Sentences with phrase «postal open primary»

My understanding now is that CCHQ expects Bromsgrove Conservatives to hold an all - postal Open Primary to select their candidate for the general election and that Ms Kirkbride told her Executive that «if cleared by the Legg Inquiry» (whatever that means precisely), she would like to be considered as a candidate in such a process.

At the beginning of this week, Anthony Steen's successor as Conservative candidate for Totnes, Sarah Wollaton, was anointed after winning the all - postal Open Primary.

Not exact matches

Interestingly, both were elected to the House following some form of open primary; Wollaston was selected through a postal ballot of all 69,000 voters in Totnes while Stewart's selection followed a primary meeting, open to voters of all parties in Penrith and the borders.

My sense is that the enthusiasm within the Powers - That - Be for finding candidates with no real background in the Party has passed its high - water mark, though not to the degree that the interest in open primaries has cooled (which it clearly has, since the Coalition Agreement plan for 200 all - postal primaries has apparently been dropped).

The current MP, Sarah Wollaston, is unusual in having been selected in a true open primary with a postal ballot open to all electors.