Sentences with phrase «labour leadership contests»

Mr McCluskey has been a key backer of Mr Corbyn in both Labour leadership contests won by the left - winger.

What is conspicuous about Labour leadership contests in the new era is that, unlike those confined to the PLP only — let alone Tory elections — they have more often than not been foregone conclusions.

«There will probably be one, maybe two, Labour leadership contests between now and then.

They will mean that only party members, affiliated union supporters and registered supporters can vote in Labour leadership contests.

The Labour leadership contest has entered into a period of calm, with the ballots closed and the result not set to be announced until Saturday.

As the Labour leadership contest hots up, supporters of Jeremy Corbyn and Owen Smith are furiously hitting the phones.

Whatever the outcome of the Labour leadership contest, this much we already know.

Owen Smith launched a new vision for workers» rights today with a spring in his step — after new sampling from the Labour leadership contest showed he has a sliver of a chance of winning.

The leader of the Liberal Democrats, Tim Farron, has joined these calls, as have the interim Labour Leader Harriet Harman and all the candidates in the Labour leadership contest.

The evidence from the 2010 Labour leadership contest suggested that the vast majority of affiliated members did not vote.

The Scottish Labour leadership contest this autumn is important for the entire Labour Party in Britain, because how the party performs in Scotland will be a significant factor in whether Labour can form the next UK government.

But this Labour leadership contest was not normal.

I have followed the Labour leadership contest with great interest.

John supported Carwyn Jones in the Welsh Labour leadership contest in 2009.

Beckett has already described herself as a «moron» for having nominated Corbyn in the last Labour leadership contest.

Thanks to YouGov's poll, we can put the theory to the test in the current Labour leadership contest.

Love him or not, whichever Miliband brother wins the Labour leadership contest must choose a man who

Labour moderates were left licking their wounds this afternoon after it was confirmed that Jeremy Corbyn will not be thrown off the ballot paper for the Labour leadership contest.

Nobody in Westminster has seen anything of David Miliband since his defeat in the Labour leadership contest, breaking Blairite hearts.

Had he won then the Labour leadership contest as we know it could have been over, with Owen Smith poised to take the crown.

Burke provides other arguments about the need for representatives to have the freedom to exercise personal judgement and suggests they are somehow more able to see the bigger picture but I'd be interested in hearing your opinion on whether there is any knoweldge, information or argument about the Labour leadership contest or candidates that is the preserve of MPs only?

It was telling during the recent Labour leadership contest that Corbyn's media operation improved markedly, thanks largely to the involvement of these younger, savvier operators.

In third place we ask if Yvette Cooper could really win the Labour leadership contest.

Already the scapegoating of immigrants has taken a prominent role in the Labour leadership contest.

In last year's Labour leadership contest and after much shilly - shallying, my vote went to Yvette Cooper.

Two stories have dominated the British news agenda this summer — the migration crisis in Europe and the Labour leadership contest.

As noted in a previous post, this follows rule changes turning the Labour leadership contest into a fully «one member one vote» process, and giving voting rights to «supporters» who signed up for just # 3.

Ed is running in the Labour leadership contest, and is shadow secretary of state for energy and climate change.

Much has been written and spoken about Jeremy Corbyn since he secured a landslide victory in the Labour leadership contest last year.

Kinnock, who made it clear in the Labour leadership contest he was no supporter of Corbyn, was equally scathing in his assessment of the play's central character.

In fourth place is our review of this week's first televised hustings for the Labour leadership contest.

That seems to be the message from Blairite veterans at how the nascent Labour leadership contest is shaping up.

YouGov said: «With the ballot papers out for the Labour leadership contest, Labour members will be dismayed to see the party's rating in the polls dipping below the 30 % mark once again.»

The Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP was shadow public health spokesman under Ed Miliband, after losing out to him in the 2010 Labour leadership contest.

Labour MP Jess Phillips has said she could resign from the party if Jeremy Corbyn wins the Labour leadership contest.

Jeremy Corbyn will be on the ballot paper for the Labour leadership contest after a legal challenge to force him to collect the backing of MPs was rejected by a High Court judge.

It is just a week into the Labour leadership contest and Andy Burnham, the frontrunner according to the bookies, admits that it already seems to have «lasted for ever».

The theme of Miliband's weirdness has been in wide circulation ever since he won the Labour leadership contest in 2009, beating his brother David.

The result of the Labour leadership contest will be announced at a special conference on Saturday 24 September.

The history of Mandelson's involvement in the Labour leadership contest in 1994 is well known: he had felt Brown was a strong contender to succeed John Smith but, after agonising, decided that Blair was the natural winner.

A new poll has Jeremy Corbyn leading the Labour leadership contest, he is the most left - wing of the four candidates.

The memoirs give a taste of the breakdown in relations between Brown and Mandelson in the years after the Labour leadership contest in 1994.

At last, the curtain falls on the Labour leadership contest.

There are many reasons Jeremy Corbyn will win the Labour leadership contest later this week.

From election campaign to hung Parliament to prime ministerial resignation to Labour leadership contest.

Charles Clarke is prepared to stand against Gordon Brown in a Labour leadership contest, according to the latest reports.

The Streatham MP withdrew from the Labour leadership contest last summer, citing extreme pressure on his private life, including a reporter doorstepping his fiancee's grandmother.

He contended that the debate over the next steps for Labour had to go beyond the Labour leadership contest and he admitted the Labour leadership contest was a «lottery» that could throw up an unbalanced leadership pairing.

That Labour leadership contest clearly still stings, with David flouncing out of Parliament and now working in New York.

The Hackney North MP said that party members would «never forgive» any MPs seeking to undermine Corbyn should he win the Labour leadership contest.