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The National Executive Committee (NEC) is the chief administrative body of the Labour Party in the United Kingdom. Its composition has changed over the years, and includes representatives of affiliated trade unions, the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) and the European Parliamentary Labour Party, constituency Labour parties, and socialist societies, as well as ex officio members such as the Party Leader and Deputy Leader and several of their appointees.
Membership
As of 2015, the NEC had 33 members elected from the following constituencies:
- 1: Leader of the Labour Party
- 1: Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
- 1: Treasurer of the Labour Party
- 3: Opposition Front Bench (MPs nominated by the Shadow Cabinet)
- 1: European Parliamentary Labour Party Leader
- 1: Young Labour
- 12: Trade Unions
- 2: Socialist Societies and BAME Labour
- 6: Constituency Labour Parties (CLPs)
- 2: Labour Councillors
- 3: Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP)/European Parliamentary Labour Party (EPLP) (Backbench MPs or MEPs elected by all Labour MPs and MEPs)
In addition, the PLP Chief Whip, PLP Chair, Scottish Labour Leader and Leader of the Labour Group in the National Assembly for Wales attend ex-officio without a vote.
The General Secretary of the Labour Party acts as the non-voting secretary to the NEC.
Current members
Leader of the Labour Party
- Jeremy Corbyn MP (Leader of the Labour Party)[1]
Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
- Tom Watson MP (Deputy Leader of the Labour Party)
Treasurer
- Diana Holland (Treasurer)
Frontbench MPs
- Jon Ashworth MP (Opposition Front Bench)
- Jon Trickett MP (Opposition Front Bench)[2]
- Rebecca Long-Bailey MP (Opposition Front Bench)
EPLP Leader
- Glenis Willmott MEP (EPLP Leader)
Young Labour
- Jasmin Beckett (Young Labour)
Trade unions
- Keith Birch [Unison] (Div. I - Trade Unions)
- Jamie Bramwell [UCATT] (Div. I - Trade Unions)
- Jennie Formby [Unite] (Div. I - Trade Unions)
- Andi Fox [TSSA] (Div. I - Trade Unions)
- Jim Kennedy [Unite] (Div. I - Trade Unions)
- Andy Kerr [CWU] (Div. I - Trade Unions)
- Paddy Lillis [USDAW] (Chair – Div. I - Trade Unions)
- Martin Mayer [Unite] (Div. I - Trade Unions)
- Pauline McCarthy [BFAWU] (Div. I - Trade Unions)
- Wendy Nichols [Unison (Div. I - Trade Unions)
- Cath Speight [GMB] (Div. I - Trade Unions)
- Mary Turner [GMB] (Div. I - Trade Unions)
Socialist Societies and BAME Labour
- James Asser (Div. II - Socialist Societies)
- Keith Vaz MP (Div. II - BAME Labour)
CLPs
- Johanna Baxter (Div. III - CLPs)
- Ann Black (Div. III - CLPs)
- Ken Livingstone (Div. III - CLPs) -Suspended
- Ellie Reeves (NEC Vice-chair - Div. III - CLPs)
- Christine Shawcroft (Div. III - CLPs)
- Pete Willsman (Div. III - CLPs)
Labour Councillors
- Cllr Ann Lucas (Div. IV - Labour Councillors)
- Cllr Alice Perry (Div. IV - Labour Councillors)
PLP/EPLP
- Margaret Beckett MP (Div. V - PLP/EPLP)
- Shabana Mahmood MP (Div. V - PLP/EPLP)
- Dennis Skinner MP (Div. V - PLP/EPLP)
Chair of the Labour Party
The chair of the party is elected by the NEC from among its own members, and holds office for a calendar year, chairing both NEC meetings and national party conferences.
The name of this post has become confused since 2001 when Labour Party leader Tony Blair appointed Charles Clarke to the courtesy position of "Labour Party Chair" without the NEC or the national conference authorising such a position.[3] The office's name remains "chair of the party" in the Labour Party Constitution, but elsewhere the party presents the position as "Chair of the NEC".[4] Prior to 2001 the position was called "Chair of the Labour Party", and before that "Chairman of the Labour Party".
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Document:Dear Tom, about this Trotsky thing….. | article | 11 August 2016 | Jeff Goulding | Tom Watson, Corbyn’s deputy, has launched an astonishing and utterly ridiculous attack on his leader’s supporters. In it he claimed that “Trotskyists are twisting the arms of young Labour members”. |
References
- ↑ Labour's National Executive Committee – The Labour Party http://www.labour.org.uk/pages/labours-national-executive-committee
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