COUNCILLOR Sandra Wilson has questioned the selection of prospective parliamentary candidates following a call for an urgent review by Bob Woollard.

Buckinghamshire county councillor Woollard called for a shake-up of the current system of electing prospective MPs within the Conservative Party in a letter to the Free Press last week, after he was rejected in his bid to become the prospective Tory candidate for the Wycombe constituency.

This week, Marlow town councillor Sandra Wilson (Con), who herself sat before the selection board to join the national approved list of prospective parliamentary candidates, has added fuel to the fire in her own letter to the Free Press.

She wrote: 'I have serious reservations about sitting before the board again as it did not reflect people's performance and was biased to right-wing Conservatism.'

Cllr Bob Woollard said in his letter last week: 'I do feel that the process needs urgent review as it appears to place local candidates at a disadvantage to those on the National List.'

Potential candidates need to pay £350 to be assessed and a further £250 each year if successful. Cllr Wilson says she has known people who have languished on the list for up to ten years.

Susan Hynard, Conservative Party agent for Wycombe, said: 'I don't feel local people are disadvantaged.

'We have a very open process which is within national guidelines.

'Local candidates are treated fairly and have the same opportunity as anyone else.'