Parliamentary Labour Party

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The Parliamentary Labour Party is the grouping of all Labour Party Members of Parliament in the UK House of Commons, responsible for coordinating the party’s legislative activity and leadership in Parliament.


Statements (45)
Predicate Object
instanceOf organisation
parliamentary party grouping
associatedWith Labour Party National Executive Committee
Labour Party Shadow Cabinet
composedOf Labour MPs elected to the House of Commons
country United Kingdom
elects Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party
Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
Leader of the Labour Party
officers of the Parliamentary Labour Party
excludes Labour members of devolved legislatures
Labour members of the House of Lords
follows standing orders of the Parliamentary Labour Party
governingBodyOf Labour Party MPs in the House of Commons
hasChair Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party
hasLeader Leader of the Labour Party
hasMember Labour Party Member of Parliament
hasSubgroup Labour backbench MPs in the House of Commons
Labour frontbench team in the House of Commons
historicalPrecursor Labour Representation Committee parliamentary group
influences Labour Party policy direction
selection of Labour frontbench teams
jurisdiction Parliament of the United Kingdom
language English
legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
location London
meetsAt Palace of Westminster
meetsFrequency regularly during parliamentary sessions
parentOrganization Labour Party (UK)
partOf Labour Party (UK)
politicalAlignment centre-left
politicalIdeology democratic socialism
social democracy
politicalParty Labour Party (UK)
primaryRole coordination of Labour Party legislative activity in Parliament
providing leadership for the Labour Party in the House of Commons
responsibility coordination of Labour Party parliamentary strategy
discussion of policy and political tactics among Labour MPs
liaison between Labour frontbench and backbench MPs
scrutiny of government legislation from the Labour perspective
scope national
sector politics
shortName PLP
typeOfMembership restricted to sitting Labour MPs
usesVotingSystem internal party ballots among Labour MPs

Referenced by (5)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Einar Gerhardsen ("Labour Party parliamentary group")
Robin Cook
parliamentaryGroup
Labour Women’s Network ("Labour Party women MPs")
collaboratesWith
Parliamentary Labour Party ("Labour Party Member of Parliament")
hasMember
Labour Party (UK)
hasWing

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