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Labour Party rules specify that MPs will face a "trigger ballot" procedure where each branch of the Constituency Labour Party (CLP) and each affiliate (trade union and socialist society) branch will have a simple majority vote on whether they wish their sitting MP to automatically stand again in the next general election, or whether they wish to have a full selection process.
Political donations, ultra vires, trade unions, Labour Party Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants v Osborne [1910] AC 87 is a UK labour law case, which ruled that it was unlawful ( ultra vires - beyond their legal powers) for trade unions to use funds raised from their subscriptions for political purposes (including funding the Labour Party ...
Jay Lee took ASLEF to the Employment Tribunal to contest his expulsion, under section 174 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992, which prohibits unions from excluding or expelling persons wholly or to any extent on the ground that the individual is or was a member of a political party. He was successful in his case.
MPs involved in scandals or convicted of lesser crimes could be expelled from their party and pressured to resign, but there was no mechanism to force the exit of an MP prior to a general election. Supporters for introducing recall mechanisms included the pressure group 38 Degrees and the National Union of Students .
The Committee also ruled that belonging to these factions is grounds for expulsion from Labour. [36] [37] In response, several left-leaning groups picketed the Labour Party's headquarters in Victoria, London to protest the NEC's decision. [36] LAW sponsors Ken Loach and Ian Hodson were automatically expelled from the party following the ...
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Twenty Labour councillors have quit the party in protest at its direction under the leadership of Sir Keir Starmer, accusing the prime minister of having "abandoned traditional Labour values ...
Expelled members of the Labour Party (UK) (18 P) Pages in category "Politicians affected by a party expulsion process" The following 124 pages are in this category, out of 124 total.