Your Party to have collective leadership' in win for Zarah Sultana

"The new leftwing party headed by Jeremy Corbyn and others has voted narrowly for it to have a collective leadership in a win for Zarah Sultana, who has been at loggerheads with the former Labour leader. The results were announced on Sunday after a chaotic start to its founding conference in Liverpool. Sultana, a former Labour MP who now sits as an independent, had boycotted the first day of the conference amid disagreements over how Your Party its provisional name should be run."

"In advance of the results of voting on the party's constitutional arrangements, Corbyn had said: It's quite hard for the public to grasp things that there are sort of 10 people who run things. However, members voted by 51.6% to 48.6% for the party whose future name will be announced later on Sunday to have a collective leadership model. A new member-led executive will take the big decisions around the party's management and strategy, with a chair, deputy chair and spokesperson helping to provide public leadership."

"There were also wins for the other positions advocated by Sultana, including for members to be able to have dual-membership of other political groups. The vote in favour of dual-membership is significant against the backdrop of in-fighting, which included Sultana refusing to enter the conference hall on Saturday in solidarity with delegates who were expelled over links to other leftwing parties, which she described as a witch-hunt. Members of other parties will be eligible to join only after their party has been ratified by its executive (CEC) and conference as being aligned with the party's values."

The new leftwing party led by Jeremy Corbyn and others voted narrowly to adopt a collective leadership model, resolving a governance dispute with Zarah Sultana. The vote was 51.6% to 48.6% in favour of collective leadership. A member-led executive will make major management and strategy decisions, supported by a chair, deputy chair and spokesperson for public leadership. Sultana had boycotted the conference's opening day over disagreements and protested expulsions of delegates she called a 'witch-hunt.' Members won the right to dual-membership of other political groups, with external parties eligible only after executive and conference ratification. The final party name will be announced later.

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