Editing Conservative Party (UK) (section)

=== Prospective parliamentary candidates ===
{{further|Prospective parliamentary candidate}}
Associations select their constituency's candidates.<ref name="Central-Office-v-Burrell"/><ref name=dummies>{{cite book|title=British Politics For Dummies|page=202|first=Julian|last=Knight|year=2015|publisher=John Wiley & Sons |edition=2nd|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h-gbBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA202|isbn=978-1-118-97152-9}}</ref> Some associations [[Conservative Party (UK) parliamentary primaries|have organised open parliamentary primaries]]. A constituency Association must choose a candidate using the rules approved by, and (in England, Wales and Northern Ireland) from a list established by, the Committee on Candidates of the [[Board of the Conservative Party]].<ref>Constitution of the Conservative Party, Schedule 6</ref> Prospective candidates apply to the [[Conservative Central Office]] to be included on the approved list of candidates, some candidates will be given the option of applying for any seat they choose, while others may be restricted to certain constituencies.<ref name="personal-representation">{{cite book|title=Personal Representation: The Neglected Dimension of Electoral Systems|author-link1=Josep Colomer|first=Josep M.|last=Colomer|year=2013|page=45|publisher=[[European Consortium for Political Research]]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IsX9AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA45|isbn=9781907301575|access-date=16 November 2016|archive-date=13 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240913231455/https://books.google.com/books?id=IsX9AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA45#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=costly>{{cite news|title=The costly process of becoming an election candidate|first=Esther|last=Webber|work=[[BBC News]]|date=2 August 2013|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-23437111|access-date=21 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216035139/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-23437111|archive-date=16 December 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> A Conservative MP can only be deselected at a special general meeting of the local Conservative association, which can only be organised if backed by a petition of more than fifty members.<ref name="personal-representation"/>