Labour Party (UK) Shadow Cabinet elections
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Until they were abolished in 2011 it had been the tradition for the British Labour Party
to hold elections to the Shadow Cabinet whenever the Party was in Opposition. Cabinet members would be elected by the MPs within the Parliamentary Labour Party
, usually at the beginning of a Parliamentary session. The PLP voted to abolish Shadow Cabinet elections at a meeting on 5 July 2011. The decision was later approved by Labour's National Executive Committee at the end of July, then at their annual conference
in Liverpool
in September.
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
to hold elections to the Shadow Cabinet whenever the Party was in Opposition. Cabinet members would be elected by the MPs within the Parliamentary Labour Party
Parliamentary Labour Party
In UK politics, the Parliamentary Labour Party is the parliamentary party of the Labour Party in Parliament: Labour MPs as a collective body....
, usually at the beginning of a Parliamentary session. The PLP voted to abolish Shadow Cabinet elections at a meeting on 5 July 2011. The decision was later approved by Labour's National Executive Committee at the end of July, then at their annual conference
Labour Party (UK) Conference
The Labour Party Conference, or annual national conference of the Labour Party, is formally the supreme decision-making body of the Party.-Conference decisions:...
in Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
in September.
See also
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- Labour Party (UK) Shadow Cabinet election, 1983
- Labour Party (UK) Shadow Cabinet election, 1984
- Labour Party (UK) Shadow Cabinet election, 1985
- Labour Party (UK) Shadow Cabinet election, 1986
- Labour Party (UK) Shadow Cabinet election, 1987
- Labour Party (UK) Shadow Cabinet election, 1988
- Labour Party (UK) Shadow Cabinet election, 1989
- Labour Party (UK) Shadow Cabinet election, 1990
- Labour Party (UK) Shadow Cabinet election, 1991
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