Sentences with phrase «leadership nomination»

When leadership nominations close on 20 July, the struggle for a Lib Dem renaissance will be handed to Cable.

In the following days, several Labour MPs — including Field, Joan Ryan (who applied, as McDonagh had, for leadership nomination papers, and became the second rebel to be fired from her job), Jim Dowd, Greg Pope, and others who had previously held positions in government — said they wanted a contest.

This is reflected in the fact that this is at least the eighth change to Labour's leadership nomination rules since 1981.

It was co authored by Tim Leunig, a former Lib Dem Council candidate who signed Nick Clegg's leadership nomination papers.

It could propose radical moves that would make it easier for left wing candidates to enter leadership races, such as removing MPs as the gatekeepers to leadership nominations.

More than 20,000 people have joined as full members since the leadership nominations closed.