Selecting Parliamentary Candidates

Selection procedures
1. 1. Hopefuls must appear on a centerally vetted and approved list of prospective candidates
  1. 2. The local party draws up a shortlist from those approved candidates who have expressed an interest
    1. 3. Those attending a a meeting of constituency members (Conservatives) or all constituency members by ballot (or Labour and Lib Dem) vote for their preferred candidate
All three main parties employ a similar 3-stage process in selecting parliamentary candidates
In recent years, Labour and Conservative have looked to innovate in candidate selection. Labour has employed all women shortlists in a number of safe Labour seats and the Conservatives have used A-lists and primary elections
The deselection and imposition of candidates
1. Though constituency parties in all three major parties are usually allowed the final say in selecting their parliamentary candidates fro the nationally approved lists, the national parties retain the ultimate power to deselect and impose candidates where they see fit
2. Former Conservative MP Shaun Woodward was imposed from Labour
3. Under Kinnock, Labour deselected a number of sitting MPs in 1986 for being part of the banned Militant Tendency
4. In the run-up to the 2005 general election, party deputy chair Flight was sacked and then expelled for undermining the party's manifesto commitments on taxation

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