Jake Berry was selected from the shortlist for this winnable seat yesterday.
Its Association was one of the first to use the "speed-dating" method of selection, whereby the 70 or so members who turned up in the morning were split up into several tables with the candidates moving around each of them individually. Later on there was a vote of all those present after a general Q&A session (with the members effectively being co-opted onto the Exec for the day).
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