Party conference

This article is about general meetings of political parties. For other uses, see Party conference (disambiguation).
The chairman's table at the Scottish Green Party's Autumn conference in November 2007. Note the agenda displayed on the screen behind.

The terms party conference (UK English), political convention (US English), and party congress usually refer to a general meeting of a political party. The conference is attended by certain delegates who represent the party membership. In most political parties, the party conference is the highest decision-making body of the organization, tasked with electing or nominating the party's leaders or leadership bodies, deciding party policy, and setting the party's platform and agendas.

The term conference or caucus may also refer to the organization of all party members as a whole.

The definitions of all of these terms vary greatly, depending on the country and situation in which they are used.

Leadership roles


Party conferences around the world

Canada

Main article: leadership convention

In Canada, besides annual or biennial conventions, parties often hold special conventions to elect new leaders.

Communist states

Ireland

United Kingdom

United States

Main article: Political convention

In the United States, the term party conference is used to refer to the equivalent of parliamentary groups in other countries.

See also


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