Sentences with phrase «affiliated supporters»

In addition registered supporters — not drawn from unions — will be able to sign up with same rights as affiliated supporters.

The unions might run campaigns to convert members into affiliated supporters but it is not clear how many would be interested.

Individual voting in closed primary by party members, registered supporters and affiliated supporters on same basis as national leadership election.

It is understood that their biggest complaint is that they will not get access to the list of affiliated supporters for around another 10 days, while they have suspicions that the unions could already have shared this with Corbyn.

Under the new one - member - one - vote rules, individuals could sign up as full members, as affiliated supporters for free via their unions or as registered supporters for just # 3.

Once a union member has opted to pay the affiliation fee, they will then be contacted by the party to become an individual affiliated supporter at no extra cost.

The vote is also open to those who joined before January 12, as well as affiliated supporters from unions and other organisations.

Another 50,000 union members may have been signed up as affiliated supporters by the Unite union alone.

It is understood that the longstanding system for paying the affiliation fee in the public service union Unison already meets the party's proposed consent criteria, putting Unison ahead of other unions, with a pool of 400,000 collectively affiliated members from which the party can recruit immediately as individually affiliated supporters.

Concern has been expressed that the 200,000 individual party members could be overwhelmed by 2.7 million new affiliated supporters from the unions.

The deadline for signing up as a registered supporter was extended to 12 June, while affiliated supporters have until 19 June.

Since some leading trade union members of the NEC are known to favour circulating ballot papers to all levy papers — as was the previous practice — with votes being counted provided that levy - payers tick the box to opt into affiliated supporter status, the union influence may in fact not change so much from the process that selected Ken Livingstone.

Labour leader is automatically included on the ballot paper Labour Party members, registered and affiliated supporters vote through a postal ballot or a secure electronic vote in order of preference.

Both Cooper and Burnham are worrying themselves about the possibility of a Jeremy Corbyn victory, with the news that Unite have signed up 50,000 affiliated supporters thus far, and Jeremy's odds being further slashed by the bookmakers.

Changes to the party rule book in 2014 mean that Labour leaders are now elected by registered supporters as well as fully paid - up members and a further category of affiliated supporters (who were trade union members that had opted in to support the party).

If Mr Miliband gets his way, Labour will have three main categories of formal supporters: individual members, individual affiliated supporters (mainly union members) and registered supporters (effectively a cheaper system of individual membership).

Labour will have a direct relationship with affiliated supporters for the first time, without unions acting as an intermediary.

The union also urged those Unite members who are not already Labour Party members or registered as Affiliated Supporters of the Labour Party to sign up before the deadline of 9th October to participate and vote in the leadership election.

«I think a lot of party members, supporters, and affiliated supporters were happy with the general direction I was trying to take the party, particularly opposition to austerity and offering a real economic alternative,» he said.

The one - member - one - vote system gives votes to party members, trade unionists who have been signed up by their unions as «affiliated supporters», and «registered supporters» who have paid a # 3 fee and confirmed their agreement with Labour's values.

During the contest, Corbyn regularly called on registered and affiliated supporters to become full party members — not least because he hopes they will provide a firm base of support now that he is leader.

That would be decided by a vote of party members, affiliated supporters (trade unionists) and registered supporters, who last year paid # 3 each to vote.

«If you are a registered supporter or affiliated supporter and you engage in abusive behaviour you will not get a vote in this Leadership election.»

Affiliated supporters will likely lean to the left and unions such as Unite are continuing to sign up more every day.

The Communication Workers Union (CWU) is intending to offer the chance of becoming an affiliated supporter to every CWU levy payer before the General Election.

Everything now rests on the members, affiliated supporters and registered supporters.

In relation to affiliated supporters, it was accepted that many levy payers do not have emails and Iain McNicol undertook to ensure that satisfactory arrangement are made for them.

In 2015 the whole constitution of the Party is to be changed by the introduction of «affiliated supporters» from political levy payers.

MPs have lost the voting section they previously had in the electoral college, so their votes are now worth the same as any other individual member, affiliated supporter or registered supporter.

Union members will again be allowed to participate but this time as «affiliated supporters» with votes equal in weight to those of individual party members.

There would be no separate sections in the ballot: the votes of party members, affiliated supporters and registered supporters would all count for exactly the same in a single national ballot.

The first is affiliated supporters, which consist of individual trade unionists who have indicated that they wish their party affiliation fees (funded from the political levy, a small sum of money in addition to normal union dues and used for political campaigning) to be paid directly to the Labour Party rather than via their trade unions as they have historically been.

It also requires full fees paying members of Momentum (as opposed to affiliated supporters) to join the Labour Party by June 2017.

How many trade unionists have thus far signed up as affiliated supporters?

Near the close of the meeting, some trade unions and Labour's left suggested the reforms could be ditched in five years» time if it emerged that the plans to recruit union political levypayers as affiliated supporters were not working or were putting the party in financial jeopardy.

Individual voting by party members, affiliated supporters and registered supporters.

We have to welcome these affiliated supporters.

Affiliated supporters will be able to vote in leadership elections and in the London mayoral primary next summer, but not in parliamentary selection contests.

Under rules agreed last year, all Labour Party members, registered supporters and affiliated supporters - including union members - will be allowed a maximum of one vote each on a one member, one vote system.

Once they have said yes to their union, they can be contacted by Labour to become an affiliated supporter with a vote in leadership elections and a right to attend constituency meetings.

He dismisses suggestions that his plans for one person, one vote elections for the Labour leadership and deputy leadership will lead to ordinary members being swamped by a stage army of leftwing union activists recruited as affiliated supporters.

Labour party's national executive votes to support recruitment of union political levy payers as affiliated supporters

The party reform group met in December, and affiliated supporters are now available to local parties on membersnet.

In August 2015, prior to the 2015 leadership election, the Labour Party reported 292,505 full members, 147,134 affiliated supporters (mostly from affiliated trade unions and socialist societies) and 110,827 registered supporters; a total of about 550,000 members and supporters.

No Labour Party members, in practice, have any say on anything that goes on in their party, and you can be absolutely certain that neither will «affiliated supporters» or «registered supporters ``.

If these collective levy - payers wanted an individual relationship with the party, they could register as affiliated supporters (AS) by signing a statement of support for Labour values, giving the party contact details including a postal address, and confirming that they were on the electoral roll.

Affiliated supporters (AS): these are members of a socialist society or members of an affiliated trade union who pay the political levy, who are on the electoral register, and who have signed up as an AS online or through their organisation.

In the memo dated March 31, counsel Mylan Denerstein says that any potential bidders, lobbyists, affiliated supporters, labor groups or even local governments in favor of the project should be avoided if they attempt to contact an executive chamber staffer to discuss the project.

Reflecting increased interest among the young, university cities and towns recorded some of the biggest rises, with Bath jumping from 300 to 1,322 members (911 full members, 120 affiliated supporters and 291 registered supporters) and Colchester from 200 - 250 to almost 1,000.

Anyone that wished to vote in the leadership election must have either been a member of the Scottish Labour Party, an «affiliated supporter» (through being signed up as a Scottish Labour Party supporter through an affiliated organisation or union), or a «registered supporter» (which requires signing up online and paying a one - off fee of # 12) by 9 October.