By  the Campaign for Labour Party Democracy

Ballot papers for Labour’s National Executive Committee (NEC) are expected to be emailed out by the Labour Party soon.

Please vote for Jess Barnard, Gemma Bolton and Yasmine Dar and see below for the suggested preference order to cast your vote and other candidates.

Please check your email inbox from today onwards. Also, please publicise the recommended candidates and the Voting Preference Tool below, as widely as possible.

To help our new Leader Andy Burnham succeed, we must try to secure an NEC and policies that can repair the damage inflicted on the Party’s electoral standing by the Starmer leadership and the Labour Together facton. NEC candidates committed to the reset of our Party are set out below.

Candidates to vote for in the NEC CLP Section election

A) Top 3 Preferences – 1^st, 2^nd & 3^rd
CLPD believes the best candidates to help Labour succeed are these three, who are backed by the Centre-Left Grassroots Alliance (CLGA):
CLGA-backed
Jess Barnard
Gemma Bolton
Yasmine Dar

To maximise the chance of success, it is vital that Party members cast their top three preferences (1^st, 2^nd & 3^rd) in the recommended order. This is a Single Transferable Vote (STV) ballot, so the distribution of first preferences matters to maximise the impact of grassroots votes.

Please use this Voting Preference Tool here to find out the recommended order for the area you live in. Enter your postcode in the box and click on the button “GET YOUR PREFERENCE ORDER”.  See below for the explanation why.

B) Next 3 Preferences – 4^th, 5^th & 6^th
To maximise the overall number of candidates elected who back a reset to our Party, please use your 4^th, 5^th & 6^th preferences for the Mainstream backed candidates who are:
Mainstream-backed
Cat Arnold
Jovan Owusu-Nepaul
Kerry Postlewhite

C) Why cast your top 3 Preferences (1^st, 2^nd & 3^rd ) using the Voting Preference Tool
Different preference orders for the first three preferences are being recommended for different geographical areas. Casting your vote following the recommended order of preferences for your area will help minimise the danger of any of the CLGA-backed (Grassroots Voice Three) candidates being unnecessarily knocked out of the election at early stages of the STV count. Please use the Voting Preference Tool here, hosted on Momentum’s Grassroots Voice website. For your information, the national/regional recommended lists can be seen here.