UK: Labour NEC: No women-only Aberdeen North shortlist

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'The decision by the party’s UK national executive committee (NEC) means Labour MSP Richard Baker, who is reported to have expressed an interest in Aberdeen North, will be free to seek selection in the constituency as a potential MP.

Scotland on Sunday revealed this week that North East MSP Baker, a director of anti-independence campaign Better Together, was considering leaving Holyrood for Westminster.

A meeting of Labour’s NEC in London today said that Aberdeen North, where sitting MP Frank Doran is retiring at the 2015 General Election, would be open to male and female candidates.
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However, Labour is expected to select its candidate to fight the election in the constituency before the summer.

Labour’s NEC decided to make five of seven Westminster candidate selections all-women shortlists, including Glenrothes where the sitting MP Lindsay Roy is standing down next year.

Party members will have to select their candidates from all-women shortlists in Blackburn - the seat represented by former foreign secretary Jack Straw, who is retiring.

Labour will also select a candidate from an-women shortlist in Dulwich and West Norwood, which is represented by former cabinet minister Dame Tessa Jowell.'