A future fair
for all with Labour

Or change for the worse with the Tories

Fox-hunting

At long last, the babarity of hunting foxes with hounds has been abolished, on a free vote under Labour. The slaughter of hounds and horses predicted by opponents of the ban did not happen.

The Tories promise to give Government time to allow the ban to be lifted. Apparently, they do not think drag hunting is good enough. You have to see a live fox torn apart by hounds for real enjoyment!

Crime down by one-third

With 14,000 more police officers, crime is down by one-third under Labour.

The Constituency 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: Les Baker (Royston 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: Les Baker (Royston Branch)

• TU Liaison Officer: Vaughan West (Royston 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. David Kirkman was selected as the Labour candidate at a hustings meeting on 24 October 2009. Click here for more information.

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.

Branches

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.

Labour East

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.

Stevenage CLP

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 and Minister for Culture, Creative Industries & Tourism as well as Parliamentary Secretary for Equality.