Concern has been expressed that the 200,000 individual party members could be overwhelmed by 2.7 million
new affiliated supporters from the unions.
Not exact matches
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.
[111] However, he benefited from a large influx of
new members as well as
new affiliated and registered
supporters introduced under Miliband.
Under the
new rules,
affiliated trade union members will have to choose to become a
supporter or member of the Labour Party.
The old three - way electoral college was replaced with a
new «one - person - one - vote» system in which leadership candidates are elected not just by party members, but also by registered and
affiliated supporters.
Some 30,000
new members have joined in the few days since Miliband's resignation, and unions are expected to mount an intense drive to encourage thousands of their members to become
affiliated Labour
supporters in order to have a vote.
A
supporter of the United Teachers of
New Orleans, a local
affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers holds a sign during a demonstration in which hundreds marched across the Mississippi River Bridge on April 1, 2006 in
New Orleans, Louisiana for the right of displaced Hurricane Katrina evacuees to vote in the April 22 elections.
She falsely claims that she has over one million members nationwide, although countless individuals have found themselves wrongly listed as one of her
supporters because they signed one of her deceptive petitions by mistake,» said Leonie Haimson, Executive Director of Class Size Matters, a
New York - based
affiliate of Parents Across America.