Sentences with phrase «labour leadership election rules»

John McDonnell has signalled there could be a compromise on proposed changes to the Labour leadership election rules as he said the «heat is off» on the need to reduce MPs» influence on the process.

Not exact matches

It was the NEC that chose to interpret Labour's constitution favourably for Corbyn when it ruled that, as the incumbent, he automatically qualified as a candidate in the leadership election.

Labour's current rule book, as revised last year, gives a veto to MPs and MEPs over who can stand in a leadership election.

Whilst there is a lack of clarity in Labour's leadership election rules this committee has a very important role to play.

Labour's leadership election rules, for example, Mandelson claims gave a -LSB-...]

Tomorrow's NEC meeting will rule on whether the Labour leader will need to get nominations from 51 MPs so he can stand in the leadership election, or whether he goes on the ballot automatically.

She told BBC News Labour needs «to be in the centre ground to win a general election» but ruled herself out of a leadership bid.

Britain's biggest union has been accused of ignoring Labour rules in the way it is urging its members to back Ed Miliband in the party's leadership election.

Labour's leadership election rules, for example, Mandelson claims gave a deciding voice to union organisers, many of whom were not Labour members.

After a tense few hours of Labour's National Executive Committee meeting yesterday, the party's ruling body decided by 18 votes to 14 that Jeremy Corbyn would have an automatic right to be on the ballot in the leadership election against Angela Eagle.

The new rules for party membership and leadership elections framed by Ed Miliband (which were supported by the party's Blairites at the time) may have created an insoluble problem for Labour.

The Collins Report, which formed the basis for the rule changes to Labour's leadership elections stated:

«The GMB appear to have broken the spirit of the rules guiding the conduct of the Labour party leadership election by sending out a strong recommendation for Ed Miliband together with the ballot paper for political levy payers... It may well suggest that the margin of his victory depended on votes cast in dubious circumstances.

Speaking following the resignation of Labour leader Ed Miliband the politician ruled out taking on the leadership role himself but said there was a need for the party to think about how they appeal to the public in the wake of Thursday's election night defeat.

«The rules by which the Labour Party is governed are unambiguous: the leader does not require any signatures to be nominated in a leadership election where there is a potential challenger to the leadership,» the letter states.

Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood has responded to Labour's leadership election result by claiming that «chaos and infighting» in the party will lead to «a decade of decline under Tory rule in Westminster.»

Labour could have «changed the course of the election» if it had explicitly ruled out a rise in VAT, leadership contender Ed Balls said.

In changed circumstances, the same rules apply to winning Labour leadership elections.

JOHN McDonnell branded Labour plotters «f *** ing useless» at a rally after the party's NEC ruled Jeremy Corbyn will be on the ballot for any leadership election.

And they accused him of pulling strings in the Labour Party's appeal against a High Court ruling that new Labour members should be allowed to vote in the leadership election — which would be a boost for Jezza.

They were already planning to table emergency resolutions at this week's conference to force the Labour leadership to rule out support for proportional representation at the General Election.