Labour Party Rule Book
Encyclopedia
The Labour Party Rule Book is the governing document for the Labour Party
in the United Kingdom
.
The Labour Party Constitution forms the first chapter of the Rule Book and contains the most important principles and provisions for Labour Party governance. The chapter is divided into ten sections named Clause I to Clause X. Clause IV
is the most well known Aims and values clause, which was significantly changed in 1995 after Tony Blair
became leader of the Labour Party.
The rules may be amended by the party's National Executive Committee
ratified by the following Labour Party conference
.
Chapter 3: Party conference
Chapter 4: Elections of national officers of the party and national committees
Chapter 5: Selection for elected public office
Chapter 6: Disciplinary rules
Chapter 8: Rules for branches
Chapter 9: Rules for Regional Boards and European party units
Chapter 10: Rules for women’s forums
Chapter 11: Rules for Young Labour
Chapter 12: Rules for Labour Party local government committees
Chapter 13: Rules for local government Labour groups on principal authorities
Chapter 14: Rules for Ethnic Minorities forums
Chapter 15: Model procedural rules (standing orders) for party units
Chapter 16: Party contacts and glossary
statements on:
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...
in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
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The Labour Party Constitution forms the first chapter of the Rule Book and contains the most important principles and provisions for Labour Party governance. The chapter is divided into ten sections named Clause I to Clause X. Clause IV
Clause IV
Clause IV historically refers to part of the 1918 text of the British Labour Party constitution which set out the aims and values of the party. Before its revision in 1995, its application was the subject of considerable dispute.-Text:...
is the most well known Aims and values clause, which was significantly changed in 1995 after Tony Blair
Tony Blair
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007...
became leader of the Labour Party.
The rules may be amended by the party's National Executive Committee
National Executive Committee
The National Executive Committee or NEC is the chief administrative body of the UK Labour Party. Its composition has changed over the years, and includes representatives of affiliated trade unions, the Parliamentary Labour Party and European Parliamentary Labour Party, Constituency Labour Parties,...
ratified by the following Labour Party 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:...
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Labour Party Constitution
Chapter 1: Constitutional rules- Clause I: Name and objects
- Clause II: Party structure and affiliated organisations
- Clause III: The party’s financial scheme
- Clause IVClause IVClause IV historically refers to part of the 1918 text of the British Labour Party constitution which set out the aims and values of the party. Before its revision in 1995, its application was the subject of considerable dispute.-Text:...
: Aims and values - Clause V: Party programme
- Clause VI: Labour Party Conference
- Clause VII: Party officers and statutory officers
- Clause VIII: The National Executive Committee
- Clause IX: The National Constitutional Committee
- Clause X: Scope of rules
National rules
Chapter 2: Membership rules- Rule 2A: Conditions of membership
- Rule 2B: Membership procedures
- Rule 2C: Membership subscriptions
Chapter 3: Party conference
- Rule 3A: Delegations
- Rule 3B: Conference Arrangements Committee
- Rule 3C: Procedural rules for party conference
Chapter 4: Elections of national officers of the party and national committees
- Rule 4A: General principles
- Rule 4B: Procedural rules for elections for national officers of the party
- Rule 4C: Procedural rules for elections for national committees
Chapter 5: Selection for elected public office
- Rule 5A: General rules for selections for public office
- Rule 5B: Selection of local government candidates
- Rule 5C: Selection of Westminster parliamentary candidates
- Rule 5D: Selection of European parliamentary candidates
- Rule 5E: Selection of candidates for devolved institutions
Chapter 6: Disciplinary rules
- Rule 6A: National action by the party
- Rule 6B: Action by CLPConstituency Labour PartyA Constituency Labour Party is an organisation of members of the British Labour Party who live in a particular UK parliamentary constituency in England, Scotland and Wales. The Labour Party in Northern Ireland has, since February 2009, been organised as a province-wide Constituency Labour Party...
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Rules for party units
Chapter 7: Rules for CLPsChapter 8: Rules for branches
Chapter 9: Rules for Regional Boards and European party units
Chapter 10: Rules for women’s forums
Chapter 11: Rules for Young Labour
Chapter 12: Rules for Labour Party local government committees
Chapter 13: Rules for local government Labour groups on principal authorities
Chapter 14: Rules for Ethnic Minorities forums
Chapter 15: Model procedural rules (standing orders) for party units
Chapter 16: Party contacts and glossary
Appendices
The appendices of the rule book contain the National Executive CommitteeNational Executive Committee
The National Executive Committee or NEC is the chief administrative body of the UK Labour Party. Its composition has changed over the years, and includes representatives of affiliated trade unions, the Parliamentary Labour Party and European Parliamentary Labour Party, Constituency Labour Parties,...
statements on:
- The Importance of our members
- National Executive Committee procedural guidelines on membership recruitment and retention
- Selection of Parliamentary candidates – procedural rules
- National Executive Committee guidelines for the selection of Local government candidates
- Procedural guidelines in disciplinary cases brought before the National Constitutional Committee