Org-Sub report: Which seats are All-Women Shortlists

The NEC’s Organisation Sub-Committee met yesterday.  On the agenda, as usual, was the issue of selections.  I’m really pleased with the progress we’ve made in selections to date – 105 selections have now completed in our key seats, 21 in the retirement seats and a further 57 are in progress.  We approved those candidates that had been selected since our previous meeting.

We looked at the profile of our candidates and noted that the employment background is much more diverse than is often reported.  I pressed again for more to be done to encourage women to apply for Open selections and support to be given to BAME and disabled candidates.

We took decisions on which of the upcoming selections should be made by AWS;

Bradford East – Open

Bradford West – AWS

Bradford South – AWS

Sheffield Brightside & Hillsborough – Open

Neath – AWS

Workington – AWS

Bootle – Open

We also received a report of the process for internal elections and it was noted that ballot papers should start dropping today and over the next few days.  If you haven’t had a ballot paper by 21^st July then you should ask for a replacement by 11^th August by calling the OneStopShop on 0845 092 2299.  Remember to return your ballot, or vote online, by 5pm on the 18^th August.  Results will be announced on the 20^th August.