Labour CND (Lab CND) is a 'Specialist Section' of

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) is an organisation that advocates unilateral nuclear disarmament by the United Kingdom, international nuclear disarmament and tighter international arms regulation through agreements such as the Nuc ...

, specifically relating to CND-supporting members the Labour Party.

History

Labour CND was established in 1979 and exists to this day. High-profile members of Labour CND include the former Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition

Jeremy Corbyn Jeremy Bernard Corbyn (; born 26 May 1949) is a British politician who served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party from 2015 to 2020. On the political left of the Labour Party, Corbyn describes himself as a socialist ...

MP, former MPs Alice Mahon and until his death in 2019,

Walter Wolfgang Walter Jakob Wolfgang (23 June 1923 – 28 May 2019) was a German-born British socialist and peace activist. Up to the time of his death, he was Vice-President of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and Vice Chair oLabour CND a caucus of CND m ...

. Former Prime Minister

Tony Blair Sir Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a British former politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. He previously served as Leader of th ...

and former Foreign Secretary

Jack Straw John Whitaker Straw (born 3 August 1946) is a British politician who served in the Cabinet from 1997 to 2010 under the Labour governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. He held two of the traditional Great Offices of State, as Home Secretary ...

were once members as young MPs.

External links

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Labour CND Archive at University of Warwick
* 1979 establishments in the United Kingdom 1979 in politics Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Organisations associated with the Labour Party (UK) {{Activism-stub