Sentences with phrase «membership of the party»

In addition to fulfilling any statutory requirements for the relevant public office, persons wishing to stand as a Labour candidate must have continuous membership of the party of at least 12 months.

Similarly you would need to ensure that these new members hadn't broken any of the other rules, e.g. by maintaining membership of another party at the same time.

It can create the impression that the entire Conference membership of both parties are party to the letter.

Combine this with falling membership of parties and an increasingly volatile party funding base, and it suggests that targeting of marginal seats will become even more prolific in the future.

The Regional Parties Committee, which oversees disciplinary procedures under the English Party membership rules, today decided to suspend Lord Rennard's membership of the party pending a disciplinary procedure.

He made the observation as he angrily resigned membership of the party that he helped formed and nurtured, with the patriotic fervor to make it a genuine party of the people and of social democratic reforms.

The week started with news about a couple in Rotherham who were told they couldn't keep foster children because membership of the party made them racist.

Today, however, such a system is not commonly practiced and most parliamentary system parties» rules provide for a leadership election in which the general membership of the party is permitted to vote at some point in the process (either directly for the new leader or for delegates who then elect the new leader in a convention), though in many cases the party's legislators are allowed to exercise a disproportionate influence in the final vote.

It is entirely possible that Miliband's reforms will have a positive effect on individual membership of the party.

In 1997, he lost out to Ken Livingstone, the former London Mayor, in a ballot for membership of the party's ruling National Executive Committee and he has subsequently steered clear of party - based popularity contests.

Following the resignation of Peter Davies, Glynn resigned his seat and membership of the party in February 2013.

24th October 2016, Conservative Home: Andrew Kennedy: The pluses and minuses of national membership of the Party

[81] Membership of the party also reached a low ebb, falling to 156,205 by the end of 2009: over 40 per cent of the 405,000 peak reached in 1997 and thought to be the lowest total since the party was founded.

Meanwhile the candidate must satisfy additional criteria: «In addition to fulfilling any statutory requirements for the relevant public office, persons wishing to stand as a Labour candidate must have continuous membership of the party of at least 12 months.

The BT comprises the Presidency and appointees, and the DT are the progressive leadership and dedicated membership of the party.

Significantly, Miliband has backing to reform wider membership of the party.

I believe the reason for this is plain political realism about CF's position within the party: even if Conservative Future were somehow to fall entirely into the hands of one or other side (and of course nearly all members are to be found on the spectrum somewhere in between), it would do little to change the overall membership of the party, and do essentially nothing to the composition of the parliamentary party.

I am proud to offer my help, my voice, my energy, and my commitment and the National Executive Committee of APC and the entire membership of the party across Ghana to declare our support for President John Mahama,» he said.

«The regional parties committee, which oversees disciplinary procedures under the English party membership rules, today decided to suspend Lord Rennard's membership of the party pending a disciplinary procedure.

The general membership of the party should bear with the national leadership at this time and remain focused in the hope that the necessary mechanisms are being put in place to ensure that the party emerges victorious in next year's general elections.

«The jump will be from currently affiliating the union to argue for people on political policies with the Labour Party to individual membership of the party.

Evangelou v McNicol [2016] EWCA Civ 817, Times 7 September 2016 The decision of the Labour Party's NEC to restrict voting rights in the Labour Leadership election to those persons who had joined the party before 12 January 2016 was not in breach of the claimants» contracts for membership of the party.

The real work starts when you try to convince the membership of the party.»

«The regional parties committee, which oversees disciplinary procedures under the English party membership rules, decided to suspend Lord Rennard's membership of the party pending a disciplinary procedure.

He does not wish to see legal action between fellow Liberal Democrats, but his membership of the party matters more to him than anything apart from family and friends.

This discussion has been coming from the very outset of his leadership but instead of concentrating on whether union members should «opt - in» or «opt - out» of membership of the party, Miliband should be looking at what being a member of the Labour Party actually means.

A frontline contender in the chairmanship race of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olabode George, has reportedly resigned his membership of the party's board of trustees, BoT.

Ld Warner did not resign Group Whip - he lost the privilege having resigned his membership of the Party.

His An Appetite for Power (1999) was published just as the author had given up his membership of the party.

Amid confusion about Banks's membership status, a Ukip spokesman claimed that Banks could not have been suspended because his membership of the party had lapsed in January.

But the party is strong and the leadership and membership of the party are committed to ensuring that the party remains strong and continues to offer the hope and promise it has always offered and given to the people.

The membership of the party is growing in leaps.

He said, «It is about the party invoking a clause in the constitution in recognition of a decision he had made by ceasing his membership of the party by going public to say he voted for a candidate other than the candidate of the party, and also saying that he was advocating to his constituents to vote against the decision of the congress which is the highest body of the party.»

The General Secretary of the Labour Party has today suspended Simon Danczuk's membership of the Party, pending an investigation into allegations published in the media today.

Corbyn's supporters dominate the membership of the party, while the PLP is dominated by those opposed to him.

Akande quoted Osinbajo as saying «in politics, as you know, there will always be tension, but the party is strong and the leadership and membership of the party are committed to ensuring it remains strong and continues to offer hope to the people.

It was essential that the membership of the party got the opportunity to debate and vote on delivering our manifesto commitments.