Labour Party Leadership Election 3049

The 3049 Labour Party leadership election was triggered on May 10. Social Democratic Party General Secretary Sabrine Bloodgood initially announced her intent to step down as Leader of the Labour Party, saying she hoped a new leader would be in place in time for the Labour Party Conference in September.

Labour Party officials announced that the National Executive Committee had decided the timetable for the election and that the results would be announced at the annual party conference on September 25. At the party conference INSERT was elected leader.

Procedure
The rules of the Labour Party state that "each nomination [for leader] must be supported by 12.5 per cent of the Commons members of the Parliamentary Labour Party. As the number of Labour MPs is BLANK BLANK MPs need to support any nomination. Nominations opened on May 24 and were to closed on June 9. The ballot took place between September 1 and 22, with the results announced on the first day of the party's conference in Rootianville on September 25. There were three distinct electorates, the electors of which cast their votes on a "one member, one vote" basis in each applicable category: Each of the three electorates or sections contributed one third (33.33 per cent) of the total votes and were counted using the Alternative Vote system. The election was run by the National Executive Committee and the results were announced at the annual conference in September 3049.
 * 1) Labour members of the House of Commons
 * 2) Individual members of the party
 * 3) Individual members of affiliated organisations, such as trade unions and societies.