Southampton Labour Briefing no. 8

How the cendidetes voted on the Labour Netional Executive

ol pm Committee on key issues in ea the lest two years. Wheres EA # = Vor, A = Against, “> O = Lbstention, ~ = Absent or ere not voting, * = Not on NEC. 2 ee a:2.3 4 56x Frenk Allaun OFPRFPEFRE Tony Benn op be | i Betty Boothroyd -AA-AA a4 go “oe fh & oe I 2,5 Eric Cla. ke Poa a fe The Issues ; ot Laurence Coates PEP Rear i, Keep the commitment: to. \ | natiomlise clearing banks Sos I Ken Cure Te RAB 7 iH ¢ 23 af " anal } é 1. a re 7 Nn 2 in NC Stavemont to Conferencey. Anne Davis %** * AR AT (July 1982) 2. NEC shorld not. oppose | Gwyneth Dunwoody AAAAAS as ¥ cal ; / ji Ban eat A Conference puogene s calling for . +- Setm- Byers ee # RRA removal of NEC's arbitrary powers THs A A in over pressure groups and calling Roy Evans ~AAAAA gle ales + os the \ for impartial conditions for the Michael Foot ADA-ACA EA operation of pressure groups. ; (September 1982) John Golding AR me AAG 3.Total opposition to incomes policy| sian Hadden BSA Bok and support for gueranteed sf minimum wage.(September 1982) Judith Hart. 2 Beg C sf SY) oF ae | % A h | Ae Keep Benn, not Golding, as Denis Healey A-AS AL AG Chair of :ome Policy Committee. i (November 1962) Evic Heffer FREFPFPF! : ais 5 : f a Carry out 1981 Conference Neville Hough PSS oe a decision to allow CLF's to carry out a full reselection in the Doug Hoyle ee ee event of boundary changes. Denis Howell eee AR AL (February 1963)

* . ° te s ‘ cei 4 a : &: 6G. Against expelling the Militant les Huckfield frees editorial board.

- Eos Jeil Kinnock AAAO-L (February 1983) : ' . = =| Alex Kitson -~ALeAA \ Ses oo ete : Joan Lestor pS WHY Wh CALL FOR A VOTE FOR I : PR mo a a ee ae eS = ir for KX 2 MW rt a erg A Cd Some peculiar things are happen- | %*@ NeCluskie a ing in the Labour leadership election. Jo Richar€ecw Boe be PS Firstly we are in danger of havire 5 As io — ‘ ee Gerry Russell ae AR KO the terms of the election determined not by the membership of the Party, Tom Sawyer ee i

but by political commentators and the media, They are concentrating on secondary issues, but avoiding the ; Shirley Summerskill AAAAAA real questions which must be confronted if Labour is to advance. A second curious feature is Peter; Hric Varley AAA AA Shore and the right wing posturing

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as champions of rank end file —— eotot © democracy in the Party and the uniong. Audrey Wise fe eae

The left should counter this dis- ee ee honest attempt by being in favour of eS

elections taking place at rank and - . At the seme time we think file level in every union and only those trade unionists paying the constituency Party. : political levy should be eligible to

The influence of counteracted by the candidates! and by holding as as possible.

vote in their onions. the média should be full circulation of political platform, meny public hustings

In this election we support Bric Heffer. As he himself has stated: "IT want to see Clause Four defended in the Party Constitution. There should be freedom of discussion. Members of the Party shovld not be expelled be-. cause of their politicel views. I don't ‘believe that the problems of this country as & whole can: be solved outside

the context of democratic socialist policies."

On most issues ar in line with the of the renk and file of the the other candidate being termed

wing by the media, Neil Kinnock. We have many differences with Pa over the strategy. for socialism, over

his lack of enthusiasm for women's liberation, and-over his failure to openly oppose the Falklends war, He is however still the

best candidate standing from the left.

The biggest possible vote for Heffer will be e vote for the conference policies that he has defended and that Kinnock has attacked, It wovld be a

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blow to the right, and would expose Kinnock's opportunist claims to being the unit left candidate.

tary the election for Deputy we support

G Michael Meacher, Em iL

SI We think that he and Heffer should form a left slate and

peign together.

We are in danger of being rushed by a form of collective panic into support~

ing Neil Kinnock. Many being conned into seeing him as e life-belt to save

a drowning party. This mood must. be resisted. By examining the policies the candidates stand for, their recor rd.9 and stratesy for Lebvour, it is clear *‘ jee Heffer alone stands for the Piya of

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