Sentences with phrase «one's constituency party»

Candidates must also be nominated by at least 200 individual party members from at least 20 local constituency parties.

They have shown themselves willing to overturn staff recommendations on some issues this year, but very rarely when it comes to constituency party proposals.

That's more than the combined donations to the central party (as opposed to individual constituency parties) from the all of the unions.

One of the members, recalling that meeting, said about 56 of the 460 - strong constituency party turned up.

«The Tories have spent # 6m over two years in the parliamentary seats that hold the key to general election victory... A drive for votes masterminded, and largely funded, by the Conservative deputy chairman, Lord Ashcroft, has seen party headquarters pump more than # 1.1 m into the coffers of constituency parties in Britain's most marginal seats.

The scale of the challenge facing David Cameron in keeping the Conservatives from imploding over Europe is underscored in a Guardian survey of constituency party members from across the country.

You have only a few days in which to get your policy amendments in to Labour's policy process — they must be submitted by constituency party secretaries through the Your Britain website by 13 June.

Pig of a bossA certain MP was hosting a barbeque for constituency party members in his garden and kindly invited his parliamentary staff.

Under the current Labour system, the National Policy Forum receives delegates from constituency party associations and has a debate with the shadow Cabinet and affiliates about policy positions.

In May — June 2003 or 2004, Ashley Green succeeded Alexandra Messervy as local constituency party chairman.

There are three important national committees on which constituency party representatives are up for election:

The Labour general secretary, Iain McNicol, has written to Labour branches in the wake of Clegg's announcements, saying plans to reorganise Labour constituency parties in England and Wales will not now go ahead.

Under the guise of a capitalist property - owning democracy we have gradually re-institutionalized corruption and allowed a select few to monopolise resources and by virtue of that become political kingmakers who dictate even the choice of constituency party executives.

We need closer links with Labour local councillors, a more coordinated way of discussing policy across the UK involving members in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and we need to look again at local structures to ensure we learn from the many vibrant and growing constituency parties across the country.

Brynmor Hollywell, constituency party secretary for Caerphilly, south Wales, said: «A lot of us are disturbed about Corbyn.

By this time, the party's structure in the nation was complex, with constituency parties, and branches of affiliated parties, but no co-ordination at the national level.

On Tuesday, it emerged a brick was thrown through the window of Eagle's constituency party office — a day after she announced her leadership challenge to Jeremy Corbyn.

Seventeen delegates from Wallasey constituency party say MP was subject of slur, but others contest claim and further allegations of intimidation

Militant's tactics were to take over moribund constituency parties by the simple expedient of joining the party, getting themselves elected to local committees and then boring and antagonising more moderate members into resigning.

Since the closing date for nominations in those elections is 10 June and many constituency parties won't even have a cycle of meetings before that date, many are considering their nominations now and readers of Left Futures need to know who is standing from Labour's Centre - Left for the positions up for election.

The 2003 Labour Party Conference accepted legal advice that the party could not continue to prohibit residents of the province joining, [6] and whilst the National Executive Committee has established a regional constituency party it has not yet agreed to contest elections there.

The appointment of former MP and losing candidate for London Mayor, Oona King, to the House of Lords means she loses her place representing constituency parties on Labour's national executive before she'd even attended her first proper meeting.

Perhaps most importantly, those Liberal Democrat constituency parties with incumbent Liberal Democrat MPs appear to be financially stronger post-2010 than post-2005.

Although the anti-government motion was actually opposed by a majority of Labour's constituency party delegates, it passed because the trade unions backed it almost unaminously.

By announcing his decision to retire, he will give time to his Glasgow constituency party to select a new candidate as MP and also allow the Commons sufficient time to find a new Speaker.

Both the Reading East and Reading West constituency parties voted to give Ed Miliband «supporting nominations» at a meeting on Thursday, following a visit to the town by the shadow climate secretary the week before.

We also know that 45 out of 50 constituency party chiefs contacted by BBC Newsnight, who supported Corbyn last year, have said that they continue to do so.

He may rely on others to enforce discipline: Ken Livingstone's old backroom team from his London mayoral days; constituency parties threatening to de-select rebellious MPs; the major union leaders moving back into frontline Labour politics.

There's no point in prosecuting poor Doris or Derek from the local constituency party because they offered to be the treasurer that year (when no - one else volunteered) for not fully grasping the ins and outs of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act or the RPA.

This body, chaired by Robert Edmiston, has given hundreds of thousands of pounds to the Conservative Party in recent years - including to Cameron's own constituency party - but the names of the businessmen who give money through the Council are kept secret.

The Sunday Times claims that Corbyn supporters have taken over positions in Benn's Leeds Central constituency party and he is facing the threat of deselection in the seat.

Friendly constituency party chairmen are being encouraged to call up lapsed members or the two million people who agree to have Labour billboards in their front gardens at elections and ask them to rally to the cause.

She said her experience as a parliamentary candidate helped her to understand the needs for local constituency parties such as Burton.

In fact I suspect that many Labour & LD constituency parties are in that situation & I very much doubt if they disqualify themselves.

A Labour constituency party near Glasgow has issued a strongly - worded letter to Scottish Jewish leaders stating its members feel a «deep sense of shame» about the anti-semitism row splitting the party.

Mr Donnelly is alleged to have paid for the refurbishment of the minister's constituency party headquarters in Newcastle.

Mr Kerr failed to gain any union's support - other than an affiliate in the Scottish Labour students - but backing from 13 MSPs and MPs and the same number of constituency parties kept him firmly in the race.

In a speech to her Salford constituency party, an «exasperated» Blears blew open the internal wrangling in the Labour party when she became the first member of the cabinet to acknowledge that ministers were jockeying for the leadership.

He has been President of the Stockport Liberal Democrat Constituency Party since 2007.

Deans is the chair of the Falkirk constituency party and had been pressing for Karie Murphy, a Unite member, to be selected as the Labour candidate following the removal of the party whip from Eric Joyce, after a series of bar brawls.

«We need to acknowledge that those who supported him have invested a lot personally in Corbyn, we are not going to convince them overnight they were wrong and before then they will provide an army to draw on as they become absorbed into constituency parties.

2) The conference arrangements committee constituency party representatives to be elected by one member, one vote (OMOV)

A plan to oblige local Lib Dem constituency parties in winnable seats to include at least one person who is black or from an ethnic minority, was voted out this morning.

In a letter to his Hull West and Hessle constituency party, Mr Johnson said next month would mark 20 years since he entered Parliament.

MP Sir Gerald Kaufman's riven constituency party has now been suspended by party headquarters after reports of abusive behaviour by local members.

The decision reverses an earlier decision reported here, and follows pressure from constituency parties eager to start campaigning against the Tory - led government.

The election of six new constituency party members of the NEC resulted in a win for the Momentum slate of candidates, but it is understood that there is still no majority for it.

A Labour Leader should be a facilitator, keeping power with the grassroots through Conference and allowing constituency parties to draw up their own shortlists and select their own Parliamentary Candidates.

However, the primaries, as well as earlier, were not binding for the leadership of United Russia: a number of winners of the primaries were withdrawn by the leadership without any explanation of reasons, and in 18 single - seat constituencies the party did not nominate any candidates.

He spoke up for Corbyn at a meeting of the Luton South constituency party held to discuss the leadership contenders.