But Paul Flynn, a Labour backbencher who is in the process of setting up his own extensive Website, said he thought the party was missing out.
Dr Savage came second in Labour's PCC selection process but became the candidate when Bob Ashford stepped down because of a childhood criminal conviction.
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Deborah Mattinson, co-founder and joint chief executive of Opinion Leader Research - which carries out polling for political parties - said older women were more likely to vote than younger women, although many older female voters were disillusioned with the political process and the Labour government in particular.
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His involvement in the controversial selection process for Labour's mayoral candidate was particularly criticised.
"It is vital that there is public confidence in the political process, " Labour MP and committee chairman Graham Allen said.
"The peace process in Northern Ireland was one of Labour's proudest achievements in government, " he said.
The Labour peer alleged "serious flaws" in the LGBCE's process and claimed the changes contravene the requirements of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009.
But one of the attractions of the administration process - which was created by Labour when they were in power - is that it is quick.
The government points to the peace process in Northern Ireland, in which Britain's Conservative and Labour Parties both played their part.
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Lynne Neagle, Labour AM for Torfaen, questioned the process for implementing the recommendations as one suggested innovation in the fire services has recently been rejected by the fire fighters' authority.
The Labour MP for Worsley and Eccles South cited a business in her constituency which had "lost its industrial process, meaning it then lost business" as a result of metal theft.
And the London mayor expressed his own high opinion of Ms Mayhew last autumn, when Labour's tortuous selection process was still dragging on, saying he might ask her to be in his mayoral cabinet.
Labour thinks that the Scottish parliament can avoid this sort of error by having a more careful lawmaking process in which committees take evidence on bills from interested parties before the debate starts.
Labour seeks to outdo the Tories' Public Finance Initiative, by putting a minister in charge of driving the process forward, and by legislating to give public bodies the necessary powers to enter into contracts.
The Labour Party's ruling National Executive Committee (NEC), in charge of the election rules, will decide what process to follow this time.
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