A coalition of trade union leaders, over 25 Labour MPs and Labour Party organisations have launched a new call demanding an end to the factional agenda from those at the top of the Labour Party and for the restoration of members’ rights and democracy in the Party.

The Restore Labour Democracy statement warns that “a narrow, factional agenda is being imposed upon the Party” and that this approach “is increasingly unpopular with the public.”

Restore Labour Democracy statement

We are deeply concerned by the undermining of democracy and the rights of members within the Labour Party.

Denying local members in Gorton and Denton the right to choose their candidate looks like part of a pattern, alongside the widespread barring of hard-working councillors and the withdrawal of the whip from MPs standing up for their constituents.

It’s increasingly clear that a narrow, factional agenda is being imposed upon the Party and that this is increasingly unpopular with the public.

This approach is wrong in principle and damaging in practice. When the Labour Party sidelines its members, it weakens Labour’s roots in our communities, alienates voters, and undermines Labour’s ability to win both people’s trust and elections.

We will work together to strengthen our democracy and reverse this damaging behaviour.

We call on all those in the Parliamentary Labour Party, affiliated trade unions, and the wider Party membership who value and respect the vitally important role played by Labour Party and trade union members to join us in these efforts.

Trade Union Leaders Including:

Labour Organisations Including:
• Campaign for Labour Party Democracy
• Momentum
• Labour Muslim Network
⁠• Labour Assembly Against Austerity