Potential applicants should contact the Returning Officer for the region(s) in which they are interested for an application pack. Applicants can apply for as many Regions as they wish, but must obtain a separate application pack and submit a separate application to each Region. Applicants cannot be shortlisted in more than two Regions, and will be asked to give an order of preference to the Senior Returning Officer.

Shortlisting Interviews will take place in August or early September. Members' meetings will take place in October or November. The candidates to be included on the list and the order in which they appear on the list will be determined by a postal ballot of all members in November.

Queries about the approval of candidates and the special Euro conversion/assessment should be addressed to the Candidates Office at Liberal Democrats HQ, 8-10 Great George Street, London, SW1P 3AE candidates@libdems.org.uk.

Queries about the selection procedure should be addressed to the Returning Officer for the East Midlands - Cec Tallack cec.tallack@eastmidslibdems.org.uk or to the Senior Returning Officer - Jonathan Davies, 6 Carlton Close, London, NW3 7UA jonathan.davies@libdems.org.

Applicants can apply for as many Regions as they wish, but must obtain a separate application pack and submit a separate application to each Region. Applicants cannot be shortlisted in more than two Regions, and will be asked to give an order of preference to the Senior Returning Officer.

Applcations must be received by the appropriate Returning Officer by 6pm on Friday 27 July 2012.

Applicants not on the Party's list of Approved Candidates at the closing date for applications will not be guaranteed consideration by the Shortlisting Committee. It is the responsibility of applicants to check that their applications have been received by the Returning Officer, by the closing date.

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