Elected member goes to tender to secure hotel near the beach (7)
I believe the answer is:
inshore
'near the beach' is the definition.
I know that 'near' relates to this answer.
'elected member goes to tender to secure hotel' is the wordplay.
'elected member goes' becomes 'in' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'to tender' becomes 'sore' ('sore' can be a synonym of 'tender').
'to secure' indicates putting letters inside.
'hotel' becomes 'h' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'sore' placed around 'h' is 'shore'.
'in'+'shore'='INSHORE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for inshore that I've seen before include "Close to the land" , "not far from the coast" , "No heirs (anag.)" , "close to beach" , "coming in to land" .)