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, and socialist societies, as well as ex officio members such as the Party Leader and Deputy Leader and several of their appointees. The Labour Party has been, since its founding in the early 20th century, the principal political party of the left in the United Kingdom. ... In British politics, the term affiliated trade union refers to a trade union that has an affiliation to the British Labour Party. ... The Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) consists of the Labour Party in Parliament: Labour MPs as a collective body. ... A Constituency Labour Party (CLP) is an organisation of members of the British Labour Party who live in a particular parliamentary constituency in England, Scotland and Wales. ... A Socialist Society is a membership organization which is affiliated to the Labour Party. ...

During the 1980s, the NEC had a major role in policy-making and was often at the heart of vitriolic disputes over party policy. In the Tony Blair era, the committee's role has declined and its membership has been reformed, but it retains a certain importance in overseeing the party. One of its committees has disciplinary powers including the ability to expel members of the party who have brought it into disrepute or to readmit previously expelled members. For other people of the same name, see Tony Blair (disambiguation) Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953)[1] is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, Leader of the UK Labour Party, and Member of the UK Parliament...

Current Members

(from 2006 Party Conference and 2007 Young Labour Conference)

• Jeremy Beecham (Div. IV - Labour Councillors)
• Ann Black (Div. III - Constituency Labour Parties)
• Tony Blair MP (Leader)
• Hazel Blears MP (Government and party chair)
• Gordon Brown MP (Government)
• Michael Cashman MEP (Div. V - PLP/EPLP)
• Debbie Coulter OBE (Div. I - Trade Unions)
• Jack Dromey (Treasurer)
• Angela Eagle MP (Div. V - PLP/ELP)
• Michael Griffiths (Div. I - Trade Unions), Chair
• Dianne Hayter (Div. II - Socialist Societies), Vice-Chair
• Diana Holland (Div. I - Trade Unions)
• Jim Kennedy (Div. I - Trade Unions)
• Paddy Lillis (Div. I - Trade Unions)
• Joe Mann (Div. I - Trade Unions)
• Ian McCartney MP (Government)
• Sally Powell (Div. IV - Labour Councillors)
• John Prescott MP (Deputy Leader)
• Ellie Reeves (Div. III - Constituency Labour Parties)
• Christine Shawcroft (Div. III - Constituency Labour Parties)
• Dennis Skinner MP (Div. V - PLP/EPLP)
• Keith Sonnet (Div. I - Trade Unions)
• Cath Speight (Div. I - Trade Unions)
• Norma Stephenson (Div. I - Trade Unions)
• Gary Titley MEP (EPLP Leader)
• Mary Turner (Div. I - Trade Unions)
• David Ward (Div. I - Trade Unions)
• Peter Wheeler (Div. III - Constituency Labour Parties)
• Stephanie Peacock (Young Labour)
• Pete Willsman (Div. III - Constituency Labour Parties)
• Walter Wolfgang (Div. III - Constituency Labour Parties)
• Harriet Yeo (Div. I - Trade Unions)

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Chair of the Labour Party

Elected or appointed through convention, for a term of one year. Chairs NEC meetings, Labour Party national conference and any special conferences held during term.

The name of this post has become confused since 2001 when Labour Party leader Tony Blair appointed Charles Clarke to the courtesy position of "Party Chair" without the NEC or the national conference authorising such a position [1]. The position's name remains "chair of the party" in the Labour Party rule-book, but elsewhere the party presents the position as "Chair of the NEC".[2] Prior to 2001 the position was called "Chair of the Labour Party". For other people of the same name, see Tony Blair (disambiguation) Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953)[1] is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, Leader of the UK Labour Party, and Member of the UK Parliament... The Rt Hon. ...

List of Chairs of the Party

• Frederick Rogers (1900-01)
• Allan Gee (1901-02)
• Richard Bell MP (1902-03)
• John Hodge (1903-04)
• David Shackleton MP (1904-05)
• Arthur Henderson MP (1905-06)
•  ? 1906-16
• John Hill (1916-17)
• W. F. Purdy (1917-18)
•  ? (1918-19)
• William Harold Hutchinson (1919-20)
•  ? (1920-21)
• Fred Jowett MP (1921-22)
• Sidney Webb MP (1922-23)
• Ramsay MacDonald MP (1923-24)
• C. T. Cramp (1924-25)
• Robert Williams (1925-26)
•  ? (1926-27)
• George Lansbury MP (1927-28)
• Herbert Morrison MP (1928-29)
• Susan Lawrence MP (1929-30)
• Stanley Hirst (1930-31)
• George Lathan MP (1931-32)
• Joseph Compton (1932-33)
• Walter R. Smith (1933-34)
• W. A. Robinson (1934-35)
• Jennie Adamson (1935-36)
• Hugh Dalton MP (1936-37)
• George Dallas (1937-39 - no conference in 1938)
• Barbara Ayrton Gould (1939-40)
•  ? (1940-41)
•  ? (1941-42)
• Alfred Dobbs (1942-43)
• George Ridley MP (1943-44)
• Ellen Wilkinson MP (1944-45)
• Harold Laski (1945-46)
• Philip Noel-Baker MP (1946-47)
• Emmanuel Shinwell MP (1947-48)
• Jim Griffiths MP (1948-49)
• Sam Watson (1949-50)
• Alice Bacon MP (1950-51)
• Harry Earnshaw (1951-52)
• Arthur Greenwood MP (1952-53)
• Wilfrid Burke MP (1953-54)
• Edith Summerskill MP (1954-55)
• Edwin Gooch MP (1955-56)
• Margaret Herbison MP (1956-57)
• Tom Driberg (1957-58)
• Barbara Castle MP (1958-59)
• George Brinham (1959-60)
• Richard Crossman MP (1960-61)
• Harold Wilson MP (1961-62)
• Dai Davies (1962-63)
• Anthony Greenwood MP (1963-64)
• Ray Gunter MP (1964-65)
• Walter Padley MP (1965-66)
• John Boyd (1966-67)
• Jennie Lee MP (1967-68)
• Eirene White MP (1968-69)
• Arthur Skeffington MP (1969-70)
• Ian Mikardo MP (1970-71)
• Tony Benn MP (1971-72)
• William Simpson (1972-73)
• James Callaghan MP (1973-74)
• Fred Mulley MP (1974-75)
• Tom Bradley MP (1975-76)
• John Chalmers (1976-77)
• Joan Lestor MP (1977-78)
• Frank Allaun MP (1978-79)
• Lena Jeger (1979-80)
• Alex Kitson (1980-81)
• Judith Hart MP (1981-82)
• Sam McCluskie (1982-83)
• Eric Heffer MP (1983-84)
• Alan Hadden (1984-85)
• Neville Hough (1985-86)
• Syd Tierney (1986-87)
• Neil Kinnock MP (1987-88)
• Dennis Skinner MP (1988-89)
• Jo Richardson MP (1989-90)
• Tom Sawyer (1990-91)
• John Evans MP (1991-92)
• Tony Clarke (1992-93)
• David Blunkett MP (1993-94)
• Doug Hoyle MP (1994-95)
• Diane Jeuda (1995-96)
• Robin Cook MP (1996-97)
• Richard Rosser (1997-98)
• Brenda Etchells (1998-99)
• Vernon Hince (1999-00)
• Maggie Jones (2000-01)
• Margaret Wall (2001-02)
• Diana Holland (2002-03)
• Mary Turner (2003-04)
• Ian McCartney MP (2004-05)
• Jeremy Beecham (2005-06)
• Michael Griffiths (2006-07)

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External links

• National Executive Committee (About Labour)