The leadership contest then automatically begins and the various candidates will rush to put themselves forward through the media.

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No other candidates have yet put themselves forward for the position in Nottinghamshire.

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Deputies Mike Torode, Bernard Flouquet and Jonathan Le Tocq have put themselves forward for the job of chief minister.

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Will those prospective candidates include familiar names or will the new role persuade fresh faces to put themselves forward?

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And this month a number of Democrats have put themselves forward or, in some cases, just extended the speculation.

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No other candidates have put themselves forward for the post so far.

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Others have put themselves forward for their own financial gain.

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Not a single one of the 60 or so UKIP candidates who put themselves forward across Yorkshire will be occupying a seat when the new councils meet for the first time this week.

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At one point, it even tried financing itself from the tiny savings of the poor (ie, no aid at all), though this drastic form of self-help proved a step too far: hardly any lenders or borrowers put themselves forward.

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However, none had been as "dramatic" as that put forward by the young people themselves, he said.

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