It's still looking close, and there are votes still being counted, but it looks like Joe Biden has built a winning coalition in the United States. Now is the time for our party to build one too.
We know the difference progressive government makes in this country. The NHS, the Minimum Wage, Civil Partnerships, all impossible dreams made possible by Labour governments. Winning elections is the most radical thing any progressive movement can do, and we firmly believe it should be at the heart of all of Labour's thinking going forward.
Before the final week of the NEC campaign begins, we'd like you to share all the best things you think Labour governments past and present have achieved. Whether that's the ground-breaking achievements of the Attlee, Blair or Brown ministries, or the heroic actions the Labour Welsh Government and Labour Councils up and down the country are taking to keep us safe today, please tweet about it using the hashtag #WinningIsRadical.
Reminder - NEC Elections Voting Guide
We have six candidates standing to be CLP reps. It’s a transferable voting system so you have to number the candidates, not put crosses. The important thing is to number all our six candidates as your first six choices, numbers one through to six.
We aren’t recommending a set order to vote for our six candidates as it would be unfair on the candidates we didn’t put at the top; we think they are all great and they all deserve a chance to win. And it would be patronising to our supporters to tell them the exact order to vote. We’re proud of our diverse team, we think that they’re all great - and each and every one of them deserves a chance to win.
Our six candidates are listed here in alphabetical order, so you can find them on the ballot, but you can rank them in any order you prefer:
The STV voting system is incredibly complicated but it usually produces fair results where all strands of opinion get represented. If a candidate gets more than 10% of the vote they will be elected straight away. Any surplus votes a winning candidate gets above 10% are redistributed to their 2nd preferences and so on.
The candidates at the bottom are knocked out and their 2nd preferences redistributed and so on. This carries on until all nine seats are filled.
For Treasurer we recommend voting for the incumbent, Diana Holland.
If you live in Wales, we recommend voting for Carywn Jones for Welsh Rep.
If you are a Labour Councillor, we recommend you vote for these two candidates for local government representatives:
If you have registered with the party as a disabled member, we recommend you vote for George Lindars-Hammond for Disabled Members Representative.
We know the difference progressive government makes in this country. The NHS, the Minimum Wage, Civil Partnerships, all impossible dreams made possible by Labour governments. Winning elections is the most radical thing any progressive movement can do, and we firmly believe it should be at the heart of all of Labour's thinking going forward.
Before the final week of the NEC campaign begins, we'd like you to share all the best things you think Labour governments past and present have achieved. Whether that's the ground-breaking achievements of the Attlee, Blair or Brown ministries, or the heroic actions the Labour Welsh Government and Labour Councils up and down the country are taking to keep us safe today, please tweet about it using the hashtag #WinningIsRadical.
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We have six candidates standing to be CLP reps. It’s a transferable voting system so you have to number the candidates, not put crosses. The important thing is to number all our six candidates as your first six choices, numbers one through to six.
We aren’t recommending a set order to vote for our six candidates as it would be unfair on the candidates we didn’t put at the top; we think they are all great and they all deserve a chance to win. And it would be patronising to our supporters to tell them the exact order to vote. We’re proud of our diverse team, we think that they’re all great - and each and every one of them deserves a chance to win.
Our six candidates are listed here in alphabetical order, so you can find them on the ballot, but you can rank them in any order you prefer:
- Shama Tatler - Cabinet Member for Regeneration, Property & Planning, Brent Council
- Michael Payne - Deputy Leader of Gedling Borough Council & Notts County Councillor; Deputy Leader of the LGA Labour Group
- Terry Paul - Cabinet Member for Finance and Corporate Services on Newham Council and former PLP Campaigns Officer
- Gurinder Singh Josan - NEC member, antiracism campaigner, Vice Chair of Sikhs for Labour, Sandwell Unite branch secretary
- Johanna Baxter - NEC member, Cunninghame North CLP Chair, Scottish Executive Committee member
- Luke Akehurst - NEC member 2010-2012, former Chief Whip of Hackney Council and parliamentary candidate in Essex and Hampshire
- 7 - Ann Black – Open Labour - NEC member 2000-2018 as part of the Centre-Left Grassroots Alliance, South East Regional Board Member, Secretary of Oxford & District Labour Party
- 8 - Theresa Griffin – Tribune Group - MEP for the North West Region, 2014-2020
- 9 - Paula Sheriff – Tribune Group – MP for Dewsbury, 2015-2019
The STV voting system is incredibly complicated but it usually produces fair results where all strands of opinion get represented. If a candidate gets more than 10% of the vote they will be elected straight away. Any surplus votes a winning candidate gets above 10% are redistributed to their 2nd preferences and so on.
The candidates at the bottom are knocked out and their 2nd preferences redistributed and so on. This carries on until all nine seats are filled.
For Treasurer we recommend voting for the incumbent, Diana Holland.
If you live in Wales, we recommend voting for Carywn Jones for Welsh Rep.
If you are a Labour Councillor, we recommend you vote for these two candidates for local government representatives:
- Nick Forbes - Leader of the LGA Labour Group and Newcastle City Council, incumbent NEC member
- Alice Perry - Islington Councillor and LGA Labour Group Deputy Chief Whip, incumbent NEC member
If you have registered with the party as a disabled member, we recommend you vote for George Lindars-Hammond for Disabled Members Representative.
Website: www.labourtowin.org
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