· In short: Basil Zempilas is set to become the WA Liberals' candidate for the seat of Churchlands in the 2025 state election.

· The seat was held by the Liberals for eight years before it was lost to Labor in 2021.

· What's next? Mr Zempilas will still have to go through the Liberals' preselection process as a formality.

Perth Lord Mayor and TV personality Basil Zempilas is set to be elected as the WA Liberal candidate for the seat of Churchlands without any competition.

It's understood no-one will contest Mr Zempilas's bid to represent the Liberals at a preselection contest next month.

Churchlands, formerly a blue-ribbon seat, was swept away in the McGowan Labor government's stomping 2021 state election victory.

The seat was held by the Liberals' Sean L'Estrange for eight years, and had a healthy margin of 11.7 per cent at the last election.

Labor's Christine Tonkin took the seat with a razor-thin margin of 0.8 per cent.

It's understood Mr Zempilas will still have to go through the preselection process, though it would only be a formality.

The move comes during a shake-up of the Liberals' ranks, with party members recently voting to oust two sitting MPs — former party leader David Honey in Cottesloe, and The Clan faction member Ian Goodenough in the seat of Moore.

Former Property Council boss Sandra Brewer has taken Cottesloe, and former army officer Vince Connelly will replace Mr Goodenough.

Mr Zempilas's colleague, Perth Councillor Brent Fleeton, will also be running for Liberal candidacy in the seat of Nedlands.

Mr Zempilas has been touted as a potential high-profile candidate to revive the ranks of the WA Liberals, and as a possible party leader, though he has always denied ambitions to take captaincy.

He spent years working across TV and radio before taking on the role of City of Perth's Lord Mayor in 2020.

Mr Zempilas has recently been embroiled in a clash with the Labor government over an overnight women's respite centre, run by Ruah Community Services.

The centre was funded by the city for two-and-a-half years as a trial, which ended in November.

The 52-year-old has denied the saga had anything to do with his run for Liberal candidacy, and said he had only been working in his capacity as the Lord Mayor.