Forget Strictly Come Dancing, these are the four Tory A-listers who will battle for the public vote and the chance to represent Oxford West and Abingdon after the next General Election.

The so-called 'Tory Idol' contest includes a martial arts expert, former army regular and a human rights campaigner.

On Monday night voters can take part in the process to select the Conservatives' prospective Parliamentary candidate.

It is one of the first American-style elections undertaken by a British party.

The all-women line-up has been chosen by Tory high command to better reflect the make-up of the country than current Conservative MPs - and is endorsed by party leader and Witney MP David Cameron.

The final four are:

Nicola Blackwood - a human rights campaigner, she lives in North Oxford and was a candidate for Jericho & Osney during the Tories' unsuccessful city council campaign this year.

Joanne Bowlt - an Oxford University

graduate and one half of the fundraising couple who travelled from Oxford to Oxford in New Zealand in a Morris Oxford. Now settled in Summertown, she is a former soldier and is now in the TA.

Kedra Goodall - another Oxford University graduate and currently studying to become a criminal barrister. She is a martial arts expert and amateur boxer.

Emma Webster - currently West Berkshire Council's cabinet member for community safety. She read law at Southampton University, lives in Newbury, and is setting up her own IT company.

Association chairman Jenny Standen said: "This is a great opportunity to bring politics closer to the people.

"We are giving every voter in the constituency the chance to decide who will be fighting the next General Election."

At last year's poll, sitting Liberal Democrat MP Dr Evan Harris got 24,336 votes, beating Tory Amanda McLean into second place with 16,653 votes.

At Monday's meeting, at 7.30pm in the Guildhall, Abingdon, the candidates will make a pitch before the audience selects their favourite.

Tory agent Matthew Barber added: "People are fed up and disillusioned with politics.

"We hope that doing things differently will fire the imagination and get people interested again."