Labour Leave

Labour Leave
Founders John Mills
Purpose United Kingdom withdrawal from the European Union
Region served
United Kingdom
Key people
 Kate Hoey MP
Graham Stringer MP
Kelvin Hopkins MP
Roger Godsiff MP
John Mills
Affiliations Vote Leave
Website labourleave.org

Labour Leave is a campaign group within the UK Labour Party, campaigning for the United Kingdom to vote to leave in the upcoming EU referendum.[1][2] The group is led by eurosceptic Labour MPs Kate Hoey, Graham Stringer, Kelvin Hopkins, and Roger Godsiff,[3] and is chaired by the largest individual donor[4] to the Labour Party, John Mills,[5] former chair of the cross-party Vote Leave campaign,[6] which the group supports.[7]

Position within Vote Leave

The organisation's position within the Vote Leave campaign has been seen as precarious, a source close to the campaign told The Morning Star, due to a perceived domination of the Vote Leave campaign by right-wing Conservative and UKIP officials. Of Vote Leave's 17-strong governing board, only two members (Mills and Stringer) are members of Labour Leave.[6] In response to this, the idea of a wholly independent campaign to Vote Leave and Leave.EU has been suggested, with MPs such as Hoey and Hopkins favouring the idea.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Labour Leave has no confidence in David Cameron's EU renegotiation". LabourList - Labour's biggest independent grassroots e-network.
  2. ↑ "Labour Leave".
  3. ↑ "Labour Leave – Board".
  4. ↑ "Rich, private school, Oxford. Meet John Mills, Labour's biggest donor". Telegraph.co.uk. 15 September 2013.
  5. ↑ John Mills. "John Mills: Why top Labour donor is backing calls for a Brexit from the EU". International Business Times UK.
  6. 1 2 3 James, Luke (5 February 2016). "Labour MPs warn of split as Vote Leave turns right". The Morning Star. p. 3. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  7. ↑ "Vote Leave launches". Vote Leave.

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