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'''Labour Leave''' is a [[campaign group]] unofficially within the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]], which campaigned successfully for the United Kingdom to vote to withdraw from the [[European Union]] in the 2016 [[United Kingdom European Union membership referendum|EU referendum]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://labourlist.org/2015/10/labour-leave-has-no-confidence-in-david-camerons-eu-renegotiation/|title=Labour Leave has no confidence in David Cameron's EU renegotiation|work=LabourList}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://labourleave.org/|title=Labour Leave|publisher=}}</ref> The group was led by [[eurosceptic]] Labour MPs: [[Graham Stringer]], [[Kelvin Hopkins]], and [[Roger Godsiff]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://labourleave.org/board/|title=Labour Leave – Board|publisher=}}</ref> and is chaired by the largest individual donor<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/10310722/Rich-private-school-Oxford.-Meet-John-Mills-Labours-biggest-donor.html|title=Rich, private school, Oxford. Meet John Mills, Labour's biggest donor|date=15 September 2013|work=Telegraph.co.uk}}</ref> to the Labour Party, [[John Mills (businessman)|John Mills]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/john-mills-why-top-labour-donor-backing-calls-brexit-eu-1523589|title=John Mills: Why top Labour donor is backing calls for a Brexit from the EU|author=John Mills|work=International Business Times UK}}</ref> former chair of the cross-party [[Vote Leave]] campaign,<ref name=MornStar>{{cite news|last1=James|first1=Luke|title=Labour MPs warn of split as Vote Leave turns right|url=http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-4f09-Labour-MPs-warn-of-split-as-Vote-Leave-turns-right|accessdate=5 February 2016|work=Morning Star|date=5 February 2016|page=3}}</ref> which the group supports.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.voteleavetakecontrol.org/vote_leave_launches|title=Vote Leave launches|work=Vote Leave}}</ref> [[Kate Hoey]] was another co-chair in the group until she resigned in February 2016.<ref name="Hughes">{{cite news|last=Hughes|first=Laura|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/eureferendum/12141710/Kate-Hoey-quits-Brexit-group-after-leadership-row.html|title=Kate Hoey quits Brexit group after leadership row|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=5 February 2016|accessdate=25 April 2017}}</ref> |
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==Position within Vote Leave== |
==Position within Vote Leave== |
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Founders | John Mills |
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Purpose | United Kingdom withdrawal from the European Union |
Region served | United Kingdom |
Key people | Graham Stringer MP Kelvin Hopkins MP Roger Godsiff MP Kate Hoey MP (resigned February 2016)[1] John Mills |
Affiliations | Vote Leave Labour Party (UK) (unofficial) |
Website | labourleave |
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Labour Leave is a campaign group unofficially within the Labour Party, which campaigned successfully for the United Kingdom to vote to withdraw from the European Union in the 2016 EU referendum.[2][3] The group was led by eurosceptic Labour MPs: Graham Stringer, Kelvin Hopkins, and Roger Godsiff,[4] and is chaired by the largest individual donor[5] to the Labour Party, John Mills,[6] former chair of the cross-party Vote Leave campaign,[7] which the group supports.[8] Kate Hoey was another co-chair in the group until she resigned in February 2016.[1]
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 Conservative and UKIP officials. Of Vote Leave's 17-strong governing board, only two members (Mills and Stringer) are members of Labour Leave.[7] In response to this, the idea of a campaign wholly independent of both Vote Leave and Leave.EU had been suggested by Hoey and Hopkins, among others.[7]
Funding for the group
Adam Barnett on the left-wing political blog Left Foot Forward wrote that Labour Leave's "two biggest funders Conservative Party donors, and its third biggest funder the official Brexit campaign group Vote Leave".[9] The Electoral Commission shows Labour Leave received £15,000 from the majority-Conservative Vote Leave in February. Labour Leave also received £50,000 from Jeremy Hosking,[10] a donor to the Conservative Party who has given the Conservatives £569,100 as of June 2016. Hosking donated £100,000 to the Conservative Party in April 2015 and donated £50,000 in March 2016 (the same month he gave £50,000 to Labour Leave). Labour Leave took a further £150,000 in May from Richard Smith, believed to be the owner of 55 Tufton Street in Westminster (home of several right-wing groups).[9] Labour Leave continue to raise money from crowdsourcing campaigns and from direct donations from their supporters and members.
Barnett attributes this collaboration between opposing political organisations to a desire by the Conservatives to split the Labour EU referendum vote,[9] as it has been alleged that Labour members are unsure of their party's position on Brexit.[9][11]
See also
References
- ^ a b Hughes, Laura (5 February 2016). "Kate Hoey quits Brexit group after leadership row". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ "Labour Leave has no confidence in David Cameron's EU renegotiation". LabourList.
- ^ "Labour Leave".
- ^ "Labour Leave – Board".
- ^ "Rich, private school, Oxford. Meet John Mills, Labour's biggest donor". Telegraph.co.uk. 15 September 2013.
- ^ John Mills. "John Mills: Why top Labour donor is backing calls for a Brexit from the EU". International Business Times UK.
- ^ a b c James, Luke (5 February 2016). "Labour MPs warn of split as Vote Leave turns right". Morning Star. p. 3. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
- ^ "Vote Leave launches". Vote Leave.
- ^ a b c d Barnett, Adam (1 June 2016). "Labour Leave is funded by Tory donors and Vote Leave, not 'Labour and trade unions'". Left Foot Forward. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
- ^ "Search - The Electoral Commission". search.electoralcommission.org.uk.
- ^ Mason, Rowena (30 May 2016). "Labour voters in the dark about party's stance on Brexit, research says". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
External links
- Lexit The Movie
- The inside story of Labour Leave: the left-wing Eurosceptics who toppled a Tory prime minister
- Labour Leave has no confidence in David Cameron's EU renegotiation
- John Mills: Why top Labour donor is backing calls for a Brexit from the EU
- Vote Leave launches
- Nigel Griffiths in EU exit stunt ahead of Gordon Brown speech