Sentences with phrase «leadership contest rules»

Members of the parliamentary Labour party have been less inclined to shower praise on the man who led the party to defeat in 2015 after changing the Labour leadership contest rules and inadvertently paving the way for Jeremy Corbyn to succeed him.

Kenney's plan has also raised questions on whether such a merger platform contravenes leadership contest rules, which forbid candidates from doing harm to the party or its brand.

Not exact matches

In a recent op - ed in the Edmonton Journal, Public Interest Alberta «s Larry Booi called on the new NDP government to institute campaign spending limits, lower contribution limits to $ 1,200 per year, impose much stronger rules on disclosure of contributions and spending and extend the rules on contributions and spending to cover party leadership and constituency contests.

With left - wing Corbynite MSP Neil Findlay having ruled out a leadership bid, the contest to come is likely to be between Rowley and the moderate MSP Anas Sarwar.

But the 2015 leadership contest, conducted under the new rules and with a clearly emerging shift to the left, exhibited a different pattern.

But «moderates» are already resisting such rule changes and would fiercely challenge the left in any new leadership contest.

Most attention normally focuses on who can vote in leadership elections but the rules on entering a contest in the first place are just as important.

The new selection rules opened the door to this left - wing revolt — though not before moderate Labour MPs, seeking to «widen the debate» in the leadership contest, helped Corbyn pass the nomination threshold of 15 % of Labour MPs.

In his written judgment, Mr Justice Hickinbottom stated: «At the time each of the claimants joined the party, it was the common understanding as reflected in the rule book that, if they joined the party prior to the election process commencing, as new members they would be entitled to vote in any leadership contest.

The vote is likely to trigger a leadership contest — but whether Corbyn will automatically get a place on the ballot is unclear as nobody knows for sure what they party rules are.

This is supposed to happen before a change in rules could see the number of nominations needed for any would - be candidate to enter a leadership contest reduced.

Jeremy Corbyn is considering mounting a legal challenge against the Labour National Executive Committee's rules for the upcoming leadership contest

As noted in a previous post, this follows rule changes turning the Labour leadership contest into a fully «one member one vote» process, and giving voting rights to «supporters» who signed up for just # 3.

A committee of Labour's ruling body set a cap of # 156,000 for each leadership contender — equivalent to # 1 for each party member registered at the time the contest began.

After a heated six - hour debate, the ruling body decided by 18 votes to 14 that Mr Corbyn should automatically be a candidate in the leadership contest.

Lawyers for Labour donor Michael Foster will today argue that the NEC was wrong to rule that Mr Corbyn did not need the backing of 51 MPs and MEPs to become a candidate in the leadership contest.

Party president Simon Hughes, who has stood for the leadership twice before, ruled himself out of this contest earlier this week.

Labour is staging a leadership contest with «rules that challenge the purpose of a party in modern...

The daughter of former President John Jerry Rawlings was on Thursday cleared by the leadership of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) to contest the party's upcoming parliamentary primaries.

She was, on October 8, 2015, cleared by the leadership of the ruling NDC to contest the parliamentary primary.

Labour is staging a leadership contest with «rules that challenge the purpose of a party in modern politics», writes Steve Richards.

Meanwhile, Labour was hit by a fresh row today after its ruling NEC said union members will not be able to vote in the leadership contest unless they joined before January 12.

During the leadership contest Ms May ruled out an early general election, saying that not holding one would create stability during Brexit negotiations.

A formal leadership contest is now underway and Labour's ruling National Executive Committee (NEC) will meet tomorrow for its most important summit in a generation.

Dan Jarvis has ruled out himself out of the Labour leadership contest, insisting that he wants to put his children before his immediate political career.

Former home secretary Alan Johnson has ruled himself out as a contender for the Labour leadership, announcing he will back David Miliband in the upcoming contest to succeed Gordon Brown.

And this weekend, the man himself declined to rule out standing as a candidate in the next Tory leadership contest.

Today's meeting of Labour's National Executive Council to decide the rules of the Party's leadership contest will be one of their oddest.

This last point nearly scuppered the whole deal as the contest for seats on Labour's ruling body is now almost entirely seen in terms of whether the new member will support or oppose Jeremy Corbyn's leadership.

The rule change would dent his prospects in any future leadership contest.

In which case, would we face more frequent all - male contests for the leadership with this rule?

Former prime minister Gordon Brown and Sarwar ruled themselves out of the running in the leadership contest, with the latter taking on the role of interim leader.

He criticises the party's election rules, suggesting union levy payers should automatically be registered as party supporters, describing the 9 % turnout in last year's leadership contest as paltry.

«Pressure is mounting for a relaxation of Labour rules to allow a wider leadership contest than looks likely if the nomination thresholds are retained.

The early decision was to draft a constitution providing for democratic club rule and an extremely anti-patronage policy, with the intention of contesting the party leadership in a race for district leader against incumbant DeSapio — easily the most important Democrat at that time in the state — in the 1957 party primary.

Jeremy Corbyn will be automatically included on the ballot in Labour's leadership contest, the party's National Executive Committee has ruled.

Labour's National Executive Committee (NEC) is meeting in central London to rule on whether Mr Corbyn needs the nominations of 51 MPs and MEPs to stand in the party's leadership contest.

Jeremy Corbyn will automatically be included on the ballot in Labour's leadership contest following a vote by the ruling National Executive Committee (NEC).

Asked if he would stand in a leadership contest, Mr Lamb said: «It is not something I am ruthlessly ambitious for, but I don't rule it out...»

Labour's ruling national executive committee has already suspended all local party branch meetings for the duration of the leadership contest.

In the interview with the Observer Mr Corbyn also offered his first public comments on the Court of Appeal's judgement to bar around 130,000 members from voting in the leadership contest in a ruling which upheld the initial decision of Labour's ruling body.