1Which positive actions to increase the number of LGBTI, disabled, women and ethnic minority candidates do you use?
| Yes | No | I don't have this information | |
| Gender quotas | |||
| All women shortlists | |||
| All disabled shortlists | |||
| Targets for the number of LGBTI, women, disabled or ethnic minority candidates | |||
| Zipping candidate lists | |||
| When a sitting member steps down from post only people from under-represented groups are able to stand in that seat | |||
| Mentoring and shadowing opportunities for people from under-represented groups | |||
| Making financial support and adjustments available for disabled candidates |
2Do you know the difference between diversity targets and quotas?
3Do you do background checks or ask people personal questions during candidate selection?
4Who has responsibility for selecting candidates?
5Do your vetting/selection panel receive guidance and/or training about equality, diversity and unconscious bias?
6Do your vetting/selection panel receive guidance and/or training about equality, diversity and unconscious bias?
7Does your accessibility or equality and diversity policy contain guidance about running an inclusive selection hustings and selection ballot?
8Do you have a data protection policy?
9Do you collect equalities data about your members?
10Do you release equalities data about:
| Yes | No | I don't have this information | |
| Potential candidates who express an interest in standing? | |||
| Candidates who are successfully selected to stand for your party? | |||
| Candidates who are successfully elected? |
11During selection do you ask potential candidates about their personal commitment to equality and diversity?
12Do you have training and development programme for people from underrepresented groups?
13Is this training and development programme:
| Yes | No | I don't have this information | |
| Funded by the central or local party | |||
| Supported by party leadership | |||
| Run by the central or local party |
14Are there peer support or mentoring networks available to LGBTI, ethnic minority, disabled and women members?
15Do you employ staff?
16Do you normally advertise staff vacancies?
17Which of these other employer best practices and policies do you follow? (please tick all that apply)
18At what point in the election cycle do you start encouraging people to stand for election?
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