Labour Representation Committee (2004)

Labour Representation Committee (2004)

The Labour Representation Committee is a British socialist pressure group within the Labour Party.

Overview

The LRC was formed at a founding conference on Saturday 3rd July 2004, taking its name from the original Labour Representation Committee which was formed in February 1900.

The LRC allows Constituency Labour Parties and Branch Labour Parties to affiliate to it, along with local, regional and national unions and individual party members and supporters. So far there are currently 10 affiliated CLPs and 7 BLPs. In parliament, the group is represented within Parliament by the Socialist Campaign Group. The LRC also has a youth group, the Socialist Youth Network.

The Chairman is John McDonnell, who the LRC supported as a candidate for leader of the Labour Party.

Socialist Youth Network

The Socialist Youth Network, also known as SYN, is the youth section of the LRC. it was founded in March 2007.

Affiliated MPs

The Representation Committee has a number of officially affiliated MPs, those being:
*Michael Clapham MP
*Katy Clark MP
*Jeremy Corbyn MP
*David Drew MP
*David Hamilton MP
*Kelvin Hopkins MP
*Dr Lynne Jones MP
*John McDonnell MP
*Bob Wareing MP

The group also receives support from unaffiliated MP Michael Meacher, as well as the Labour veteran Tony Benn.

Affiliated Unions

The LRC maintains support from a number of trade unions, the most prominent of these being:
*ASLEF
*BFAWU
*Communication Workers Union
*Fire Brigades Union
*NUM
*RMT

Affiliated Constituency Labour Parties

*Ashton-under-Lyne CLP
*Brentford and Isleworth CLP
*Chingford and Woodford Green CLP
*Delyn CLP
*Ilford South CLP
*Isle of Wight CLP
*Islington North CLP
*Leeds Central CLP
*Leyton and Wanstead CLP
*St Helens South CLP

Affiliated Branch Labour Parties

*Bloomsbury and Kings Cross BLP
*Brislington East BLP
*Henleaze BLP
*Hastings and Rye East BLP
*Kensal Green BLP
*Newport and West Wight BLP
*Sutton BLP

Other Affiliated Organizations

*Alliance for Workers' Liberty
*Battersea and Wandsworth TUC
*Cambridge Morning Star Readers' Group
*Camden Trades Council
*Education for Tomorrow
*Hands Off Venezuela
*Labour Against the War
*Labour CND
*Lambeth TUC
*Leftout Socialists
*Milton Keynes Trade Union and Labour Party Partnership
*Ministry for Peace
*Network of Socialist Campaign Groups
*New Communist Party
*Newrad Communist Collective
*PCS Labour Left
*Socialist Appeal
*Socialist Education Association
*TGWU Broad Left
*Torbay and District TUC
*United Alliance for Labour

See also

*Compass (think tank)
*Progress (organisation)

External links

* [http://www.l-r-c.org.uk/ The modern LRC]
* [http://www.john4leader.org.uk/ John 4 Leader campaign]
* [http://www.socialistyouth.org.uk/ Socialist Youth Network]


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