PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
LABOUR HONOURABLE MEMBERS AND THE CHOICE OF LONDON MAYORAL CANDIDATES (24 November 1999)

That this House notes reports that London Labour honourable Members will not be able to vote secretly for their preferred London Labour mayoral candidate; condemns this extraordinary and outrageous plan which breaches the principle of a secret ballot for all elections except by elected representatives in the place to which they are elected; believes this is the latest example of control freaks running the new Labour Party; fears it will lead to political disadvantage for Labour honourable Members who do not support the candidate preferred by the party leadership; and believes that honourable Members should be trusted to make their own choice about whether to publicise or keep secret their choice of Labour candidate for Mayor of London.

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Simon Hughes (Liberal Democrat)