Labour Party
political party
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| Formation | 1900 |
| Headquarters | Brewer's Green, London |
| Leader | Leader of the Labour Party |
| Type | political party |
| A UK political party which appears to have a leader independent of the establishment | |
The Labour Party is one of the established UK mainstream political parties.
From 2015 to the General Election of 2019 the Party was the fastest growing political party in the United Kingdom with a membership exceeding 515,000 and a leader, Jeremy Corbyn, who appeared to be more or less independent of the UK deep state.
Sir Keir Starmer who was elected Leader of the Labour Party on 4 April 2020 is a member of the Trilateral Commission which is "said to be the Bilderberg group dressed in another frock"[1]
Leaked internal report on antisemitism
In early April 2020, an internal report on antisemitism by the Party's Governance and Legal Unit, covering the period between the election of Jeremy Corbyn to the leadership and the general election of 2019, was leaked. It confirms that throughout the period, the party was inundated with complaints of antisemitism. In the report conclusions on page 843, it also states: "in 2019, half of all complaints and one third of investigated cases came from just one individual". The individual is named on page 401 as "Euan Philipps" who is described as "...often rude and abusive".
2015 leadership election
Ed Miliband's resignation after the 2015 General Election defeat prompted Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper, Jeremy Corbyn and Liz Kendall to stand as candidates to succeed him as Labour party leader.[2] Jeremy Corbyn was elected Leader of the Labour Party in September 2015 with 59.5% of the vote.
2016 leadership election
Jeremy Corbyn was subject to significant opposition from the Parliamentary Labour Party (for example, Hilary Benn, his Shadow Foreign Secretary expressed no confidence in him, and over 20 members of the shadow cabinet resigned) which prompted a leadership challenge from Owen Smith.[3] However, Corbyn increased his margin of victory and was re-elected on 24 September 2016 with 61.8% of the vote.
2020 leadership election
The 2020 leadership election was triggered after Jeremy Corbyn said that he intended to resign following the party's poor results in the UK/2019 General Election. The contest was held alongside a deputy leadership election.
The results were announced on 4 April 2020.[4] The Labour Party tweeted:
- Congratulations to @Keir Starmer, the new Leader of the Labour Party![5]
- Congratulations to @Angela Rayner, the new Deputy Leader of the Labour Party![6]
Post Corbyn
The future of the Labour Party is emulated by the Labour Party/Future Candidates Programme/2021 to 2022.
The Labour Party conference voted for candidate shortlists to be decided by three CLP representatives, one NEC rep and one REC rep. But the shortlist in October 2021 for the Future Old Bexley and Sidcup by-election was decided by three NEC reps, one CLP rep and one REC rep. This demonstrated the centralisation of the party under Keir Starmer.[7]
- CLP - Constituency Labour Party
- NEC - National Executive Committee
- REC - Regional Executive Committee
Membership Resignation Form
Individuals wishing to cancel their Labour Party membership may do so by filling in a Membership Resignation Form here.[8]
References
- ↑ Document:The Spoils of War
- ↑ "Devolution, UKIP and immigration: What happened when the Labour leadership hustings came to Cardiff"
- ↑ "Shadow cabinet resignations: who has gone and who is staying"
- ↑ "Leadership and Deputy Leadership election 2020 - Results"
- ↑ "Congratulations to @Keir_Starmer, the new Leader of the Labour Party"
- ↑ "Congratulations to @Angela Rayner, the new Deputy Leader of the Labour Party"
- ↑ https://labourlist.org/2021/10/delegates-voted-to-transform-selections-why-is-the-rule-change-being-ignored/
- ↑ "Membership Resignation Form"