Not exact matches
The previous structure gave votes to three blocks — MPs,
trade unions and
other affiliated organisations, and party members.
As I've pointed out before, the party's tripartite electoral college (divided between MPs / MEPs, party members, and
affiliated trade unions and socialist societies) means that some votes are worth significantly more than
others.
The NPF is made up of 204 members representing parliament, European and devolved assemblies, local government,
affiliated trade unions, socialist societies and
others, and individual members of the Labour Party, who elect representatives through an all member ballot.
Under the old system, in place at the time of Ed Miliband's election in 2010,
trade union members and members of
other affiliated societies had a third of the votes in the electoral college system, and would send out ballot papers to their members.
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.
Listed among the breakaway
affiliates of the NLC and the
Trade Union Congress are NUPENG, NUEE, Nigeria
Union of Mine Workers, National
Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Employees, Nigeria
Union of Rail Workers, National
Union of Lottery Agents and Employees, Association of Nigeria Aviation, Professionals, National Association Aircraft Pilots and Engineers and
others.
In September 2017, it was reported that the Party had 21,500 members and 9,500
affiliated through
trade unions and
other groups, making a total of 31,000 people associated with the Party.
There will be a new code of conduct for those seeking selection, with stricter spending limits, both on individual candidates and the
trade unions and
other affiliates backing them.
The new leader is elected by an electoral college where the votes of MPs and MEPs count for a third of the total, the votes of Labour Party members count for a third and votes of
trade unions and
other affiliate organisations» members count for a third.
Given these two realities, NEA and AFT
affiliate can never adopt the professional association or skill
trades guild models found in
other high - skilled fields; the
unions can't become that which they never were.