Unison official Lillian Greenwood has won tonight Nottingham South selection.

The local Nottingham newspaper - the Evening Post - is reporting on a last ditch effort by Alan Simpson to help with a smooth handover between him and his preferred heiress Christine Shawcroft in Nottingham South.

I was reading the blog post on the Nottingham South selection the other day - do the Nottingham South bloggers realise what a sad bunch they are? All their talk about the parliamentary section is who lives where. Within a year of being elected most women MPs with young families end up in London. That’s where theirs will be too. Makes for an easier career.

The GC of Nottingham South CLP met last night to determine the short list of candidates to replace Alan Simpson as our candidate at the GE.

With the starting pistol having been fired in the race to become Alan Simpson's successor, I offer a few observations on the process and the early candidates.

As we wait patiently for Regional Office to allow us to begin the process of selecting our candidate to replace Alan Simpson, and wonder if Godot might turn up before that time, news reaches me of someone whose impatience has got the better of her.

The GC of Nottingham South CLP met last night to meet with a representative of Regional Office to start the process for selecting a successor to Alan Simpson. Unfortunately, it didn't go quite as delegates might have imagined beforehand.

The Tories have chosen their candidate to challenge for Nottingham South. It's Rowena Holland, a district councillor from Leicestershire. Conservativehome doesn't seem to know very much about her either.

Sad news for socialists everywhere as one of our best leaders anounces he's leaving parliament.