Labour’s 2011 candidate selection underway

Jenny Michie | 31st January 2010 | 7:47 pm

The Labour Party's candidate selection for the 2011 general election is underway with nominations having closed last Friday for the first five electorates scheduled by the Party for early selection.

Labour Party President Andrew Little confirmed that electorate organisations with only one nomination must now hold a confirmation meeting to finalise the candidate selection.

Waitakere, with four nominations for the Party's candidacy, will hold a selection meeting on Saturday, 20 March.

"These are all battleground seats for Labour were we believe we can win back the confidence of our supporters and regain the seats in 2011, and early selection will allow us to get our organisation and campaigning in place straight away" said Andrew Little.

"These nominations show we have an excellent talent pool to draw from and will help set the Party up well for a hard campaign in 2011 and an excellent Parliamentary team under Phil Goff."

The Party will hold another round of selections for 35 electorates in June and July 2010 and it plans to have all remaining electorate candidates for 2011 selected by the end of the year.

Contact: Party President Andrew Little 0275 513467

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