Your Party members vote to make name permanent at tense first conference

"The new leftwing party founded by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana will be called Your Party after a vote by members, but its weekend conference laid bare bitter divisions. Just over 37% of members voted for the name Your Party, provisionally adopted when it was launched earlier this year, to become permanent. The votes for others on the shortlist were 25.23% to be called For The Many, 25.23% for Popular Alliance and 14.19% for Our Party."

"Members meeting in Liverpool and those online had narrowly voted by 51.6% to 48.4% for the party to be steered by a new member-led executive, with a number of public-facing roles. Corbyn, whose preferred model was for a sole leader, had warned that he believed it was hard for the public to grasp things when a group of people were running the party instead of a single leader."

The party name vote selected Your Party with just over 37% support, beating For The Many, Popular Alliance and Our Party. Deep divisions were visible throughout the conference, including protests over the expulsion of several Socialist Workers Party members that led Zarah Sultana to boycott the first day and then criticise the party leadership. Members voted 51.6% to 48.4% to adopt a new member-led executive with public-facing roles, a model opposed by Jeremy Corbyn who favoured a sole leader. The executive will review leadership options ahead of a possible change before the general election.

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