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Eight candidates to fight it out to be Labour's London mayor | Eight candidates to fight it out to be Labour's London mayor |
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Eight candidates will fight it out to be Labour's choice to be the next mayor of London. | Eight candidates will fight it out to be Labour's choice to be the next mayor of London. |
Candidates include one ex-MP, four current MPs, a writer, a former mayor of Lambeth and one journalist. | Candidates include one ex-MP, four current MPs, a writer, a former mayor of Lambeth and one journalist. |
All will vie to get on a shortlist next month, chosen by a committee of the Labour Party. | All will vie to get on a shortlist next month, chosen by a committee of the Labour Party. |
Then will lie ahead weeks of campaigning, hustings and media appearances before the winner emerges in the middle of September. | Then will lie ahead weeks of campaigning, hustings and media appearances before the winner emerges in the middle of September. |
The line up is: | The line up is: |
Labour is running a selection process based on the primary principle that extends voting rights to supporters who sign up to the party and pay a £3 fee by the middle of August. | Labour is running a selection process based on the primary principle that extends voting rights to supporters who sign up to the party and pay a £3 fee by the middle of August. |
But the first hurdle is to get nominations from at least five Labour constituency branches in London and at least one nomination from a so-called Labour affiliate, including unions, the Co-op or Fabian Society. | But the first hurdle is to get nominations from at least five Labour constituency branches in London and at least one nomination from a so-called Labour affiliate, including unions, the Co-op or Fabian Society. |
Tories yet to come | Tories yet to come |
Candidates will be interviewed on 13 June by a selection committee made up of three members of the London regional board and three members of the party's national executive committee. | Candidates will be interviewed on 13 June by a selection committee made up of three members of the London regional board and three members of the party's national executive committee. |
A shortlist will be revealed that day. | A shortlist will be revealed that day. |
The process will run in parallel with Labour's selection of a new leader. | The process will run in parallel with Labour's selection of a new leader. |
The Conservatives have not yet revealed when they plan to run their selection process although three people - deputy mayor Stephen Greenhalgh, London Assembly member Andrew Boff and businessman Ivan Massow - have so far said they are running. | The Conservatives have not yet revealed when they plan to run their selection process although three people - deputy mayor Stephen Greenhalgh, London Assembly member Andrew Boff and businessman Ivan Massow - have so far said they are running. |
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