North West Durham Constituency Labour Party (CLP) is your local Labour Party based on your constituency and is a hub of activity and community organising. Via your CLP, you can choose the members from your area to represent you at Annual Conference and you can help select your parliamentary and council candidates. You can also get involved with contributing to the development of policies and promoting current Labour policies in campaigning activities.

How we work

North West Durham CLP is a member led organisation who meets regularly in All Member Meetings (AMM’s) to decide our policies. Our CLP works according to the Labour Party rule book and a letter of understanding between the constituency and the NEC from 2011 when the All Member Meeting system was adopted, together with some other minor amendments.

At our Annual General Meeting (AGM), we elect an executive committee of officers to manage the day to day affairs and activities of the party.

The current officers of the party are:

Chair – Pat Glass
Secretary – Andy Plant
Vice Chair – Lynne Ackland
Vice Chair Membership – Rob Moran
Treasurer – David Toner
Women’s officer – Linda Acres
Campaigns officer – Owain Gardner

North West Durham CLP also organises into smaller units called branches. Branches get to choose the local council candidates to represent your area and have elected representatives to the executive committee.

Our branches meet regularly to discuss local party business. Our current branches and their secretaries are:

Willington & Hunwick – Ursula McArdle
Crook – Mary Hall
Tow Law – Patrick Wilkins (acting)
Weardale – Owain Gardener
Lanchester, Burnhope & Castleside – Alison Gray
Consett  – Andy Plant
Burnopfield – Ivan Jewell
Langley Park (Esh) – Andy Walker

Durham County Councillors:

Willington & Hunwick – Cllr Fraser Tinsley
Willington & Hunwick – Cllr Olwyn Gunn
Tow Law – Cllr Richard Manchester
Burnopfield & Dipton – Cllr Veronmica Andrews
Burnopfield & Dipton – Cllr Declan Mullholland

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