Sentences with phrase «constituency in an open primary»

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Having fewer MPs, elected from large constituencies, and selected to stand in the first place via open primary contests, would make politics more open and competitive.

The Open Primary meeting - open to any voter in the constituency who registers in advance - will be held at Congleton Town Hall on Saturday 28th November and will be chaired by former BBC North West political editor, Jim HancOpen Primary meeting - open to any voter in the constituency who registers in advance - will be held at Congleton Town Hall on Saturday 28th November and will be chaired by former BBC North West political editor, Jim Hancopen to any voter in the constituency who registers in advance - will be held at Congleton Town Hall on Saturday 28th November and will be chaired by former BBC North West political editor, Jim Hancock.

With 585 constituencies, the party can run 10 open primaries a week from January 2014, each one in a different part of the country, starting with seats notionally held by the Conservatives pre-2010, then those notionally won in 2010, then the target seats for 2015, then the rest.

Imagine if the Prime Minister's constituency of Witney was carved up, along with Ed Vaizey's neighbouring seat of Wantage, with both MPs and Joanne Cash in a public, open primary!

In today's Independent on Sunday the Conservative Party Chairman defended the constituency - wide ballot to choose the Totnes candidate and hoped to repeat the open primary method in future selectionIn today's Independent on Sunday the Conservative Party Chairman defended the constituency - wide ballot to choose the Totnes candidate and hoped to repeat the open primary method in future selectionin future selections.

However, I gather that my change in nomenclature caused panic and confusion among candidates - not least because the meetings open to all electors in a constituency are defined as Open Primaries in the party rulebopen to all electors in a constituency are defined as Open Primaries in the party rulebOpen Primaries in the party rulebook.

These numbers raise all sorts of questions about the health of Conservative Associations in supposedly deep blue constituencies and the degree to which selection meetings, including open primaries, are vulnerable to entryism.

Nusrat Ghani - After winning an open primary selection, Ms Ghani is standing for the safe Sussex constituency of Wealden, having cut her teeth in the Labour stronghold of Birmingham Ladywood in 2010.

He wants open primaries, in which all voters in a constituency get to choose the candidates that will stand for Labour, the Conservatives, Lib Dems and the rest rather than party selection committees.

A scarred veteran of the entrepreneurial trenches with many vivid stories to recount in private, Whittle has learned to eschew confrontation and employ feel - good rhetoric, even writing in an open letter to union leaders, «Though teachers are your primary constituency, I know that your organizations care deeply about children, too.»