Sentences with phrase «meps are members of the party»

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Members of the Five Star party led by comedian turned politician Beppe Grillo today voted to quit the Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (EFDD) group which is made up mainly of Ukip MEPs and co-chaired by Farage.

The Labour leader is selected through an electoral college in which MPs and MEPs have a third of the vote, the unions a third and party members a third.

«Owen is standing in response to calls from ordinary members, Labour voters and Labour councillors, MPs and MEPs from across the country and from all wings of the party for him to do so.

It is chaired by the party president, currently Sal Brinton, and includes members of the party - at - large elected every three years in an all - member ballot, as well as representatives from the state parties, MPs, peers, MEPs, and councillors.

He was also accused of not giving to the French party the percentage of income that all MEPs and other elected members are supposed to give to their party, although the party had officially agreed to exempt him before his first election in France.

Second preferences could be crucial as few expect any one candidate to secure a winning majority on first preferences in an electoral college split into three between MPs / MEPs, party members and members of affiliated bodies like the trade unions.

Top of the agenda will be the thorny issue of whether Mr Corbyn should automatically be on the ballot of Labour Party members, or whether he — like each challenger — must win support from 51 Labour MPs and MEPs.

Under the plan, the electoral college system for leadership elections - which gives a third of the votes each to the unions, rank and file party members, and the MPs and MEPs - will be scrapped for a system of one member, one vote.

Because of changes made by the Party Board last year ordinary members can no longer place new and potentially more Eurosceptic candidates above sitting MEPs if those sitting MEPs have already been «toplisted» by the kind of Regional Selection Committee that convened yesterday.

The new leader is elected by an electoral college where the votes of MPs and MEPs count for a third of the total, the votes of Labour Party members count for a third and votes of trade unions and other affiliate organisations» members count for a third.

Labour MPs and MEPs including Clive Lewis and David Lammy are backing the new group, as well as left - wing trade union chiefs and members of the party's ruling National Executive Committee.

The erosion of members» voting rights - although Michael Howard was unsuccessful in his attempt to end the role of members in choosing the party leader, David Cameron has successfully curtailed members» role in selecting Westminster parliamentary candidates and ended their ability to deselect sitting MEPs;

Labour leadership elections have previously been decided by a complex electoral college system, with equal weight given to the votes of three groups - one third to MPs and MEPs, one third to ordinary party members and one third to trade unionists.

According to documents leaked to Hans — Martin Tillack, a German investigative journalist, and think tank Open Europe, many high - profile MEPs are members of the scheme, including Syed Kamall, Leader of Conservative MEPs; Glenis Willmott, the leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party; Sir Graham Watson, the president of the EU — wide Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe; and Nigel Farage, leader of Ukip.

At the moment, Labour leadership elections are decided by a complex «electoral college» system, with equal weight given to the votes of three groups - one third to MPs and MEPs, one third to ordinary party members and one third to trade unionists.

In the Parliament, decisions are reached through a consensus among parties, and research is an area where members of Parliament (MEPs) are remarkably united across the political spectrum.