The National Executive Committee (NEC) is the governing body of the

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, setting the overall strategic direction of the party and policy development. Its composition has changed over the years, and includes representatives of

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, the

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constituency Labour parties __NOTOC__ A constituency Labour Party (CLP) is an organisation of members of the British Labour Party who live in a particular parliamentary constituency. In England and Wales, CLP boundaries coincide with those for UK parliamentary constituen ...

(CLP), and

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, as well as ''ex officio'' members such as the party Leader and Deputy Leader and several of their appointees.

History

During the 1980s, the NEC had a major role in policy-making and was often at the heart of disputes over party policy. In 1997, under

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's new party leadership, the General Secretary

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enacted the Partnership in Power reforms. This rebalanced the NEC's membership, including by reducing trade union membership to a minority for the first time in its history. The reforms also introduced new seats: two for local government, three for the Parliamentary Party, three for the (Shadow) Cabinet, and one for the European Parliament party. Until these reforms, Members of Parliament could stand for CLP section seats on the NEC, but thereafter MPs and MEPs could not stand in this section. Moreover, under Blair, the committee's role declined. Its former policy development function is now largely carried out by the

National Policy Forum The National Policy Forum (NPF) of the British Labour Party is part of the policy-making system of the Party, set up by Leader Tony Blair as part of the Partnership in Power process. A Provisional National Policy Forum had been established by Bl ...

. One of its committees has disciplinary powers including the ability to expel members of the party who have brought it into disrepute or to readmit previously expelled members. However, the NEC remains the administrative authority of the party. In 2007, a new seat on the NEC was made for the Black Socialist Society, now known as BAME Labour. In 2016, two new seats, one each for Scottish Labour and Welsh Labour, were added. The 2017 Conference saw the creation of four additional NEC seats: one in the trade union section and three in the CLP section. Although the additional union seat was elected at Conference, the extra CLP seats were not elected until January 2018. In November 2020, the single seat on the NEC for the European Parliament party was replaced by a new disability representative. The Labour History Archive and Study Centre at the

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has the full run of the minutes of the National Executive Committee in their collection.

Organisation

NEC Officers

As of October 2022, the Officers of the NEC are: * Leader of the Labour Party:

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MP * Deputy Leader of the Labour Party:

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MP * Chair: Johanna Baxter * Vice-Chair: James Asser *

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Diana Holland Diana Holland is a British trade unionist who is the Assistant General Secretary of Unite and the Treasurer of the Labour Party. Holland was awarded the OBE in the 2001 New Year Honours, for "services to Equal Opportunities in Employment". Tr ...

* Chair of Organisation Committee: Wendy Nichols * Chair of the Equalities Committee: James Asser * Chair of the Disputes Panel:

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MP * Chair of the National Policy Forum (when a member of the NEC): Ann Black * NEC Co-Convenor of the Joint Policy Committee: Tom Warnett

Joint Policy Committee

The

Joint Policy Committee The Joint Policy Committee of the British Labour Party was part of the policy-making system of the party, set up by leader Tony Blair in 1997 as part of the Partnership in Power process. It has strategic oversight of policy development by overse ...

(JPC) has strategic oversight of policy development in the party through overseeing the rolling programme of Partnership in Power. The JPC acts as the steering group for the

. It is therefore a joint committee made up of NEC, Government and National Policy Forum representatives. NEC Co-Convenor: Tom Warnett

NEC sub-committees

The following are sub-committees of the NEC:

Equalities Committee

The Equalities Committee responsibilities and roles include: *Women's recruitment, retention and participation in the party in elected office and the development of women's forums at local level *Black, Asian and ethnic minority recruitment, retention and participation in the party *Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender representation and participation within the party *Disability access and increased representation and participation of members with disabilities *Considering effective party responses to Employment Framework Directive based on Article 13 (

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) and the European Union Action Programme to Combat Discrimination *Responsibility for driving the Party's equality agenda and the development of an inclusive organisation at all levels *Link with Organisation Committee and Young Labour Co-ordinating Committee on issues of age discrimination *Biannual women's forum *Biannual ethnic minorities forum Chair: James Asser

Business Board

The Business Board is responsible for overseeing the business functions of the organisation including the management of the finances. Chair:

Audit, Risk Management and Compliance Committee

The Audit, Risk Management and Compliance Committee has responsibility for audit and compliance oversight, and is accountable for internal audit procedures providing a systematic approach to risk management in all of the party's activities. The committee ensures that the Labour Party's financial activities are within the law, and that an effective system of internal control is maintained. Chair:

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Organisation Committee

The Organisation Committee is responsible for party rules and

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; ensuring parties are operating effectively throughout the country to the highest standards and has overall responsibility for membership, investigations, selections, Conferences, electoral law, boundaries strategy and internal elections. Chair: Wendy Nichols

=Disputes Panel

= The NEC Disputes Panel is a panel of the NEC Organisation Committee which hears membership appeals; re-admission applications; party disputes and conciliation; minor investigations and local government appeals where referred to the NEC. It operates in a

quasi-judicial A quasi-judicial body is non-judicial body which can interpret law. It is an entity such as an arbitration panel or tribunal board, that can be a public administrative agency but also a contract- or private law entity, which has been ...

fashion, conducting hearings and interviews around the country where necessary. Chair:

Membership

NEC members are elected by their respective constituencies and each serve a two-year term. As of November 2020, the NEC has 39 members elected from the following constituencies: * 1: Leader of the Labour Party * 1: Deputy Leader of the Labour Party * 1:

* 3: Opposition Front Bench (MPs nominated by the Shadow Cabinet) * 1: Young Labour * 1: Disabled members * 13: Trade Unions * 1:

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* 1: BAME Labour * 9: CLPs * 2: Labour Councillors * 3: PLP (Backbench MPs elected by all Labour MPs) * 2: Scottish Labour and

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In addition, the

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(currently Alan Campbell MP) and the Chair of the

(currently

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MP) attend ''ex officio'' without a vote. The

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acts as the non-voting secretary to the NEC.

Current members

; Leader of the Labour Party: *

MP ; Deputy Leader of the Labour Party: *

MP ; Treasurer: *

; Opposition Front Bench: *

Anneliese Dodds Anneliese Jane Dodds (born 16 March 1978) is a British Labour and Co-operative politician and public policy analyst serving as Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities, and Chair of the Labour Party since 2021. She was Shadow Chancell ...

MP *

Jonathan Reynolds Jonathan Neil Reynolds (born 28 August 1980) is a British politician. He has served as Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Industrial Strategy since 2021. A member of the Labour and Co-operative parties, he has been Member of Parliame ...

MP ; Youth Member Representative: * Elsie Greenwood ; Disabled Members Representative: * Ellen Morrison ; BAME Representative: * Carol Sewell ; Trade Unions: * Kathy Abu-Bakir ( GMB) * Mark Ferguson (

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) * Andi Fox ( TSSA) * Isabelle Gutierrez ( Musicians' Union) * Amy Jackson (

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) * Andy Kerr ( CWU) * Joanne McGuinness (

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) * Ian Murray ( FBU) * Cllr Wendy Nichols (

) * Jayne Taylor (

) * Tom Warnett ( GMB) * Michael Wheeler (

) *

Mick Whelan John Michael Whelan (born 1960) is the General Secretary of the British trade union ASLEF. He is the 18th General Secretary of ASLEF. Early life Whelan was born in Paddington to Irish parents and grew up in North West London. His mother worked ...

(

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) ; Socialist Societies: * Cllr James Asser (

) ; CLPs: * Luke Akehurst * Jess Barnard * Johanna Baxter *

Ann Black Ann Black is a British political activist who serves as a member of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Labour Party. She served from 2000 to 2018 and was re-elected in November 2020. She was chair of the NEC from 2009 to 2010, and ha ...

* Gemma Bolton * Cllr Yasmine Dar * Abdi Duale * Gurinder Singh Josan * Mish Rahman (co-opted after Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi was expelled from the party) ; Labour Councillors: * Cllr Nesil Caliskan * Cllr Tudor Evans ; PLP: *

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MP * Angela Eagle MP *

MP ; Scottish Labour and Welsh Labour *

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MSP (Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party) *

Carwyn Jones Carwyn Howell Jones (born 21 March 1967) is a Welsh politician who served as First Minister of Wales and Leader of Welsh Labour from 2009 to 2018. He served as Counsel General for Wales from 2007 to 2009. Jones served as the Member of the S ...

( Welsh Labour Representative)

Chair of the National Executive Committee

The chair of the party is elected by the NEC from among its own members, and holds office for a calendar year, chairing both NEC meetings and national party conferences. The name of this post has become confused since 2001 when Labour Party leader

appointed

Charles Clarke Charles Rodway Clarke (born 21 September 1950) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Norwich South from 1997 until 2010, and served as Home Secretary from December 2004 until May 2006. Early life T ...

to the courtesy position of

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without the NEC or the national conference authorising such a position. The office's name remains "chair of the party" in the Labour Party Constitution, but elsewhere the party presents the position as "Chair of the NEC". Prior to 2001 the position was called "Chair of the Labour Party", and before that "Chairman of the Labour Party".

List of chairs of the Labour Party National Executive Committee

Chairmen of the Annual Conference of the Labour Representation Committee :1900:

William Charles Steadman William Charles Steadman (12 July 1851 – 20 July 1911) was a prominent trade unionist and Liberal or Lib-Lab politician. Life Born in Poplar, London, Steadman began work at the age of eight, and in 1866 became a barge builder. In 1873, he ...

MP :1901:

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:1902: William John Davis :1903:

Joseph Nicholas Bell Joseph Nicholas Bell (7 March 1864 – 17 December 1922) was a British Labour politician and Justice of the Peace. He was elected Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in ...

:1904:

:1905:

Arthur Henderson Arthur Henderson (13 September 1863 – 20 October 1935) was a British iron moulder and Labour politician. He was the first Labour cabinet minister, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1934 and, uniquely, served three separate terms as Leader of th ...

MP Chairmen of the National Executive Committee of the Labour Representation Committee :1900:

MP :1901:

Allan Gee Allen Gee (6 September 1852 – 12 August 1939) was a British trade unionist and politician. Professional background Gee worked in the woolen industry in Huddersfield, and was involved in a major, but unsuccessful, strike in 1883. This experi ...

:1902: Richard Bell MP :1903:

:1904: David J. Shackleton :1905:

MP Chairmen of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party :1906:

MP :1907:

J. J. Stephenson Joseph James Stephenson (1871 – fl.1912) was a socialist activist from Belfast. Born in Belfast, Stephenson completed an engineering apprenticeship. In 1892, he was a founder of the Belfast Socialist Society, within which he promoted Irish Ho ...

:1908: Walter Hudson MP :1909:

John Robert Clynes John Robert Clynes (27 March 1869 – 23 October 1949) was a British trade unionist and Labour Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for 35 years, and as Leader of the Labour Party (1921–1922), led the party in its breakthroug ...

MP :1910:

Keir Hardie James Keir Hardie (15 August 185626 September 1915) was a Scottish trade unionist and politician. He was a founder of the Labour Party, and served as its first parliamentary leader from 1906 to 1908. Hardie was born in Newhouse, Lanarkshire. ...

MP :1911:

William Cornforth Robinson William Cornforth Robinson (12 July 1861 – 11 June 1931) was a British Labour Member of Parliament. Born in Carlton, West Riding of Yorkshire, he began work at the age of ten in a mill in Burnley. At the age of 17 he organised a trade union ...

:1912: Ben Turner :1913:

George Henry Roberts George Henry Roberts (27 July 1868 – 25 April 1928) was a Labour Party politician who switched parties twice. Biography He was born on 27 July 1868. At the 1906 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Norwich. He ...

MP :1914: Tom Fox :1915: ''No conference held'' :1916:

William Crawford Anderson William Crawford Anderson (13 February 1877 – 25 February 1919) was a British socialist politician. Born in 1877 at Findon, Aberdeenshire, the name Crawford in fact does not appear on his birth certificate. His father Francis Anderson was a ...

MP :1917:

George Wardle George James Wardle CH (15 May 1865 – 18 June 1947) was a British politician. Biography He was born on 15 May 1865. He was editor of the ''Railway Review'' and, in 1906, was elected a Labour Member of Parliament for Stockport. At the 191 ...

MP (acting) :1917–18: W. F. Purdy :1918–19:

John McGurk John McGurk (17 September 1874 – 22 November 1944) was a British coal miner and trade unionist. Born in Barnsley, West Riding of Yorkshire, McGurk grew up in Pendlebury, Lancashire, and began working at a coal mine aged 12. He became acti ...

:1919–20:

William Harold Hutchinson William Harold Hutchinson (25 April 1878''1939 England and Wales Register'' – 19 May 1965) was a British trade unionist and Labour Party activist. Educated to secondary school level, Hutchinson became active in the Amalgamated Society of E ...

:1920–21:

Alexander Gordon Cameron Alexander Gordon Cameron (15 June 1876 – 30 May 1944) was a British trade unionist and Labour Party politician. Biography Cameron was born in 1876 in Oban, Argyll, and served his apprenticeship as a joiner in Glasgow."Obituary: Mr A. G. Ca ...

:1921–22: Fred Jowett MP :1922–23: Sidney Webb MP :1923–24: Ramsay MacDonald MP :1924–25: Charlie Cramp :1925–26: Robert Williams :1926–27: Frederick Roberts MP :1927–28:

George Lansbury George Lansbury (22 February 1859 – 7 May 1940) was a British politician and social reformer who led the Labour Party from 1932 to 1935. Apart from a brief period of ministerial office during the Labour government of 1929–31, he spe ...

MP :1928–29:

Herbert Morrison Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth, (3 January 1888 – 6 March 1965) was a British politician who held a variety of senior positions in the UK Cabinet as member of the Labour Party. During the inter-war period, he was Minis ...

MP :1929–30: Susan Lawrence MP :1930–31: Stanley Hirst :1931–32:

George Lathan George Lathan (5 August 1875 – 14 June 1942) was a British trade unionist and politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield Park from 1929 to 1931 and from 1935 until his death. Lathan worked on the railways where he became a ...

MP :1932–33:

Joseph Compton Joseph Compton (21 April 1881 – 18 January 1937) was a British Labour Party (UK), Labour Party politician. He was elected at the 1923 United Kingdom general election, 1923 general election as Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of ...

:1933–34: Walter R. Smith :1934–35:

William Albert Robinson William Albert Robinson (1877 – 31 December 1949) was a British Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for St Helens from his election at the 1935 general election until the 1945 election. Career Robinson had ...

:1935–36:

Jennie Adamson Janet Laurel Adamson (née Johnston; 9 May 1882 – 25 April 1962) was a British Labour Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1938 to 1946, and as a junior minister in Clement Attlee's post-war Labour government. E ...

:1936–37: Hugh Dalton MP :1937–39: George Dallas (no conference in 1938) :1939–40:

Barbara Ayrton-Gould Barbara Bodichon Ayrton-Gould (née Ayrton; 3 April 1886 – 14 October 1950) was a British Labour politician and suffragist who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hendon North from 1945 to 1950. Background and family life Ayrton-Goul ...

:1940–41: James Walker MP :1941–42: Walter Henry Green MP :1942–43:

Alfred Dobbs Alfred James Dobbs (18 June 1882 – 27 July 1945) was a British Labour Party politician and trade unionist. He died in a car accident the day after he had been elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Smethwick. His one day as an MP remains ...

:1943–44: George Ridley MP :1944–45:

Ellen Wilkinson Ellen Cicely Wilkinson (8 October 1891 – 6 February 1947) was a British Labour Party politician who served as Minister of Education from July 1945 until her death. Earlier in her career, as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Jarrow, s ...

MP :1945–46:

Harold Laski Harold Joseph Laski (30 June 1893 – 24 March 1950) was an English political theorist and economist. He was active in politics and served as the chairman of the British Labour Party from 1945 to 1946 and was a professor at the London School of ...

:1946–47:

Philip Noel-Baker Philip John Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker, (1 November 1889 – 8 October 1982), born Philip John Baker, was a British politician, diplomat, academic, athlete, and renowned campaigner for disarmament. He carried the British team flag and won a ...

MP :1947–48:

Emmanuel Shinwell Emanuel Shinwell, Baron Shinwell, (18 October 1884 – 8 May 1986) was a British politician who served as a government minister under Ramsay MacDonald and Clement Attlee. A member of the Labour Party, he served as a Member of Parliament (MP) f ...

MP :1948–49:

Jim Griffiths James (Jeremiah) Griffiths (19 September 1890 – 7 August 1975) was a Welsh Labour Party politician, trade union leader and the first Secretary of State for Wales. Background and education He was born in the predominantly Welsh-speaking vill ...

MP :1949–50: Sam Watson :1950–51: Alice Bacon MP :1951–52: Harry Earnshaw :1952–53:

Arthur Greenwood Arthur Greenwood, (8 February 1880 – 9 June 1954) was a British politician. A prominent member of the Labour Party from the 1920s until the late 1940s, Greenwood rose to prominence within the party as secretary of its research department f ...

MP :1953–54: Wilfrid Burke MP :1954–55:

Edith Summerskill Edith Clara Summerskill, Baroness Summerskill, (19 April 1901 – 4 February 1980) was a British physician, feminist, Labour politician and writer. She was appointed to the Privy Council in 1949. Early life Summerskill was educated at King's ...

MP :1955–56: Edwin Gooch MP :1956–57:

Margaret Herbison Margaret McCrorie Herbison (11 March 1907 – 29 December 1996) was a Scottish Labour politician who was Minister of Social Security from 1964 to 1967. Early life Herbison was born on 11 March 1907 in Shotts, Lanarkshire to Maria Jane McCr ...

MP :1957–58:

Tom Driberg Thomas Edward Neil Driberg, Baron Bradwell (22 May 1905 – 12 August 1976) was a British journalist, politician, High Anglican churchman and possible Soviet spy, who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1942 to 1955, and again from 195 ...

:1958–59:

Barbara Castle Barbara Anne Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn, (''née'' Betts; 6 October 1910 – 3 May 2002), was a British Labour Party politician who was a Member of Parliament from 1945 to 1979, making her one of the longest-serving female MPs in Bri ...

MP :1959–60: George Brinham :1960–61:

Richard Crossman Richard Howard Stafford Crossman (15 December 1907 – 5 April 1974) was a British Labour Party politician. A university classics lecturer by profession, he was elected a Member of Parliament in 1945 and became a significant figure among the ...

MP :1961–62:

Harold Wilson James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, (11 March 1916 – 24 May 1995) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from October 1964 to June 1970, and again from March 1974 to April 1976. He ...

MP :1962–63: Dai Davies :1963–64:

Anthony Greenwood Arthur William James Anthony Greenwood, Baron Greenwood of Rossendale, (14 September 1911 – 12 April 1982) was a prominent British Labour Party politician in the 1950s and 1960s. Background and education The son of Arthur Greenwood ( Depu ...

MP :1964–65:

Ray Gunter Raymond Jones Gunter (30 August 1909 – 12 April 1977) was a British Labour Party politician. He was born in Wales and had a background in the railway industry and the British trade union movement – specifically his union, the Transport Sala ...

MP :1965–66:

Walter Padley Walter Ernest Padley (24 July 1916 – 15 April 1984) was a British Labour Member of Parliament for Ogmore. He was also President of the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers from 1948 to 1964. Early life Walter Ernest Padley was ...

MP :1966–67:

John McFarlane Boyd Sir John McFarlane Boyd (8 October 1917 – 30 April 1989) was a Scottish trade unionist. Born in Motherwell, Boyd attended the Glencairn Secondary School before taking an engineering apprenticeship. He became active in the Amalgamated E ...

:1967–68: Jennie Lee MP :1968–69: Eirene White MP :1969–70:

Arthur Skeffington Arthur Massey Skeffington (4 September 1909 – 18 February 1971) was a British Labour Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for 23 years from 1945 until his death in 1971. Early life Educated at Streatham Grammar School ...

MP :1970–71:

Ian Mikardo Ian Mikardo (9 July 1908 – 6 May 1993), commonly known as Mik, was a British Labour Member of Parliament. An ardent socialist and a Zionist, he remained a backbencher throughout his four decades in the House of Commons. He was a member of Nat ...

MP :1971–72:

Tony Benn Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn (3 April 1925 – 14 March 2014), known between 1960 and 1963 as Viscount Stansgate, was a British politician, writer and diarist who served as a Cabinet minister in the 1960s and 1970s. A member of the Labour Party, ...

MP :1972–73: William Simpson :1973–74: James Callaghan MP :1974–75:

Fred Mulley Frederick William Mulley, Baron Mulley, PC (3 July 1918 – 15 March 1995) was a British Labour politician, barrister-at-law and economist. Early life Mulley attended Warwick School between 1929 and 1936. He served in the Worcestershire Regime ...

MP :1975–76: Tom Bradley MP :1976–77: John Chalmers :1977–78:

Joan Lestor Joan Lestor, Baroness Lestor of Eccles (13 November 1931 – 27 March 1998) was a British Labour politician. Early life Lestor was educated at Blaenavon Secondary School, Monmouth; William Morris High School, Walthamstow and the University o ...

MP :1978–79:

Frank Allaun Frank Julian Allaun (27 February 1913 – 26 November 2002) was a British Labour politician. Born in Manchester, Allaun was educated at Manchester Grammar School and worked as an engineer, shop assistant, tour leader, chartered accountant and ...

MP :1979–80:

Lena Jeger Lena May Jeger, Baroness Jeger (''née'' Chivers; 19 November 1915 – 26 February 2007) was a British Labour MP during two periods. She followed her husband as Member of Parliament for Holborn and St Pancras South, holding the seat from 1 ...

:1980–81:

Alex Kitson Alexander Harper Kitson (21 October 1921 – 2 August 1997) was a British trade unionist and Labour Party official. Kitson grew up in Kirknewton, from where he undertook milk deliveries to Morningside alongside Sean Connery.Tam Dalyell,Obit ...

:1981–82:

Judith Hart Constance Mary Hart, Baroness Hart of South Lanark, (née Ridehalgh; 18 September 19247 December 1991), known as Dame Judith Hart, was a British Labour Party politician. She served as a government minister during the 1960s and 1970s before ...

MP :1982–83:

Sam McCluskie Sam McCluskie (11 August 1932 – 15 September 1995) was a British Labour Party politician and trade unionist. He came from Leith in Edinburgh. He followed Albert Booth as Treasurer of the Labour Party from 1984 to 1992. He was general secre ...

:1983–84:

Eric Heffer Eric Samuel Heffer (12 January 192227 May 1991) was a British socialist politician. He was Labour Member of Parliament for Liverpool Walton from 1964 until his death. Due to his experience as a professional joiner, he made a speciality of the ...

MP :1984–85: Alan Hadden :1985–86: Neville Hough :1986–87: Syd Tierney :1987–88:

Neil Kinnock Neil Gordon Kinnock, Baron Kinnock (born 28 March 1942) is a British former politician. As a member of the Labour Party, he served as a Member of Parliament from 1970 until 1995, first for Bedwellty and then for Islwyn. He was the Leader of ...

MP :1988–89:

Dennis Skinner Dennis Edward Skinner (born 11 February 1932) is a British former politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolsover for 49 years, from 1970 to 2019. He is a member of the Labour Party. Known for his left-wing views and acerbic w ...

MP :1989–90:

Jo Richardson Josephine Richardson (28 August 1923 – 1 February 1994) was a British Labour Party politician. At the time of her death she was Member of Parliament for Barking, a post she had held almost exactly 20 years, since 1974. Early life She was b ...

MP :1990–91:

:1991–92: John Evans MP :1992–93:

Tony Clarke Anthony or Tony Clarke may refer to: * Tony Clarke (British politician) (born 1963), English Labour Party politician, MP for Northampton South from 1997 to 2005 * Anthony Clarke (judoka) (born 1961), Australian athlete *Tony Clarke (activist) (born ...

:1993–94:

David Blunkett David Blunkett, Baron Blunkett, (born 6 June 1947) is a British Labour Party politician who has been a Member of the House of Lords since 2015, and previously served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough ...

MP :1994–95: Gordon Colling :1995–96: Diana Jeuda :1996–97:

Robin Cook Robert Finlayson "Robin" Cook (28 February 19466 August 2005) was a British Labour politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1974 until his death in 2005 and served in the Cabinet as Foreign Secretary from 1997 until 2001 wh ...

MP :1997–98:

Richard Rosser Richard Andrew Rosser, Baron Rosser (born 5 October 1944) is a British former trade union leader and Labour politician, sitting in the House of Lords. He is the Shadow Spokesperson for Transport and Home Affairs for Labour in the House of Lords. ...

:1998–99: Brenda Etchells :1999–00: Vernon Hince :2000–01: Maggie Jones :2001–02:

Margaret Wall Margaret Mary Wall, Baroness Wall of New Barnet (14 November 1941 – 25 January 2017) was a British trade unionist. She was Chair of the Labour Party from 2001 to 2002. Wall was also a former national secretary and head of policy of AMICUS. ...

:2002–03:

:2003–04: Mary Turner :2004–05:

Ian McCartney Sir Ian McCartney (born 25 April 1951) is a British Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Makerfield from 1987 and 2010. McCartney served in Tony Blair's Cabinet from 2003 until 2007, when Gordon Brown became Pri ...

MP :2005–06:

Jeremy Beecham Jeremy Hugh Beecham, Baron Beecham (born 14 November 1944) is a British Labour politician and a senior figure in English local government. He was leader of Newcastle City Council and the first Chairman of the Local Government Association. He ...

:2006–07: Michael Griffiths :2007–08:

Dianne Hayter Dianne Hayter, Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town (born 7 September 1949) is a British politician serving as a Member of the House of Lords since 2010. A member of the Labour and Co-operative Party, she was Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Lor ...

:2008–09: Cath Speight :2009–10:

:2010–11: Norma Stephenson :2011–12:

Michael Cashman Michael Maurice Cashman, Baron Cashman (born 17 December 1950), is a British actor, politician, and LGBT rights activist. A member of the Labour Party, he served as a Member of the European Parliament for the West Midlands from 1999 to 2014. ...

MEP :2012–13:

Harriet Yeo Harriet Bronwen Yeo is a British trade unionist, a former Treasurer and President of Transport Salaried Staffs' Association (TSSA), and a UK Independence Party (UKIP) politician who stood unsuccessfully for parliament in Folkestone and Hythe at t ...

:2013–14: Angela Eagle MP :2014–15: Jim Kennedy :2015–16:

Paddy Lillis Paddy Lillis is a trade union leader from Northern Ireland. Early life Worked as a heavy goods vehicle driver at Abbey Meat Packers in Newtownabbey in the early 1980s, when he joined the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW). ...

:2016–17:

Glenis Willmott Dame Glenis Willmott, ('' née'' Scott; born 4 March 1951) is a retired British Labour Party politician who served as leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party (EPLP) and Member of the European Parliament for the East Midlands. Ea ...

MEP :2017–18:

Andy Kerr Andrew Kerr (1878–1969) was an American football coach. Andrew or Andy Kerr may also refer to: * Andrew Kerr (Australian politician) (1837–1907), New South Wales politician *Andrew Kerr (broadcaster), Scottish television presenter and journalis ...

:2018–19: Wendy Nichols :2019–20: Andi Fox :2020–21:

MP :2021–22: Cllr Alice Perry :2022-23: Johanna Baxter

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