PPC news: two more women candidates
Written by Rob Fenwick on 2nd April 2007 – 6:59 amCongratulations to Rebecca Hunt, selected to be PPC for Maidstone and The Weald, and to Sarah Carr who has been selected to take the baton from Paul Keetch in Hereford.
Thanks to Mark Valladares and Colin Ross for the head’s up.
Posted in Selection news
2nd April 2007 at 12:48 pm
A further female PPC selected:
Aqila Choudry in Leeds NE
3rd April 2007 at 8:18 am
Its very good news that we have a woman selected as PPC in a seat with a retiring MP. Is this the first?
3rd April 2007 at 9:25 am
Wasn’t that Liz Lynne in Rochdale, back in 1992?
3rd April 2007 at 10:24 am
“Wasn’t that Liz Lynne in Rochdale, back in 1992?”
I love political geeks!
3rd April 2007 at 8:32 pm
If it was 1992, then congrats to Sarah Carr!
Still have some way to go if we are to achieve 50% women MPs after the next election… I think we have around 4 BME PPCs so far. Don’t think any are women, though would love to be corrected!
3rd April 2007 at 8:34 pm
I stand corrected. Aqila Choudry must be the first female PPC so far!
4th April 2007 at 5:11 pm
Liz Leffman has been selected to fight part of Mark Oaten’s seat (admittedly the less promising bit).
4th April 2007 at 9:59 pm
Susan Kramer too (succeeded Jenny Tonge in Richmond Park in 2005)…
4th April 2007 at 11:27 pm
Technically wasn’t Flo Clucas selected for part of David Alton’s old seat?