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