Socialist Campaign Group | |
|---|---|
 | |
| President | Dennis Skinner |
| Chairperson | Zarah Sultana |
| Secretary | Richard Burgon |
| Treasurer | John McDonnell |
| Founded | 1982 |
| Split from | Tribune Group of MPs |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| National affiliation | Labour Party |
| Parliamentary Labour Party | 31 / 201 |
| House of Commons | 35 / 650 |
The Socialist Campaign Group, also simply known as the Campaign Group, is a UK parliamentary caucus of Labour Members of Parliament in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The group also includes some MPs who formerly represented Labour in Parliament, but have had the whip withdrawn or been expelled from the party.
The group was formed in 1982 following the 1981 Labour Party deputy leadership election when a number of soft left MPs, led by Neil Kinnock, refused to back Tony Benn's campaign, leading a number of left-wing Benn-supporting MPs to split from the Tribune Group to form the Campaign Group.[1]
It was at a meeting of the Campaign Group in 2015 that the decision was taken that Jeremy Corbyn would contest for the leadership of the Labour Party.[2] The Campaign Group maintains close links with Momentum.
- ^ Patrick Seyd, The Rise and Fall of the Labour Left (1987). London: Macmillan.
- ^ Nunns, Alex (2018). The candidate: Jeremy Corbyn's improbable path to power. OR Books. ISBN 9781682191040. OCLC 1047615262.
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