Sentences with phrase «ordinary labour member»

But in reality her views on many issues are much more in tune with the ordinary Labour member.

McDonnell says that ordinary Labour members will have more power, however much MPs may resist.

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And it's based on using volunteers, ordinary residents, Labour party members, trade union members, members of faith groups, civil society.

And, crucially, there seems to be no obvious way for ordinary Labour party members to contribute to the process.

In fact, some 40 % of the new members think that the current Labour leadership respects ordinary members «a lot» compared to only 16 % of older members believing that was the case in May 2015.

The reality is that Labour will win again only when enough ordinary members decide that ridding the country of this pernicious government matters most.

Ultimately, what matters more to Labour members, it seems, is having a leader who, as well as being a good communicator, is in touch with ordinary people and has strong political beliefs — something that is especially true for those who joined after rather than before the last general election.

In his latest speech, Smith also risked the wrath of centrist Labour members as he took a swipe at Tony Blair, saying that under his leadership the party had lost touch with ordinary members.

«Owen is standing in response to calls from ordinary members, Labour voters and Labour councillors, MPs and MEPs from across the country and from all wings of the party for him to do so.

The leader is elected by the PLP (which is made up of all Labour MPs), trade union members affiliated to the Labour party, and ordinary party members.

Ed Miliband, the Labour leader has been warned by leading Labour figures including Dagenham MP Jon Cruddas that he risks missing a huge opportunity to make Labour more democratic and ensure ordinary party members» views are heard in planned reforms.

He dismisses suggestions that his plans for one person, one vote elections for the Labour leadership and deputy leadership will lead to ordinary members being swamped by a stage army of leftwing union activists recruited as affiliated supporters.

«I just don't think that shows respect for the candidates we had up and down the country - or respect for the ordinary Labour party members who were out knocking on doors.»

Labour's electoral «college» is split into three sections — MPs and euro MPs, union - affiliated members and ordinary party members, all of whom can vote for more than one candidate in an order of preference.

Although the debate was abused by some Members (Labour's Clive Efford, for example: «Only if ordinary people make a stand will we stop these rich people — rich people who have invaded the lives of ordinary people in the street — making themselves even richer and even more powerful.»)

The net effect of it all was it just made life harder on the doorstep for ordinary Labour party members and activists up and down the country.

Apparently, David's lead among the parliamentary third of Labour's electoral college was not big enough to compensate for his relative weakness among the other two sections, which are ordinary party members and affiliated trades - union members.

«Labour is lucky, save in the 1981 deputy leadership contest, that it has never elected a leader or deputy in the modern era against the majority wishes of ordinary party members.

«I also think he doesn't speak for the cabinet, for the Labour party, for the ordinary members that I was out door - knocking with yesterday evening.

He has the majority of ordinary Labour Party members standing behind him.

He had support from both the Conservative and Labour leadership, however many backbench MPs, particularly those from the Labour Party (who held a large majority in the House at the time), viewed Young as someone who had too recently been a member of his party's front bench team and was thus not sufficiently in touch with ordinary MPs.

Mandelson's ludicrous claim that Corbyn is «intentionally divisive» isn't supported by ordinary party members, who think Jeremy stands for them in a way that New Labour never did

George Mudie, a former Labour deputy chief whip and member of the Commons Treasury Committee, added: «It is indicative of the lack of shame in the industry for the trouble they have caused ordinary people — homes lost and jobs lost.

And to all the members of the Anambra State Traditional Rulers Council, all the PGs and members of the various town unions across Anambra State, all the Bishops, Reverend Fathers and Pastors, the members of the organized Labour, the youths of Anambra State, the traders, the farmers, the ordinary men and women who look up to government for a better day, I assure you that my team and I shall never fail you.

Most coalfield Labour MPs were pushed by their union to retire at the election after their 65th birthday, maintaining solidarity with the ordinary members.

Labour leadership elections have previously been decided by a complex electoral college system, with equal weight given to the votes of three groups - one third to MPs and MEPs, one third to ordinary party members and one third to trade unionists.

At the moment, Labour leadership elections are decided by a complex «electoral college» system, with equal weight given to the votes of three groups - one third to MPs and MEPs, one third to ordinary party members and one third to trade unionists.