Jeremy Bernard Corbyn is a British politician who served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party from 2015 to 2020. On the political left of the Labour Party,Corbyn describes himself as a socialist. He has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Islington North since 1983. As of October 2020,Corbyn sits in the House of Commons as an independent,following the suspension of the whip.
Dame Angela Eagle DBE is a British Labour Party politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wallasey since 1992. Eagle was born in Yorkshire and studied PPE at the University of Oxford,before working for the CBI and then a trade union.
Ann Black OBE is a British political activist who serves as a member of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Labour Party. She served from 2000 to 2018 and was re-elected in November 2020. She was chair of the NEC from 2009 to 2010,and has also served as chair of the NEC's disputes panel.
The General Secretary of the Labour Party is the most senior employee of the British Labour Party,and acts as the non-voting secretary to the National Executive Committee. When there is a vacancy the National Executive Committee selects a provisional replacement,subject to approval at the subsequent party conference.
John McTernan is a British political strategist and commentator. He has been a political adviser to the Labour Party.
The Jewish Labour Movement (JLM),known as Poale Zion (Great Britain) from 1903 to 2004,is one of the oldest socialist societies affiliated to the UK Labour Party. It is a member of the progressive coalition of Avodah/Meretz/Arzenu/Ameinu within the World Zionist Organization. Its sister parties are the Israeli Labor Party (Havodah) and Meretz.
Christopher Williamson is a British politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Derby North from 2010 to 2015 and again from 2017 to 2019. He was Shadow Minister for Communities and Local Government from October 2010 to October 2013. Williamson was previously a local councillor in Derby,representing the Normanton ward from 1991 until 2011 and serving twice as leader of Derby City Council.
Unite the Union,commonly known as Unite,is a British and Irish trade union which was formed on 1 May 2007 by the merger of Amicus and the Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU). Along with Unison,Unite is one of the two largest trade unions in the UK,with over 1.2 million members in construction,manufacturing,transport,logistics and other sectors. The general secretary of Unite is Sharon Graham,who was elected on 25 August 2021 with 46,696 votes on a turnout of 124,127,with her term beginning on 26 August 2021.
James Ignatius O'Rourke McMahon is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Oldham West and Royton since 2015. A member of the Labour and Co-operative parties,he has also served as Chair of the Co-operative Party since 2020.
Catherine Jane Smith is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Lancaster and Fleetwood since 2015. A member of the Labour Party,she was a member of the shadow cabinets led by Jeremy Corbyn and Keir Starmer from 2016 to 2021 as Shadow Secretary of State,previously Shadow Minister,for Young People and Democracy.
Momentum is a British left-wing political organisation which has been described as a grassroots movement supportive of the Labour Party;since January 2017,all Momentum members must be members of the party. It was founded in 2015 by Jon Lansman,Adam Klug,Emma Rees and James Schneider after Jeremy Corbyn's successful campaign to become Labour Party leader and it was reported to have between 20,000 and 30,000 members in 2021.
Jonathan Lansman is a British political activist. He is best known for having worked on Jeremy Corbyn's successful 2015 campaign for the leadership of the Labour Party and subsequently founded the pro-Corbyn organisation Momentum. He is a member of the Labour Party's National Executive Committee. Lansman has worked for both Tony Benn and Michael Meacher,and was a prominent supporter of Benn in the early 1980s.
The 2016 Labour Party leadership election was called when a challenge to Jeremy Corbyn as Leader of the Labour Party arose following criticism of his approach to the Remain campaign in the referendum on membership of the European Union and questions about his leadership of the party.
Christine Evangelou and others v Iain McNicol (Labour Party) [2016] EWCA Civ 817 is an English contract law case brought by five members of the Labour Party of the United Kingdom against its General Secretary,Iain McNicol on behalf of the whole party,concerning the eligibility of members to vote in the party's leadership election of 2016. The claimants came to court to challenge the decision of the party's National Executive Committee to bar members from voting in the election if they joined the party after 12 January 2016 (i.e. less than six months before the start of voting). This was due to affect approximately 130,000 new members (around one quarter of the party's total membership). The judge at first instance sided with the claimants,although this decision was overturned on appeal. On 14 August,it was announced that the claimants would not be challenging this decision in the Supreme Court.
The Labour Party leadership of Jeremy Corbyn began when Jeremy Corbyn was elected as Leader of the UK Labour Party in September 2015,following the resignation of Ed Miliband after Labour's defeat at the 2015 general election. Disillusioned by a lack of a left-wing voice in the 2015 leadership contest,Corbyn stood on an anti-austerity platform. Of the candidates who stood,Corbyn received the fewest parliamentary nominations. Many who nominated him said they had done so not to support his candidacy,but to widen the debate by including a socialist voice. However,Corbyn soon became the frontrunner and was elected with a landslide of 59%.
There have been incidents of antisemitism in the Labour Party of the United Kingdom (UK) since its formation,including canards about "Jewish finance" during the Boer War and antisemitic comments from leading Labour politician Ernest Bevin. In the 2000s,there were controversies over comments made by Labour politicians about an alleged "Jewish lobby",a comparison by London Labour politician Ken Livingstone of a Jewish journalist to a concentration camp guard,and a 2005 Labour attack on Jewish Conservative Party politician Michael Howard.
Jennifer "Jennie" Formby is a British trade unionist and political figure who served as General Secretary of the Labour Party from 2018 to 2020. She was previously political director and south-east England regional secretary for Unite the Union.
Christine Linda Shawcroft is a British Labour Party activist and former politician.
The work of the Labour Party's Governance and Legal Unit in relation to antisemitism 2014–2019,is a report written by party staff in response to the Equality and Human Rights Commission's investigation into the party's handling of antisemitism complaints and includes claims of other forms of racism. The report reveals emails of senior party management staff,aligned with the right of the party,and highlights obstruction of justice in dealing with clear evidence of racism and bullying. And,while it might not fully clear the party of accusations of being 'antisemitic',the report does indicate that anti-semitism is not a major problem with in the Labour Party,its main assertion is that rampant factionalism/right wing bullying within the party had ultimately led to claims of antisemitism and racism allegations not being dealt with properly.
David Richard Evans is a British political official who has served as general secretary of the Labour Party since 25 September 2021,having acted as general secretary since 26 May 2020. He served as an assistant general secretary of the Labour Party from 1999 to 2001. Evans was the regional director of the North West Labour Party from 1995 to 1999 and founded The Campaign Company,a political consultancy.
