NOTE: Emily Thornberry is no longer in the race as she failed to reached the required number of CLP/Labour affiliate/trade union nominations required before the Feb 14th deadline for the April ballot. But she is still one to watch for in future leadership elections in the Labour Party as to why I am still posting […]
The deadline is today to make it on to the ballot by either getting the backing of 33 local labour constituency parties or 3 trade unions or Labour affiliates. All but one of the standing candidates have this required backing. Emily Thornberry continues to struggle currently sitting on 30 CLP nominations, she is about a […]
Over 500 local Labour constituency parties have now nominated one of the standing candidates for the Labour Leadership Election according to the CLP Nominations twitter account and Emily Thornberry is still struggling to reach the required amount of 33. By far Keir Starmer is top with almost 300 CLP nominations followed by Rebecca Long-Bailey on […]
I have been getting a little caught up in the start of the Democratic Primary/Caucus season and feel like I have neglected the Labour Leadership Election just a little bit. Note though that the contenders profiles are done and ready to go, I will start releasing them closer to the main ballot (closer to April) […]
During a brief window from 14th – 16th January, people were able to sign up as registered supporters by paying a fee of £25, while this does not make them a full Labour member it does allow them to vote in the Labour leadership and Labour Deputy Leadership elections. The Labour Party announced that it […]
With MP/MEP nominations now closed, all current standing candidates in the main leadership election have qualified for the first requirement of 22 MEP/MP backers with Emily Thornberry managing to cross the line just 9 minutes left to go. The candidates are Keir Starmer, Rebecca Long-Bailey, Lisa Nandy, Jess Phillips and Emily Thornberry. I will be […]
The deadline for MP/MEP nominations are today at 2:30pm and we will be seeing whether Emily Thornberry and Clive Lewis can reach the required 22 backers they need to qualify for the first part of the leadership election. So far Emily Thornberry sits on 10 backers while Clive Lewis only has four, but is the […]