Six key takeaways from the first stage of Labour parliamentary selections
34 Constituency Labour Parties (CLPs) have chosen their candidates for the next election. As LabourList revealed earlier this…
All-Women Shortlists
Women’s conference, transphobia, AWS, parliamentary boundaries – Labour NEC report
National executive committee report March 4th to 9th Women’s conference The NEC women sub-committee discusses the 2021 women’s…
51% of Labour MPs are women. What now for all-women shortlists?
For the first time in its history, Labour returned more women than men to parliament in the election…
Labour activists row over diversity shortlists
With Labour on an election footing and processes to select candidates to replace departing MPs in full swing,…
Candidate diversity, all-women shortlists and membership figures – CLP reps NEC report
This is a collective report on behalf of all NEC CLP reps: Yasmine Dar, Huda Elmi, Rachel Garnham,…
Lewis Baston: Labour risks falling behind on BAME representation among MPs
Labour has been selecting candidates at a rapid pace in target seats since the June 2017 general election.…
Antisemitism isn’t the only issue dividing Corbynite candidates for Labour’s NEC
Trans criticism has often been thought of as something that exists on the right of the Labour Party.…
Alice Perry: We still need all-women shortlists for diversity in local government
For the first time in Islington’s history, over 50 per cent of our councillors are women. This landmark…
We still need all-women shortlists – and more MPs like Laura Pidcock
Since Labour’s introduction of all-women shortlists (AWS) in 1997, there has been a dramatic improvement in the representation…
WATCH: Shami Chakrabarti defends all-women shortlists
Shami Chakrabarti, Labour peer and shadow attorney general, launched a strong defence of the party’s all-women shortlists on…
