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The '''Campaign for Labour Party Democracy''' ('''CLPD''') is a group of [[Labour Party]] activists campaigning for changes to the constitution of the Labour Party to ensure that Labour MPs and Labour governments enacted policies agreeable to the party membership. CLPD's Secretary is [https://twitter.com/peterwillsman Pete Willsman.]
 
The '''Campaign for Labour Party Democracy''' ('''CLPD''') is a group of [[Labour Party]] activists campaigning for changes to the constitution of the Labour Party to ensure that Labour MPs and Labour governments enacted policies agreeable to the party membership. CLPD's Secretary is [https://twitter.com/peterwillsman Pete Willsman.]
  
[[CLPD]] was founded by activists in 1973, with support from about ten Labour MPs, and its first President was [[Frank Allaun]].<ref>Jad Adams, ''Tony Benn'' (London: Macmillan, 1992), p. 393.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://home.freeuk.net/clpd/history.htm |title=c l p d - a potted history |publisher=CLPD |accessdate=2 August 2015}}</ref>
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[[CLPD]] was founded by activists in 1973, with support from about ten Labour MPs, and its first President was [[Frank Allaun]].<ref>Jad Adams, ''Tony Benn'' (London: Macmillan, 1992), p. 393.</ref><ref>http://home.freeuk.net/clpd/history.htm</ref>
  
A leading co-founder was [[Vladimir Derer]], and his house in Golders Green became CLPD's headquarters for about 25 years.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jun/12/vladimir-derer |title=Vladimir Derer obituary |author=Chris Mullin |newspaper=The Guardian |date=12 June 2014 |accessdate=2 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/vladimir-derer-campaign-for-labour-party-democracy-cofounder-who-helped-modernise-the-party-and-make-it-more-electable-9630204.html |title=Vladimir Derer: Campaign for Labour Party Democracy co-founder who helped modernise the party and make it more electable |author=Peta Steel |newspaper=The Independent |date=26 July 2014 |accessdate=2 August 2015}}</ref>
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A leading co-founder was [[Vladimir Derer]], and his house in Golders Green became CLPD's headquarters for about 25 years.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jun/12/vladimir-derer </ref><ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/vladimir-derer-campaign-for-labour-party-democracy-cofounder-who-helped-modernise-the-party-and-make-it-more-electable-9630204.html</ref>
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
Amongst the changes desired were mandatory reselection of MPs, for the party leader to be elected on a franchise wider than MPs and for the party manifesto to be drafted by the [[National Executive Committee]] rather than the parliamentary leadership.<ref>Adams, p. 394.</ref> [[Tony Benn]] was the foremost advocate of CLPD demands.<ref>Adams, p. 393.</ref> In the late 1970s CLPD had about 450 members and nearly 300 affiliated organisations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hull.ac.uk/arc/collection/pressuregrouparchives/clpd.html |title=Pressure Group Archives Subject Guide - Campaign for Labour Party Democracy |publisher=University of Hull |accessdate=2 August 2015}}</ref>
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Amongst the changes desired were mandatory reselection of MPs, for the party leader to be elected on a franchise wider than MPs and for the party manifesto to be drafted by the [[National Executive Committee]] rather than the parliamentary leadership.<ref>Adams, p. 394.</ref> [[Tony Benn]] was the foremost advocate of CLPD demands.<ref>Adams, p. 393.</ref> In the late 1970s CLPD had about 450 members and nearly 300 affiliated organisations.<ref>http://www.hull.ac.uk/arc/collection/pressuregrouparchives/clpd.html</ref>
  
 
In the 1980s the CLPD became the first Labour organisation to call for more representation of women within the Party, which eventually led to all-women shortlists to select candidates being adopted in the Labour Party.
 
In the 1980s the CLPD became the first Labour organisation to call for more representation of women within the Party, which eventually led to all-women shortlists to select candidates being adopted in the Labour Party.
  
 
== Recent developments ==
 
== Recent developments ==
In 2015, CLPD member [[Jeremy Corbyn]] was elected as [[Leader of the Labour Party]], and took forward the CLPD agenda of increasing democracy in the Labour Party by putting forward reforms to increase the ability of the Labour Party Conference to determine Labour Party policy.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-corbyn-to-consult-on-plans-to-give-supporters-greater-powers-a6770846.html|title=Jeremy Corbyn makes first move to rein in rebellious Labour MPs|date=13 December 2015|accessdate=13 December 2015|newspaper=The Independent|author=Tom McTague}}</ref> Corbyn has not advocated mandatory reselection for Labour MPs now that he is Labour leader - a demand that he, along with Tony Benn and other members of the CLPD, had made in the 1980s - but because of the Conservative government's constituency boundary redrawing, all MPs intending to stand again will in fact face reselection by October 2018 anyway.
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In 2015, CLPD member [[Jeremy Corbyn]] was elected as [[Leader of the Labour Party]], and took forward the CLPD agenda of increasing democracy in the Labour Party by putting forward reforms to increase the ability of the Labour Party Conference to determine Labour Party policy.<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-corbyn-to-consult-on-plans-to-give-supporters-greater-powers-a6770846.html</ref> Corbyn has not advocated mandatory reselection for Labour MPs now that he is Labour leader - a demand that he, along with Tony Benn and other members of the CLPD, had made in the 1980s - but because of the Conservative government's constituency boundary redrawing, all MPs intending to stand again will in fact face reselection by October 2018 anyway.
 
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==References==
 
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Formation1973
Group of Labour Party activists campaigning for changes to the constitution of the Labour Party to ensure that Labour MPs and Labour governments enacted policies agreeable to the party membership.

The Campaign for Labour Party Democracy (CLPD) is a group of Labour Party activists campaigning for changes to the constitution of the Labour Party to ensure that Labour MPs and Labour governments enacted policies agreeable to the party membership. CLPD's Secretary is Pete Willsman.

CLPD was founded by activists in 1973, with support from about ten Labour MPs, and its first President was Frank Allaun.[1][2]

A leading co-founder was Vladimir Derer, and his house in Golders Green became CLPD's headquarters for about 25 years.[3][4]

History

Amongst the changes desired were mandatory reselection of MPs, for the party leader to be elected on a franchise wider than MPs and for the party manifesto to be drafted by the National Executive Committee rather than the parliamentary leadership.[5] Tony Benn was the foremost advocate of CLPD demands.[6] In the late 1970s CLPD had about 450 members and nearly 300 affiliated organisations.[7]

In the 1980s the CLPD became the first Labour organisation to call for more representation of women within the Party, which eventually led to all-women shortlists to select candidates being adopted in the Labour Party.

Recent developments

In 2015, CLPD member Jeremy Corbyn was elected as Leader of the Labour Party, and took forward the CLPD agenda of increasing democracy in the Labour Party by putting forward reforms to increase the ability of the Labour Party Conference to determine Labour Party policy.[8] Corbyn has not advocated mandatory reselection for Labour MPs now that he is Labour leader - a demand that he, along with Tony Benn and other members of the CLPD, had made in the 1980s - but because of the Conservative government's constituency boundary redrawing, all MPs intending to stand again will in fact face reselection by October 2018 anyway.

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