The NEC meets soon to decide on the next tranche of selection arrangements, one of which will be John Prescott's Hull East seat. With Prescott's son David and Gordon Brown favourite Chris Leslie believed to be interested in the seat, will the NEC be prepared to implement an all-woman shortlist?

David Cameron is still struggling to get the Constituent Tories to accept his big plans to increase the number of women wearing a blue rosette in the next parliament. (Source: The BBC)

We need to have a better way of selecting our candidates. My biggest concern with the current system is the affirmative action selection process for women.  Let me start by saying that there is a need to have more women in Parliament and we still don't have enough.