How registered supporters shape Labour’s leadership elections
In early January, Labour’s national executive committee (NEC) will meet to discuss and agree the process for selecting…
Registered SUpporters
Why Bill Clinton was right about voters’ anger over austerity – and how Corbyn shook up the political establishment
I watched the first televised hustings of the 2015 Labour leadership contest with a friend who had just…
It would be a mistake to scrap the £25 supporters – whatever your view of Corbyn
My first vote in a general election, back when I was a student, was for a Green candidate.…
Watson demands scrapping of £25 registered supports as NEC mulls return of shadow cabinet elections
Labour should scrap rules which allow registered supporters to have a vote in the leadership election, Tom Watson…
Saving Labour “signed up 120,000 people” to vote for Owen Smith
Corbynsceptic group Saving Labour says it has signed up more than 120,000 supporters to vote for Owen Smith in…
40,000 sign-ups “barred from voting” in leadership contest
Up to 50,000 people could be barred from voting in the Labour leadership contest as the party carries…
The coup was a mess and now the £25 fee makes it harder for low income voters to have their say
Politics is a closed shop. This is one of the messages of the current Labour leadership contest, in which…
Surge of registered supporters for leadership vote tops 180,000 in 48 hours
More than 180,000 people have signed up as registered supporters in just two days to vote in the…
Rival camps issue last ditch plea to sign up registered supporters as deadline looms
Rival factions in the Labour leadership contest have launched a last ditch appeal to people from across the…
Let’s scrap the registered supporters scheme: if you want to vote for the leader then you should simply join the party
Whoever wins, this has to be the last time Labour uses the disastrous Leadership election system brought in…
