Editing Primary election (section)

===United Kingdom===
{{Main|Conservative Party (UK) parliamentary primaries}}
For the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 general election]], the Conservative Party used open primaries to select two candidates for [[Member of Parliament]]. Further open primaries were used to select some Conservative candidates for the [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 general election]], and there are hopes other parties may nominate future candidates in this way.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8182833.stm?ad=1 | work=BBC News | title=GP wins Tory 'open primary' race | date=4 August 2009 | access-date=22 May 2010 | archive-date=26 January 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126114511/http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8182833.stm?ad=1 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8183907.stm?ad=1 | work=BBC News | title=Tories test the mood in Totnes | date=4 August 2009 | access-date=22 May 2010 | archive-date=10 August 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180810114034/http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8183907.stm?ad=1 | url-status=dead }}</ref>