Sentences with phrase «future leadership election»

I am urging them to continue the fight for democracy within the party so that in future leadership elections rank and file members will be represented by the candidate of their choice.»

There is even less prospect of party conference (where half the votes lie with the trade unions) agreeing any OMOV process which would exclude trade unionists from future leadership elections even if it is supported by 56 % of Labour List readers.

Mr Miliband has tabled proposals at a meeting of Labour's National Executive Committee to create «tens of thousands» of «registered supporters» who will be eligible to vote in future leadership elections.

We're advocating for Jacob Rees - Mogg to become leader of the Conservatives in a future leadership election.

Given his increasing profile and popularity within the party due to his role as the manifesto chair, he was seen as a probable candidate for the social liberal grouping's vote in the future leadership election.

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.

A place in a future leadership election would have been secured for a candidate on the left, such as the shadow defence secretary, Clive Lewis.

Would he take on Corbyn in a future leadership election if the party has bad results in elections this year?

He told the BBC Radio 4 Today programme: «We've seen since the Brexit vote probably the largest surge in political party membership in this country's history, with almost 130,000 people joining the Labour Party and a great number of those joined on the basis that they would be able to vote in a future leadership election.»

A row is certainly now brewing over the so - called «McDonnell amendment» to enact a rule change at the party conference, reducing the threshold needed for candidates to stand in a future leadership election, thus making it easier for the left to secure a nominee.

But the Labour leader declined to give details of what might happen to the unions» voting strength at party conference and in future leadership elections