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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, an AM since 1999, told BBC Wales: "The process is ongoing. It's all under discussion." | |
| Mr Asghar said he was "not disappointed", but declined to comment further. | |
| Mr Graham is a former Welsh Tory whip who chairs the enterprise and business committee. | |
| Mr Asghar 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. | 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. | 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. |
| Analysis by Nick Servini, BBC Wales political editor | |
| This is a blow to William Graham and Mohammad Asghar, who now find themselves in a battle to become the top candidates on the regional list in south east Wales. | |
| The local board clearly wants to give others the chance, and the two AMs will be in the mix with a range of other candidates at a hustings attended by the wider local membership, and not just the board. | |
| Whatever the overall result next May, there will be major changes in personnel at the Senedd, particularly in Labour ranks with so many of its AMs not standing. | |
| It will be interesting to see if there will be significant changes among Tory ranks as well. |