The Campaign for Labour Party Democracy has some important dates for your diary about Labour Party Annual Conference and Annual Women’s Conference 2024.
Now is the time to ensure your CLP makes the appropriate preparations for this year’s conferences. You can find information about Labour Party Conference and most candidate statements on the Labour Party website.
Priority issues for supporters of Party democracy are:
- Nominations
- Election of delegates
- Rule Changes
- ‘Contemporary Motions’
1) Nominate grassroots centre-left candidates for internal elections
This year there are elections to the CLP Sections of the National Executive Committee (NEC), the National Policy Forum (NPF), the National Constitutional Committee (NCC) and the Women’s Conference Arrangements Committee (WCAC).
The deadline for CLPs to submit their nominations is 12 noon, Friday 28th June.
CLPD is encouraging CLPs to nominate the candidates recommended below.
For the National Executive Committee (NEC)
CLP Section:
Centre-Left Grassroots Alliance (CLGA) backed candidates:
• Jess Barnard (L1204334)
• Gemma Bolton (L1405940)
• Yasmine Dar (L1173052)
• Mish Rahman (L0137964)
Plus (To maximise the support for Party democracy):
• Ann Black (A353890)
Youth Rep:
• India Rees: (L1449629)
Disabled Members Rep:
• Ellen Morrison: (L1509954)
Welsh Rep:
• Sam Swash: L1618444
Local Government Reps:
• Soraya Adejare: (L0126481)
• Minesh Parekh: L1230833
For the National Policy Forum (NPF)
London:
• Aydin Dikerdem (L1217068)
• Rathi Guhadasan (L1362546)
• Dave Levy (A006829)
• Pat Quigley (L1505915)
• (Youth rep) India Burgess (L1928388)
South East:
• Alexa Collins (L1281294)
• Kiran Khan (L1644090)
• Theresa Mackey (L0058638)
• Charlie Wilson (L0080568)
North West:
• John Bowden (L0147273)
• Fianna Hornby (L1330132)
• Sangita Patel (L1750981)
• Evangeline Walker (L1965535)
• (Youth rep) Antonia Shipley (L1948862)
Eastern:
• Rachel Garnham (A777413)
• Bryn Griffiths (L1949828)
• Shahid Nadeem (L1811877)
• Maxine Sadza (L1431770)
• (Youth rep) Alex Small (L1733607)
South West:
• Marina Asvachin (L1279958)
• Jane Begley (L1279958)
• (Youth rep) Ada Gravatt (L1947136)
East Midlands:
• Dean Collins (L0144227)
• Fraser McGuire (L1823756)
• (Youth rep) Liv Marshall (L3108212)
West Midlands:
• Teresa Beddis (A399419)
• Syed Hussain (L1183151)
• Sachin Mathur (L3004219)
• (Youth rep) Niamh Iliff (L3102095)
Yorkshire & the Humber:
• Jack Ballingham (L1766555)
• Corinne Furness (L1493177)
• Chris Saltmarsh (LL180242)
• Sandra Wyman (L1640558)
North:
• Rochelle Charlton-Laine (L1210405)
• Hannah Cousins (L1424316)
• David Ray (L1488264)
• Samantha Townsend (L1462687)
• (Youth rep) Josh Freestone (L1783553)
Scotland (supported by Campaign for Socialism):
• Finn Beyts (L1239090)
• Debbie Boyd (L1441073)
• Anna Dyer (L0081865)
• Scott Hartles (L1457452)
• (Youth rep) Aaran McDonald (L1446458)
Wales (supported by Welsh Labour Grassroots):
• Zoe Allan (L1393044)
• Bel Loveluck Edwards (L0123450)
• Dawn McGuinness (L1681583)
• David Smith (A406305)
• (Youth rep) Bethany Thomas (L1796866)
For the National Constitutional Committee (NCC)
• Rachel Garnham (A777413)
• Emine Ibrahim (L0150489)
• Dave Levy (A006829)
• Khaled Moyeed (L0128862)
For the Women’s Conference Arrangements Committee (WCAC)
• Zoe Allan (L1393044)
• Jean Crocker (L1306356)
• Rathi Guhadasan (L1362546)
To assist with making nominations at CLP meetings, candidates’ statements can be found in this attached paper.
Please note that WCAC nominations should be made by Women’s Branches where such branches exist, otherwise they can be made by the CLP.
The elections for the NEC and NPF will take place by ballot this summer. The elections for the NCC will take place at the Party’s Annual Conference (22–25 September) and the elections for the WCAC will take place at the Party’s National Women’s Conference (21 September).
2) Elect delegates who support Party democracy and want Labour to succeed
With the Party’s internal democracy currently under attack, it is vital that as many delegates as possible are elected to Conference who respect the need for Party democracy.
It is also important that as many CLPs as possible are represented by delegates who not only want Labour to win the general election, which is vital, but also want Labour to succeed in tackling the problems created by the Tories and, as a result, be re-elected for a second term. The more delegates there are at Conference supporting a progressive policy agenda, the better, as such an agenda will be necessary to tackle the problems the next government will inherit.
3) Rule changes
CLPs are encouraged to consider submitting a rule change proposal to this year’s Annual Conference. The deadline for CLPs to submit a rule change is 12 noon, Friday 28th June.
CLPD’s recommended rule changes for consideration can be found here.
The Party’s current Rule Book is attached here.
For rule changes for the Women’s Conference please contact CLPD (clpdwomen@gmail.com).
4) Annual Conference ‘Contemporary Motions’
Last year’s Conference agreed a change to the Party’s Rule Book so that from this year’s Conference onwards, CLPs and affiliates can no longer submit normal policy motions to Annual Conference. They will only be allowed to submit what the Party calls ‘Contemporary Motions’.
The Party’s criteria for such motions is tightly defined, to try to restrict Conference from discussing most policy issues. Taking into account these restrictions, CLPD will circulate, in due course, some model motions for CLPs to consider submitting to Conference.
The deadline for submitting ‘Contemporary Motions’ for Annual Conference is 5pm, Thursday 12th September. CLPs can only submit either a rule change or a ‘Contemporary Motion’. Given the tight restrictions applied to ‘Contemporary Motions’, CLPs should consider whether they will have more impact by submitting a rule change, which if found in order will be on the Conference agenda in 2025.
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