Category Archives: Selecting Candidates

Labour Day

Posted on 18/06/2012 by samchapman

The results of the Labour selection process are here, but could be removed at any point, lack commentary and, in the party’s ongoing obsession with regions, are not in nice alphabetical order – so my version below is better! By … Continue reading →

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Blue Sunday

Posted on 17/06/2012 by samchapman

Councillor Craig McKinley, ex-Deputy-Leader of UKIP has been selected as the Conservative candidate for Kent PCC, where it is an open secret in advance of Monday’s announcement that he will face Labour’s Harriet Yeo. In Hampshire, the Conservative shortlist was … Continue reading →

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Initial results of risking it all

Posted on 16/06/2012 by samchapman

Today it was announced that Avon & Somerset Conservatives had chosen Ken Maddock as their official Candidate for Police and Crime Commissioner. That’s one out of the TopOfTheCops five ‘Risking It All‘ candidates. 3 others are due to learn their … Continue reading →

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Last day for Labour selection

Posted on 14/06/2012 by samchapman

The Labour Party have encountered two extremes in their candidate selection process for the Police and Crime Commissioner elections:- 1) not having enough candidates to choose from by the time it gets to the shortlist. Shortlists of one have abounded, … Continue reading →

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Weekend Update – 20 May

Posted on 20/05/2012 by samchapman

There has been some movement on Conservative Candidates, funnilly enough in exactly the same week as I was officially told there wouldn’t be… Out Colonel Tim Collins, the man paraded at the last Conservative Party Conference as exactly the sort … Continue reading →

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What is it like to be a Labour PCC hopeful?

Posted on 25/04/2012 by samchapman

Obviously, I am not the first person one would think of to answer this question. I am not a Labour candidate and, even if I believed in a multiverse with an infinity of worlds only slightly different from our own, … Continue reading →

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Former Home Secretary backs Richards for Sussex PCC

Posted on 18/04/2012 by samchapman

Rt Hon. Jacqui Smith, Britain’s first woman home secretary, has backed Paul Richards in the selection to be Labour’s candidate for police commissioner in Sussex. Jacqui Smith said: ‘Paul has been at the heart of government and at the heart … Continue reading →

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How not to shortlist for Police and Crime Commissioner candidates.

Posted on 17/04/2012 by samchapman

The two main political parties have both chosen multi-stage processes to select their Police and Crime Commissioner candidates. The Conservatives have gone for a centralised verification process. Candidates apply, are interviewed (I’m not yet clear whether all are interviewed or … Continue reading →

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What on earth are Lancashire Labour up to?

Posted on 12/04/2012 by samchapman

As regular readers will be aware, I am a Conservative in Lancashire, rumoured in the press to be interested in standing for the Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner post. I try to be straight with people, and welcome the contribution … Continue reading →

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Sure things?

Posted on 31/03/2012 by samchapman

Want some fun? How about a little analysis of that Police Foundation research on voting patterns and Police and Crime Commissioner elections that TopOfTheCops featured yesterday? Let’s use it to pick out say, the ten best bets for Labour candidates … Continue reading →

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