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General Secretary of the Labour Party

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ally, was selected for the post under the banner of party finance reform, but never took up the post "for legal and financial reasons". The poor state of the party's finances following the decision by the leadership of the party to finance the General Election campaign in 2005 by loans meant that the
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Crucial to this period was the transformation of the party apparatus from an alternative centre of power to the parliamentary leadership (largely a product of the 1970s when the party conference repeatedly disowned government policy), to being more congruent with the leadership's ideas for progress.
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Upon Henderson's retirement in 1934, after the 1931 debacle which had seen MacDonald expelled from the party, it was decided that the position should be separated from the parliamentary party, and power should not be concentrated in the hands of one person. Therefore, Henderson's successor would not
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became General Secretary and went on to oversee two general election victories. A Welshman, he had been a miner but was instrumental in widening Labour's appeal to the middle classes. He also built a professional Party, with key employees working on policy development and electoral organisation.
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became Labour's first permanent female General Secretary in 1998. She had been a rising star and formidable organiser in the run-up to 1997, seen as the key party official responsible for the record landslide victory, but her fearsome style did not endear her to Party members and the left. Her
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The General Secretary is responsible for employing staff; campaign and media strategies; running the party's organisational, constitutional and policy committees; organising the Party Conference; liaison with the
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years, retired in 1968, he was expected to be replaced by someone younger who could transform the party and lead it to a third successive victory. However, the party chose
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auditors of the party had to inform him that his wealth, after a career partly in the City of London, would be at risk if the party did become bankrupt.
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and created a highly-professional, media-savvy, youthful staff and Party that worked for Labour's landslide victory in the
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The post is currently held by Hollie Ridley, in an acting capacity, pending ratification by delegates at Party Conference.
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was appointed as the General Secretary effective from April 2018. She resigned on 4 May 2020, following the election of
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The post of Party Secretary was created in 1900 at the birth of the Labour Party. The first holder of that position was
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in 2011. McNicol resigned for the post in early 2018, citing a desire to "pursue new challenges". On 20 March 2018,
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Labour Parties are headed by their own general secretaries, de facto subordinate to the national general secretary.
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as the youngest-ever General Secretary. He resigned after less than two years following the less than convincing
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union figure who would be unlikely to continue to renew and reinvigorate the party. The party lost the
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The 1970s and early-1980s saw developing confrontations between the left and the right in the party.
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as new Labour leader, saying "now we have a new leadership team it is the right time to step down".
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as the party's communication director in 1985, but under Blair (and Sawyer) rapidly accelerated.
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badly damaged her reputation. However, her formidable organisational skills contributed to a
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and the perceived erosion of the power of grassroots members. He opened new offices in
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be allowed to become a Member of Parliament. This ruled out the strongest contender,
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The General Secretary heads a staff of around 200 in their two head offices, one in
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In fact, the roots of the transformation probably date back to the appointment of
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worked hard to keep the party together after the formation of the
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