick Mercer tell Channel 4 News that mood of Tory MPs is "fragile"

Also contributing were MPs Douglas Carswell, Bernard Jenkin, Dom Raab and Mark Pritchard. An anonymous source tells Gary Gibbon, Channel 4's Political Editor, that the passage of AV would amount to "a dagger to the heart of the Conservative Party".

Mark Pritchard MP tells the Today programme why he opposes a continuing alliance with the Liberal Democrats

Mr Pritchard, Secretary of the 1922 Committee, explained that at the next election he wanted Conservatives to stand on a "Mainstream" rather than "Liberal Conservative" agenda. The Prime Minister does not have a mandate for permanent coalition, he said. Listen to the three minute interview here or read ConservativeHome's report on Mark Pritchard's attack on a "Frankenstein" merger of the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats.