Constituency Labour Party
The Constituency Labour Party (CLP) holds regular meetings, which are open to all members, at which all or most of the time is devoted to discussion of political issues. There is often with an external speaker.
The CLP is managed by a management committee, which consists of the secretary of each branch and three other delegates from each branch.
The officers are elected at the Annual General Meeting of the CLP:
Chair: Clyde Millard (East Herts Rural Branch)
Secretary: Tony Eden (Letchworth Town Branch)
Treasurer: Cllr. Gary Grindal (Letchworth Town Branch)
Vice-chair: Claire Bell (East Herts Rural Branch)
Vice-chair (membership): David Bell (East Herts Rural Branch)
Euro-liaison: Robin King (Royston Branch)
Press Officer: Paul Burgin (Baldock Branch)
TU Liaison Officer: Vaughan West (Royston Branch)
Political Education Officer: Peter Mardell (Letchworth Town Branch)
The CLP selects the parliamentary candidate to stand for North East Hertfordshire. The final selection takes place at a hustings meeting on the basis of one member - one vote. Richard Henry was selected at a hustings meeting on 15 September 2007. Click here for information on Richard Henry.
If you want to get in touch with the CLP, click on Contact Us for details of how to do so.
The
CLP is also involved in campaigning for the County Council and District
Council seats within its area. For more details about local government
in North East Hertfordshire, click on Local
Government.
The
CLP has four branches:
Letchworth Town
Baldock and District (includes Ashwell, Hinxworth, Weston and surrounding villages)
Royston and District (includes Therfield, Barley, Reed, Barkway and surrounding villages)
East Hertfordshire Rural (includes Buntingford, Anstey, the Pelhams, Great and Little Hormead, Puckeridge, Standon, Little Hadham, Thundridge, Cottered, the Mundens, Walkern, Benington, Watton-at-Stone, Bramfield, Tewin, Little Berkhampstead and Bayford)
Each branch elects its own officers and arranges its own meetings of members within the branch area.
The CLP is in the Eastern Region. There is a Labour Party regional office (Labour East) in Ipswich with a Regional Director. There is also a Regional Board, elected by CLPs. The area covered by the regional office co-incides with the Government's eastern planning and development region and with the European parliamentary constituency. The Eastern Region website is at www.easternlabour.org. For more information about the Labour MEP for the Eastern Region, click on Europe above.
Since North East Hertfordshire does not have a Labour MP, it is twinned with Stevenage. Barbara Follett is the Labour MP for Stevenage and her website is at www.barbara-follett.org.uk. She is Minister for the East of England, as well as Minister for Equality.
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