Sentences with phrase «new leadership election rules»

Harriet Harman is reportedly explaining the new leadership election rules to the PLP.

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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.

These two facts suggest that a new factor has been added to those which have destabilised the Party over the past 25 years or so (namely, the failure to win an election since 1992, divisions over the EU, and leadership election rules that encourage secrecy and cowardice: no wonder these have taken place at a rate of one every three years or so).

The trade unions have less impact under the new leadership rules than they had in previous elections.

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.

The new rules for party membership and leadership elections framed by Ed Miliband (which were supported by the party's Blairites at the time) may have created an insoluble problem for Labour.

In one final move of spite, once the meeting was drawing to a close, right - wingers on the NEC proposed a set of changes to the rules for the leadership election, imposing a cut - off date of January 12th (exactly six months) to freeze out over 130,000 new members, and raised the registered supporters fee to # 25, pricing out many working class supporters of the party.

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has began earnest search for a new leadership following its adopted resolutions to revive the former ruling party, coupled with its new bid to relax the principle of zoning in the election of a new national chairman.

And they accused him of pulling strings in the Labour Party's appeal against a High Court ruling that new Labour members should be allowed to vote in the leadership election — which would be a boost for Jezza.

It was the second boost of the day for Mr Corbyn, after a High Court ruling said more than 100,000 new party members should be allowed to vote in the leadership election.