Nottingham South Short List

The GC of Nottingham South CLP met last night to determine the short list of candidates to replace Alan Simpson as our candidate at the GE.

With six people receiving valid nominations and the Regional Office advising the GC that the short list should have a minimum of six names on it, this was not hard. The shortlist is therefore:

Solma Ahmed

Katrina Bull

Lilian Greenwood

Zahida Noori

Crada Onuegbu

Christine Shawcroft

Given the advice we had, I think I could have done without the five minute speeches by each candidate.

 Also, what happened to the earlier thread on the selection? It seems to have disappeared completely.



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Re: Nottingham South Short List (#1)

Radford Mann - I removed the post a few days ago as I felt it had simply become a point scoring exercise between people with entrenched views. We were starting to get close to the point when the comments were going to be a lot more helpful to our opponents rather than informing Labour Party members in Nottingham South.

Re: Nottingham South Short List (#3)

I didn't realise authors could do that southside.

can i suggest in future you get in touch with me? i am able to close comments on a post which hides all comments and prevents new ones.

Re: Nottingham South Short List (#4)

That was my first thought Alex, but I could not quickly find any way of contacting you!

Re: Nottingham South Short List (#5)

07985 384 859
alexhilton@gmail.com

Re: Nottingham South Short List (#6)

I didn't realise authors could do that

yes, if you go under "edit story", you can update it, preview it or delate it.

Re: Nottingham South Short List (#2)

Now that the shortlist is agreed we can concentrate on the real issue of who should be selected. The speeches from the three front runners last night were interesting. Maybe I am biased but thought Christine performed the best and seemed most relaxed in front of the GC. Lilian's speech was also decent and it was good to highlight issues around the NHS, although from a UNISON official not unexpected. Did others think Katrinia's a bit weak - heavy on naming parts of the constituency but weak on policy. She wants to be a critical friend to the Government - is that code for make me a Minister?

Re: Nottingham South Short List (#7)

I agree some of the comments were getting too personal and perhaps I share some of the blame for that. However, I am still concerned that my original question about one of the front runners has not been answered. Moreover, I think it’s a legitimate question to ask when we are picking someone who will hopefully represent us in Parliament. So without naming names, can someone tell us -  does she live in Nottingham or in London? If she lives in London Mon-Fri with her family, why isn’t she a Party member in London? It just seems really odd that no one seems able to answer this in a satisfactory way - can some one clear this up?

Re: Nottingham South Short List (#8)

Why don't you ring her up and ask her? That should clear things up for you.

Re: Nottingham South Short List (#9)

I will get in touch with her then.

I noticed in the previous discussion thread a couple of 'insiders' suggested she lived in London and not really Nottingham so you will understand why I'm confused and think it looks a bit fishy.

Re: Nottingham South Short List (#10)

Lowdown on the candidates at selection
Katrina - v nervous (not like her at all) and flustered in some answers.
Christina - like she had it in the bag already, v casual, v jokey, and came over as flippant to those that didn't know her, didn't fill her 4min presentation with enough relevant messages (used up valuable time with anecdotes about family and poorness of microphone etc...). Ummed and ahhhed a lot in Q&A. 
Lilian - outstanding candidate of the evening, polished performance, obvious she could sway non-Lab voters as well as party member and showed she was prepared to put the legwork in before tonights meeting. Alan Simpson tried to throw her with a tricky question and she swatted him deftly away.
Lilian took it on the second round of balloting and I'm over the moon.

Re: Nottingham South Short List (#11)

I voted for Christine, but Party members decided otherwise. That's democracy. WolW's comments are fair. Now, Lillian has my full support and I look forward to working with her. She has been tenacious and determined throughout the campaign and I admire her for that. Her commitment to low paid workers and the venerable is beyond question. I am sure she will also pick up on Alan's green agenda.

Alan's speech whilst the votes were being counted addressed issues which cannot be ignored: poverty, the environment, Nottingham's governance and 'toxic debt'. For me it was the moment when he was handing the baton and the challenges onto us as a Party and to his successor.

For the last few years Nottingham South CLP and the branches have been sustained by a few activists who have, for the most part been Alan (and Christine) supporters and I think the nominations voting reflected this. Through her doggedness Lillian has reached Party members others have not reached. Now Lillian with our help needs to get these members attending branch meetings and helping in the campaign to ensure she wins Nottingham South at the next election. I'm sure she can do it.

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