Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Party organisation
- UK parties used to be ideologically
based. However, in a bid to appeal to
the widest range of voters possible,
parties have dropped their traditional
ideologies and become 'catch-all'
parties
- The Labour and
Conservative Parties at
a local and national level
- Labour
- Those who join the Labour
Party are assigned to a local
branch according to their post
code (constituency).
Constituencies are the lowest
level of the party organisation
and are responsible for
electing candidates for
parliament (MPs)
- The Constituency
Labour Party (CLP)
takes the lead in local
and national election
campaigns has some
part in selecting MPs
(although OMOV has
diminished this)
- The National Executive
Committee (NEC) is the main
organ of the national party and
ensures the smooth running of
the party, overseas the
preparation of policy
proposals, has the say on the
selection of parliamentary
candidates, and enforces party
discipline
- Conservative
- Similar local structure as Labour
- Local branches operate on the
lowest level with constituency
associations above them. These
bodies play a key role in the
organisation of the parties
grassroots level, planing
election campaigns, and
selecting parliamentary
candidates
- European level
- MEPs, who numbered 72 in 2011, sit
in a number of transnational party
groupings within the chamber
- Conservative MEPs
sit with the European
Conservatives and
Reformists (ECR)
group
- Labour MEPs sit with
the Progressive
Alliance of Socialists
and Democrats
(PASD)
- Lib Dem MEPs sit with the
Alliance of Liberals and
Democrats for Europe
(ALDE)