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A-List (Conservative)
The Conservative A-List or Priority List is a list of United Kingdom candidates drawn up by Conservative Central Office at the behest of David Cameron after his election as party leader in December 2005, aimed as a means of broadening the number of Conservative Members of Parliament, potential Peers of the Realm and MEPs from minority groups and women as well as other preferred candidates for candidature, where the preferred forums for selection are held at least two members from the list is put to every open primary. Where these are not held the A-list are recommended directly, particularly to the top target seats.
==History==
In April 2006, a Conservative Party committee on candidates set out to deliver a promise by David Cameron to transform the Conservative party at Westminster. The committee reduced 500 aspiring politicians on the party's list of approved parliamentary candidates to an "A-list" of between 100 and 150 priority candidates.〔Will Woodward and Tania Branigan, ''(The A-list: new leader's drive for women and minority candidates )'' in ''The Guardian, 19 April 2006〕 The result was a list on which more than half of the names were of women. The list included the former ''Coronation Street'' actor Adam Rickitt, the environmentalist Zac Goldsmith, the author Louise Bagshawe (later Mensch), and Margot James.〔Will Woodward, chief political correspondent, ''("Former soap star on Cameron's A-list of Tory candidates" ) in ''The Guardian'', 11 May 2006〕
Amid controversy the "A-list" approach was endorsed by Michael Portillo, the party's MP until 2005, who in 2006 said that Conservative chairmen and activists in seats considered potentially winnable were in the run-up to the 2010 election urged by Conservative Central Office to select candidates from the new A-list and were in many cases included in open primaries, new and preferred open-to-all selection meetings.〔''(A-list 'not snubbing' NE England )'' dated 20 October 2006 at bbc.co.uk〕
The 2010 general election saw failures as well as successes for the "A-listers" selected for 'winnable' seats. Success was epitomised by, for example, Zac Goldsmith in Richmond Park, but failure by Joanne Cash, Philippa Stroud and Shaun Bailey.〔Carol Driver, ''(What happened to Cameron's A-listers? Zac Goldsmith wins... but 'Cutie' Cash fails )'' dated 7 May 2010 at dailymail.co.uk〕
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