Here’s the full list of selection contests in the coming month available for Lib Dems on the approved parliamentary candidates’ list, together with the closing date for applications. They include five of the seats on the party’s top 50 target list: Newport East, Totnes, Bristol North West, Bristol South, and Chelmsford.

The following seats have selections in progress and are currently advertising for candidates:

Arundel & South Downs, 24th February
Daventry, 24th February
Mid Sussex, 24th February
Mid Derbyshire, 28th February
Newport East, 28th February
Newport West, 28th February
Totnes, 28th February
East Devon, 7th March
Oldham West & Royton, 7th March
Tunbridge Wells, 7th March
Bristol East, 14th March
Bristol North West, 14th March
Bristol South, 14th March
Exeter, 14th March
Workington, 14th March
Southend West, 15th March
East Kilbride, Strathaven & Lesmahagow, 17th March
Glasgow Central, 17th March
Glasgow East, 17th March
Glasgow North, 17th March
Glasgow North East, 17th March
Glasgow North West, 17th March
Glasgow South, 17th March
Glasgow South West, 17th March
Rutherglen and Hamilton West, 17th March
South Suffolk, 17th March
Chelmsford, 21st March
North Thanet, 21st March
Skipton & Ripon, 31st March

In addition, Aberdeenshire West is selecting a candidate for the Scottish Parliament (7th March).

Further information, including Returning Officer contact details, can be found on the Lib Dem members’ website: http://www.libdems.org.uk/forms/user_sessions/new and then once you have logged in by following the links: Our Party > Selection Adverts – Latest News. Note you will need to register online and login in order to access the advert webpage.

* Stephen was Editor (and Co-Editor) of Liberal Democrat Voice from 2007 to 2015, and writes at The Collected Stephen Tall.

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