A blog by Luke Akehurst about politics, elections, and the Labour Party - With subtitles for the Hard of Left. Just for the record: all the views expressed here are entirely personal and do not necessarily represent the positions of any organisations I am a member of.
A perfect opportunity has been created for my online fan club to vent their spleen by voting against me for something ... Paul Burgin has created a fantasy deputy leadership where the candidates are Labour bloggers - he's put me down as one of 10 candidates - you can vote here:
posted by Luke Akehurst at 9:51 am
Labour Party activist since 1988 - firmly on the moderate wing of the party. Member of Labour’s NEC 2010-2012 and since 2020. National Secretary of Labour Students 1995-6. Parliamentary candidate for Aldershot (2001) and Castle Point (2005). Hackney Councillor (Chatham Ward) 2002-2014, Labour Group Chief Whip 2002-09, Chair of Health Scrutiny 2010-2014. Supporter of Europe, NATO/nuclear deterrence, Israel, electoral reform. Guardian reader. Dad. Oxford resident. Unite union member. Employment history as a Labour Party Organiser, Local Government Political Assistant, Director at a Public Affairs company. All views expressed in a personal capacity. The rest will become evident from reading the blog.
6 Comments:
I'm still torned between you and Kerron Cross (who, in the meantime between now and 2022, has became Karen Cross after a little op and has been selected through an AWS- a Labour policy he currently likes so much)
10:35 am, November 21, 2006
It's ok - you can vote for more than 1 candidate in true Labour Party style.
In such vein, I hope Mr Burgin is logging where the votes have come from in a slightly more sophisticated way than Labour Students used to with a pencil number written on the back of the ballot given to you in a sealed envelope.....
8:16 pm, November 21, 2006
By the looks of things you don't appear to be doing too badly! ;-)
12:03 am, November 22, 2006
The silent majority speaks ...
7:59 am, November 22, 2006
Haha - who was 'anonymous'!!??
Luke (not sure you'll answer this...) - were you still NLS secretary the year Michael Dugher 'won' the Vice Chair election? Honestly can't remember if it was after your time or not (I did hang about an uncommonly long time...) - I thought I was still at York at the time, so you were likely to be involved... Was the 'redistribution' of ballot papers as disgraceful and shameless as legend suggests?
3:16 pm, November 23, 2006
Yes I was National Secretary in the year of the Mike Bunny vs Dugher fight.
However, LP staff (Sally Randi and Cathy Parry) rather than us NOLS officers oversaw internal elections so can't comment on the process.
I think I hung around for longer than you - started in NOLS in 1990, finished in 96 but on steering committee for 97 and 98 (the McGowan vs Diamond election) and still VP of ECOSY until 01.
3:35 pm, November 23, 2006
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