Selecting Party Leaders

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A Levels Government and Politics (Political Parties) Mind Map on Selecting Party Leaders, created by dottydiva96 on 27/12/2013.
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Selecting Party Leaders
  1. Conservative Party
    1. Two-stage process
      1. MPs are balloted
        1. Bottom candidates eliminated until two remain
          1. Regular party members vote for one using OMOV
        2. Issues
          1. Tactical voting enabled in initial ballots
            1. Used in 2001 to eliminate early favourite, Portillo
              1. Rank and file excluded from the process in 2003
          2. Labour
            1. Involves an electoral college made up of three parts:
              1. 1/3 of votes held by the parliamentary party (inc MEP's)
                1. 1/3 held by affiliated organisations (mainly trade unions)
                  1. 1/3 cast by members of constituency labour parties on OMOV basus
                2. Lib Dems
                  1. Most democratic
                    1. STV system using OMOV
                    2. Candidates selected and proposed by fellow MPs
                      1. Nominated by at least 200 members from at least 20 different local parties
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