Ballots for Labour’s NEC elections will begin to go out on Monday 19th October and run until 12th November. These elections are a crucial opportunity for members to shape the future of the party.

For the CLP section, CLPD is supporting the Grassroots Voice team of candidates who will advance a socialist policy agenda and defend party democracy. These candidates are backed by the Centre-Left Grassroots Alliance. The candidates are:

– Gemma Bolton

– Yasmine Dar

– Ann Henderson

– Nadia Jama

– Laura Pidcock

– Mish Rahman

The Grassroots Voice team are supported by the following Labour Party organisations: Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs, Momentum, Campaign for Labour Party Democracy, Jewish Voice for Labour, Red Labour, Labour Representation Committee, Labour Assembly Against Austerity, Labour Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Welsh Labour Grassroots, Campaign for Socialism, Labour Women Leading, Kashmiris for Labour, and Labour Briefing Co-Op.

For Disability rep CLPD is supporting:  Ellen Morrison

For Youth Rep CLPD is supporting: Lara McNeill

For Party Treasurer CLPD is supporting: Diana Holland

For Welsh rep CLPD is supporting: Mick Antoniw

For the Councillor positions CLPD is supporting: Cllr Jo Bird and Cllr Matt White

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Using Your Preferences Effectively

The election for the nine CLP seats on Labour’s NEC is being conducted using Single Transferable Voting (STV) for the first time. In the past members had nine votes of equal value. This time members will be asked to rank candidates by preference using numbers.

To maximise the effectiveness of members’ votes it is best they rank their preferences in the specific order recommended by the CLGA for the geographical area they live in.

Casting the vote, for positions 1 through to 6, in the recommended order helps minimise the danger of any of the #GV6 candidates being unnecessarily knocked out of the election at early stages of the count. The regional lists we are recommending are below. You can also find the recommended order of candidates for your region by using this postcode finder.

After listing their first six preferences on the ballot paper, it is recommended that the seventh and subsequent preferences are given to other candidates who support a progressive policy agenda and defend party democracy.

Northern and South West

1. Laura Pidcock
2. 2. Ann Henderson
3. Mish Rahman
4. Gemma Bolton
5. Nadia Jama
6. Yasmine Dar

Scotland, Wales, and East

1. Ann Henderson
2. Nadia Jama
3. Yasmine Dar
4. Laura Pidcock
5. Gemma Bolton
6. Mish Rahman

Yorkshire & the Humber, East Midlands, West London

1. Nadia Jama
2. Laura Pidcock
3. Ann Henderson
4. Mish Rahman
5. Yasmine Dar
6. Gemma Bolton

North West, N Ireland, and International

1. Yasmine Dar
2. Gemma Bolton
3. Laura Pidcock
4. Nadia Jama
5. Ann Henderson
6. Mish Rahman

West Midlands, North & East London

1. Mish Rahman
2. Yasmine Dar
3. Gemma Bolton
4. Ann Henderson
5. Laura Pidcock
6. Nadia Jama

South East, South London

1. Gemma Bolton
2. Mish Rahman
3. Nadia Jama
4. Ann Henderson
5. Yasmine Dar
6. Laura Pidcock