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Two Conservative AMs fail re-selection as regional candidates | Two Conservative AMs fail re-selection as regional candidates |
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Two Conservative AMs have failed to win automatic re-selection as regional candidates for south east Wales in the 2016 assembly election. | Two Conservative AMs have failed to win automatic re-selection as regional candidates for south east Wales in the 2016 assembly election. |
William Graham and Mohammad Asghar will have to enter an open list to compete against other hopefuls. | William Graham and Mohammad Asghar will have to enter an open list to compete against other hopefuls. |
Mr Graham, who has been an AM since 1999, chairs the enterprise and business committee. | |
Mr Ashgar was elected as a Plaid Cymru AM in 2007, and defected to the Tories in 2009. | |
The decision was taken at a regional board meeting on Wednesday night. | |
Twenty of the 60 assembly members are elected on the basis of regional lists which offer a form of proportional representation, with four seats available in each of five regions. |