Socialist Campaign Group
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The Socialist Campaign Group is a left-wing grouping of Labour Party Members of Parliament in the United Kingdom. It was formed in 1981 by Tony Benn's supporters as a split from the Tribune Group.
The Campaign Group, as it is commonly known, remains highly critical of the 'New Labour' project. However, they are supportive of the Labour Party against other parties. For instance, they closed their website for the duration of 2005 general election campaign.
On 14 July 2006, the group's chairman - John McDonnell - announced that he would stand against the current Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown to be leader of the Labour Party when Tony Blair announced his resignation. When Blair did stand down, the following year, McDonnell was unable to attract sufficient MPs to nominate him, and Brown was elected to the position unopposed. Twenty members of the Campaign Group nominated McDonnell, with five nominating Brown.
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[edit] Current members
- Diane Abbott MP
- David Anderson MP
- John Austin MP
- Michael Clapham MP
- Katy Clark MP
- Harry Cohen MP
- Frank Cook MP
- Jeremy Corbyn MP
- Ann Cryer MP
- Bill Etherington MP
- Neil Gerrard MP
- Ian Gibson MP
- David Hamilton MP
- Kelvin Hopkins MP
- Lynne Jones MP
- Bob Marshall-Andrews MP
- John McDonnell MP
- Austin Mitchell MP
- Linda Riordan MP
- Alan Simpson MP
- Dennis Skinner MP
- David Taylor MP
- Bob Wareing MP
- Mike Wood MP
[edit] Former members
- Tony Banks (deceased)
- Harry Barnes (no longer an MP)
- Margaret Beckett MP (joined the Cabinet)
- Tony Benn (no longer an MP)
- Paul Boateng MP (joined the government)
- Dennis Canavan (no longer an MP)
- John Cryer (no longer an MP)
- Terry Fields (expelled from the Labour Party)
- Mark Fisher MP (joined the front bench)
- Maria Fyfe (no longer an MP)
- Bernie Grant (deceased)
- Eric Heffer (deceased)
- Jimmy Hood MP
- Ken Livingstone (no longer an MP)
- Alice Mahon (no longer an MP)
- Joan Maynard (deceased)
- John McAllion (resigned Labour Party membership)
- Michael Meacher MP (joined the government)
- Bill Michie (no longer an MP)
- Chris Mullin MP (joined the government)
- Dave Nellist (no longer an MP)
- Dawn Primarolo MP (joined the government)
- Reg Race (no longer an MP)
- Clare Short MP (joined the Cabinet)
- Llew Smith (no longer an MP)
- Gavin Strang MP (joined the Cabinet)
- Keith Vaz MP (joined the government)
- Pat Wall (deceased)
- Audrey Wise (deceased)
- Jimmy Wray (no longer an MP)
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