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We the undersigned wish to support the Open Selection motion proposed by Labour International at the Labour party annual conference.
We call upon the Momentum NGC to support the Open Selection Campaign and to encourage conference delegates who are members of Momentum to support the rule change motion on this subject submitted by Labour International CLP.

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Stephen Burke signed 2018-09-16 07:27:10 +0100
@ tweeted link to this page. 2018-09-15 11:10:46 +0100
Sign the petition: Momentum petition https://www.labour-open-selection.org.uk/momentum_petition?recruiter_id=15200
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Paul signed 2018-09-15 11:10:21 +0100

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Mark Taylor signed 2018-09-15 00:51:09 +0100
Rupert Holland signed 2018-09-14 15:39:39 +0100
Wayne Thompson signed 2018-09-14 14:01:10 +0100
John Clayton signed 2018-09-14 13:39:49 +0100
Ann Wackett signed 2018-09-14 13:07:24 +0100
Susanna Farley signed 2018-09-14 01:22:08 +0100

Open selection would be a BIG advance towards democracy in the Labour Party,]. It is just not right that once nominated for candidacy and elected, an MP is more or less guaranteed a job for life if they represent a Labour safe seat. Such people rapidly become distanced from the constituency community they are sent to Parliament to represent, and better potential candidates are denied the opportunity to stand for political office. There would be far less careerism if MPs knew that they could be deselected at any time if perceived not to be doing their job by the costituency Labour Party and the local community of which they are a part. In addition to this, the present system undoubtedly favours the right wing of the Labour Party and is another way of denying power to the left and weakening its message.
Calum Gibson signed 2018-09-13 21:38:39 +0100
Steve Robinson signed 2018-09-13 09:01:49 +0100

Open selection is a must for a truly open and transparent PPC selection process. My only concern is Regional Offices must adhere to and not effect the process to manufacture their preferred outcome
Gareth Murphy signed 2018-09-13 09:01:44 +0100
Steve Reilly signed 2018-09-12 18:07:45 +0100
Jo Bialan signed 2018-09-12 17:41:47 +0100
Pat Standen signed 2018-09-12 17:38:13 +0100
Lee Jasper signed 2018-09-12 14:37:42 +0100
Trevor Hoyle signed 2018-09-12 12:23:32 +0100
Bill Mayo-Bedford signed 2018-09-12 10:06:29 +0100
Barbara Pezzini signed 2018-09-12 09:23:51 +0100
Diana Radley signed 2018-09-12 08:54:37 +0100
Maureen Milligan signed 2018-09-12 08:22:17 +0100
Bridget Heelan signed 2018-09-12 08:17:12 +0100
Mark Griffin signed 2018-09-12 08:05:57 +0100
Joanie Patel signed 2018-09-12 07:40:30 +0100
Jessica Leschnikoff signed 2018-09-12 00:59:20 +0100

Well done on organising this petition: open selection is vital to maintaining a vibrant, flexible and agile political party. It gives the power to decide who represents back to the members and stops ineffective MPs from hanging on to their seat with tooth and nail, even when this can be damaging for local residents and the local / national party.

In fact, open selection would bring the UK Parliamentary Party into line with many other employers who routinely advertise positions outside company boundaries to ensure the best candidate gets the job: not just the most familiar or well-in one!
Philip McCabe signed 2018-09-11 18:06:41 +0100

We need to adopt open selection so that no candidate can think he has a job for life – if he does not represent the members wishes then he should be liable to de selection – however if he does represent his members in parliament then he will no doubt have nothing to fear from an open selection process.
Richard Samson signed 2018-09-11 18:06:15 +0100

Great work. This change is absolutely vital.
@davmidd tweeted link to this page. 2018-09-11 17:41:53 +0100
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Dave Middleton signed 2018-09-11 17:41:14 +0100

It’s just about democracy and accountability – no dogs involved
Jack Hayes signed 2018-09-11 16:49:17 +0100