How are the Leader and Deputy candidates CLP supporting nominations going?

Currently CLPs across the country are casting supporting nominations for the candidates for Leader and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party. You can keep track of these from these two links:

Leader

Deputy Leader

Where to find Stella Creasy MP for Walthamstow, this week

• Tuesday 14th July - leading in parliament for Labour on the debate on Rent to Own Companies 
• Wednesday 15 July - attending parliament to vote against the reintroduction of fox hunting to Britain 
• Thursday 16 July - attending hustings for the Labour Deputy Leadership debate in Oxford 
• Saturday 18 July - attending hustings for the Labour Deputy Leadership debate in Brighton 
• Sunday 19th July - attending hustings for the Labour Deputy Leadership debate in London 

Voter ID & community organising – how to do both: Stella Creasy on LabourList

Writing on the LabourList blog Walthamstow's MP Stella Creasy says: "We know that voter ID has a great track record of winning us elections. We also know that community organising has brought energy and innovation to our campaigning. For too long, debates have artificially separated them – when the truth is that any form of effective campaigning requires good data to succeed. Our future lies in understanding how we can better marry the two. . . . . . 

"There isn’t a quick fix or ‘digital’ silver bullet that will restore Labour’s relationship with the electorate overnight. But if I am elected as Labour’s next Deputy Leader I would prioritise developing the most up to date software and methods to benefit members and organisers everywhere. . . . . . 

Stella Creasy, with Walthamstow members, campaigning for Joan Ryan in Enfield North

"Some CLPs have proactive systems for following up issues locally, but this information is seldom used beyond this initial action. There is no culture of ‘two way’ traffic – of issues gathered at the grassroots being fed back to the centre to shape campaigns and vice versa. . . . . . 

"In Walthamstow, a community where 50% of residents move during an electoral cycle, we developed a data management system called Network Maker to enable us to map out the relationships residents have, not just with Labour, but also with each other. Campaigning in this way helps increase the chances in a transitory community of connecting with more people. . . . . . 

"As Deputy Leader I will make valuing members’ time and intelligence a priority, using not just new technologies but new techniques to help us win in 2020. There is not a moment to lose."

Read the full article here

Where to find Stella Creasy MP for Walthamstow, this week

• Monday 22nd June - in parliament for the Education and Adoption Bill second reading 
  
• Friday 26th June- participating in the Black and Ethnic Minority members hustings for the Labour Deputy Leadership 
• Saturday 27th June- participating in the Labour Deputy Leadership hustings in Birmingham
• Sunday 28th June- participating in the Labour Deputy Leadership Hustings in Nottingham 

 

"Over 100 local councillors endorse Stella Creasy as deputy leader of the Labour party" New Statesman

This week's New Statesman carries an article detailing an open letter it has received in which "Over 100 local Labour councillors have endorsed Stella Creasy as deputy leader".

According to the councillors, who represent wards all over the country, "The outcome of the election showed that we can't simply rely on old methods to deliver the right result in 2020. We must embrace new ways of doing things, invest in new technology and online campaigning techniques.

We need a deputy leader who understands this. Someone who lives the role of 'Campaigner-in-Chief'. We believe Stella Creasy is that person." 

Read the full article here.

Where to find Stella Creasy MP for Walthamstow, this week

• Monday 1 June addressing the Labour Finance and Industry Group summer reception 
• Wednesday 3 June attending the debate on the Queen's speech provisions on the economy
• Thursday 4 June attending the final day of the Queen's speech debate and then the meeting for all Labour party members in Walthamstow to nominate a candidate for London Mayor at the URC church on Orford Road 

GLA & LONDON MAYORAL selections

Although the London Mayoral candidate selection process has now been completed (scroll down for results) there are still steps to complete in choosing candidates for the London wide list for the GLA

London wide list for GLA Selection timetable:

• 28 May applications close
• 30 May Selection board consider cvs and make initial interview list
• June - interviews
• 27 June - longlist
• July - target seat selections start (Walthamstow is part of London NE constituency, for which Jennette Arnold has already been re-selected, so is not involved in this process; if you want details on this email walthamstowclp@yahoo.co.uk)
• 31 October - interviews of sitting London wide list members
• 1 November - interview remaining panel members
• 4 November - London wide list candidates finalised

Results of the London Mayoral selection:

Sadiq Khan has been selected as Labour’s candidate for London Mayor. There were six candidates in the election, and Khan won on the fifth round of voting. Turnout by section was: Members 81%, Registered Supporters 92%, Affiliated Supporters 45%. Full details of the five rounds of voting are on the LabourList page here

Elections for the Greater London Assembly (GLA), and the London Mayor take place in 2016. Labour's Mayoral Candidate has been decided and announced on September 11th; the process for candidates for Labour's target GLA constituency seats and London wide list of the GLA is still underway (see below).

London Mayoral Selection timetable:

• From 7 May 2015 - supporters in London invited to register. Affiliated supporters (political levy-paying members of affiliated trade unions) pay nothing, registered supporters (all others) pay a minimum of £3.
• 13 to 20 May 2015 - applications accepted
• 20 May to 10 June 2015 – nomination period. Affiliated supporters as well as members must be invited to nomination meetings, and constituencies making nominations must include at least one woman. Candidates require at least five constituency nominations to go forward.
• 4 June - Walthamstow CLP decides its nominations; two can be submitted, at least one being a woman. This process is open to all members and affiliated supporters living in the constituency. Registered supporters will be able to take part in the final ballot - see below.
• 12 June 2015 - selection committee longlists
• 15 June 2015 - selection committee shortlists
• 17 June 2015 onwards - hustings
• 12 August 2015 - last date to: register as supporter, register as affiliated supporter, or join the Labour Party in London, in order to qualify for the ballot.
• 14 August to 10 September 2015 (was 1 to 29 July 2015) - ballot of all members, affiliated supporters and registered supporters living in London
• 11 September 2015 (was 31 July) - declaration of result - Labour's candidate for the London Mayoral election in 2016

Stella's statement launching her campaign to be deputy leader

"All Labour members who have been out campaigning recently will have heard it.

You knock on the door and someone answers and says: ‘We only ever see you at election time - you just want one thing.

It rarely does justice to years of hard work by the local MP and councillors. But it poses the challenge that Labour has to meet if it is to win power again.

Let’s be frank. Too many voters think Labour is no longer a movement of people across the country committed to social justice, but a machine that only kicks into gear at election time.

Difficult though it is to accept, for millions who share our values, Labour is no longer seen as their voice for change or the vehicle for delivering it. Since Keir Hardie’s time we have fought the poverty, inequality and injustices that hold back too many.

We sought office not just to change governments but to change lives. The minimum wage, the NHS, devolution, equality law. Each a testament to how, at our best, we have been a force for good, changing Britain for the better.

This passion for social justice still beats strong within our members today. And as we watch this Tory government dismantle the welfare state, destroy the lives of our young people and demoralize the public sector, never more has Britain needed the fire for change and faith in an alternative.

Today I am standing to be deputy leader of the Labour party to help restore that fire and faith in our party.

“This is about more than 650 people in Westminster - Labour has always been able to achieve change from the grassroots up, not just on the green benches of parliament.

Too many people now see politics as an elite sport, for the few not the many. That means we miss out on their ideas and actions as they get put off taking part. I want to change that.

Our members are our best asset. They are people who believe fairness, prosperity and opportunity is open to all, not just those with the money or means to buy success. And the people who are willing to stand up and defend this principle in their own communities.

Since the election, 30,000 people have joined Labour to make us 230,000 strong - if we ignore them until an election comes round, we do them and the cause we all serve, a disservice.

But that doesn’t mean treating every day like polling day. To harness their passion for social justice we have to offer them more than a leaflet round or a three hour procedures committee.

I want to tap into the energy, enthusiasm and experience of every man and woman who wants to speak up for a different kind of Britain. Just because you join a political party, it doesn't mean you stop campaigning for change.

So I want us to get back to our roots in fighting injustice. Whether tackling legal loan sharks or taking on the Twitter trolls my track record shows I know how to work with people across Britain to take on those who exploit or harass the vulnerable.

Now I’m standing to be Labour’s deputy leader to ensure Labour is once again a movement and not a machine.

Labour has to renew and rediscover its voice in every community across our country.

Together we can again be a force for good for Britain.

16/5/2015

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In the Mirror - Stella Creasy confirms she's running for deputy leader

In today's Mirror: "Stella Creasy confirms she's running for Labour deputy leader: 'Party must return to fighting poverty, inequality and injustice'

Ms Creasy, Labour Co-operative MP for Walthamstow, east London, and shadow minister for consumer affairs, is seen as one of the party’s rising stars"

On her website Stella says: "To win again we need to set out the difference Labour makes to our communities and our country. I am standing for Deputy Leader and want to listen to your views on how we change the Labour Party, to help us change the country again. Now I need your help – to start that conversation across our Labour movement and in our local communities.

Stephen Bush in The New Statesman writes: "Creasy, who was elected MP for Walthamstow in 2010, is one of the highest profile members of the parliamentary Labour Party, and has carved out a niche as one of Britain's most successful campaigners, on issues ranging from payday loans to women's representation on banknotes.

"Writing for the Mirror, Creasy has pledged to "restore fire and faith" in the Labour movement. Creasy is adored by the membership and will be heavyweight opposition to both Caroline Flint and Tom Watson . . ."  article continues here

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