Sentences with phrase «deputy leadership election»

«I don't believe it is a question of deciding a credible candidate, we had an extremely good, effective, thoughtful deputy leadership election and it did the party a power of good to debate those issues debated in public and I believe if it came to that it would be the case again in the future.

Running concurrently was a deputy leadership election, triggered by Johann Lamont's decision to run in the leadership election.

[27] Sarwar said that he disagreed with Lamont's assessment of UK Labour, [27] and that he was stepping down because he felt that it was «right that we have a concurrent leadership and deputy leadership election.

A figure on the left of the party, he ran in the previous deputy leadership election, finishing fourth.

Mr McEleny also stood in the last deputy leadership election in 2016, when he went up against Angus Robertson, Tommy Sheppard and Alyn Smyth.

We don't need a crystal ball when we can read the book: Harriet Harman did not come top in any round in Labour's deputy leadership election in 2007 but pipped Alan Johnson in the run - off.

I do not think the threshold of one - eighth of all Labour MPs is unreasonable, and in 2007 the same threshold produced a deputy leadership election with six validly nominated candidates.

Nearly 5,500 people left the party in 2007 alone, even though there was a deputy leadership election held in that year.

«While remaining in post until that time as interim leader, I think it is also right that we have a concurrent leadership and deputy leadership election.

John Prescott, who had stood at the 1992 deputy leadership election and lost to Beckett, stood again for both Leader and Deputy Leader.

In any future leadership election, candidates from either gender would be free to stand; in any deputy leadership election, the candidates would be all female or all male (to counterbalance the existing leader), with perhaps the option of a triggered election for deputy leader within 12 months of a new leader if necessary.

Tags: deputy leadership election, Ed Balls, John Prescott, Kevin Meagher, Margaret Beckett, shadow chancellor

Under normal circumstances, Deputy Leader Kezia Dugdale would become acting leader, but former Leader Iain Gray was appointed Acting Leader whilst a leadership and a deputy leadership election are being simultaneously held on account of Dugdale resigning as Deputy Leader to stand for Leader.

The 2007 Labour Party deputy leadership election was a British political party election for the position of deputy leader of the Labour Party.

I actually voted for her 10 months ago in the deputy leadership election where she finished a poor fourth out of five, hardly a ringing endorsement of her election - winning qualities.

Neil Kinnock led a small group of abstentions in the deputy leadership election, which cost Benn his victory by 49.6 per cent to Healey's 50.4 per cent.

Alan Johnson says he was hopeless campaigner in 2007 Labour deputy leadership election, but was a Twitter pioneer (The Long & Winding Road) pic.twitter.com/ZguUv1 4yXG

The fee for any future leadership and deputy leadership election would be set when one is called.

Benn was only narrowly defeated by Healey in a bitterly fought deputy leadership election in 1981 after the introduction of an electoral college intended to widen the voting franchise to elect the leader and their deputy.

Following her vigorous campaigning against payday loans companies and an impressive performance in the deputy leadership election last year, Stella Creasy is seen by many Labour moderates as one of their brightest stars.

Plus economist Dambisa Moyo on how to fix the crises in global democracy and Libby Brooks on the SNP's deputy leadership election

She announced that she would also resign as Deputy Leader, prompting a concurrent deputy leadership election, which was won by Tom Watson.

A growing number of voices within the party are calling for a robust deputy leadership election within the Labour party too.

Not exact matches

Professor Jane Green, Co-Investigator on the British Election Study, was interviewed by Charlie Stayt and Louise Minchin on BBC Breakfast News following the second leadership debate between Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage.

National Executive Committee, 13 May 2015 This special executive was called to consider the arrangements for Labour's leadership and deputy - leadership elections.

Asked about the results on the BBC's Question Time programme, Harriet Harman, the Deputy Leader, who scored 4.95, said it was just «one poll» and said those within the party calling for a leadership election were making «an error of judgement».

Labour has picked Tom Watson as its deputy leader in a role that will involve helping to rebuild the party after its bruising election defeat and leadership contest.

Setting out his pitch for the job, he said: «I'm seeking the deputy leadership to do one thing: write and execute the election battle plan so that our new leader will be prime minister.»

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.

[7] She was suspended from the party between March and September 2016 and was unable to run in its September 2016 leadership election before being re-appointed to the post of Deputy Chairman by Paul Nuttall.

Another leadership contender, Andy Burnham, accused Mandelson of self - indulgence yesterday.And former deputy prime minister Lord Prescott admitted that faction - fighting may have hurt the party the general election.

Harriet Harman, Labour's deputy leader, is facing accusations that she is «on manoeuvres» for a leadership contest if Labour loses the next election.

Writing about the latest election campaign on the Labour Home website, John Prescott, the former Deputy Prime Minister commented: «I've just discovered tonight that over the last few weeks, James Purnell was not planning for these crucial Local and European elections - he was planning for his own leadership election...

In the event that the leader dies, resigns or loses his or her seat in Parliament, the deputy leader (if there is one) serves as interim leader until a leadership election takes place.

Bennet's election raises questions about the effectiveness of the Green party's sex equality rules, which insist on a gender divide between the deputy leadership and leadership roles as a way to boost the prominence of women in the party.

The Welsh Party has just finished the election of their new Deputy Leader (itself an all - female contest to balance the male Leader) but that isn't likely to be enough (and nor should it) to placate those wanting to see a greater balance in Labour's leadership positions.

Labour's deputy leader, Harriet Harman, also rejected suggestions there were any «wobbles» over Ed Miliband's leadership, as party officials insisted the key lesson from Thursday's byelections was that David Cameron no longer has a strategy to win a majority at the next election.

On the other hand, some of us, even those of us who've been involved a few deputy - leadership election campaigns, have got fed up with proxy campaigns.

In this leadership election we had more women stand for senior positions than ever before; Diane Abbott and Tessa Jowell for the London Mayoral candidacy, Liz Kendall and Yvette Cooper for the Labour Leadership and Caroline Flint, Stella Creasy and Angela Eagle for the Deputy Leadership.

It has been suggested that this could be guaranteed by insisting that whenever a leadership election took place, each leadership candidate would run on a joint ticket with their favoured deputy.

In the leadership elections last year Eagle was recommended for deputy leader by the CLPD.

Following poor election results in the 2010 UK general election as well as the 2011 Northern Ireland Assembly election, it was reported that the then - SDLP leader, Margaret Ritchie, faced a leadership challenge from deputy leader Patsy McGlone.

In a symbolic display of a renewed collegiate leadership, Brown will tonight brief Labour MPs on election strategy alongside Douglas Alexander, the election co-ordinator, Lord Mandelson, the chair of election strategy, and Harriet Harman, the Labour party deputy leader.

The 2014 Scottish Labour Party leadership election was an internal party election to choose a new leader and deputy leader of the Scottish Labour Party, following the resignations of Johann Lamont as leader and Anas Sarwar as deputy.

The deputy Labour leader told them to have «patience» after Jo Cox complained Jeremy Corbyn's leadership had cost the party seats in the local elections.