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Chief Whip of the Labour Party
Political role in the UK From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A chief whip of the Labour Party oversees the whipping system in the Labour Party, and is responsible for ensuring that Labour members of Parliament (MPs) or members of the House of Lords attend and vote in the Parliament of the United Kingdom in the way desired by the party leadership. The two chief whips, one in the House of Commons and one in the House of Lords, also help to organise their party's contribution to parliamentary business. Each chief whip manages a team of whips, whom they may appoint from the Parliamentary Labour Party, to support the work of the whips' office.
The party leadership may allow members to have a free vote on a measure, based on their own opinion rather than party policy, without requiring the whips to influence the way members vote.
The functions of whips are kept confidential, as they are concerned with the discipline of their party's Members of Parliament.
By convention, Chief Whips do not sign early day motions, table questions to Ministers, or give media interviews in their capacity as whip.
This is a list of those people who have served as chief whip of the Labour Party in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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House of Commons
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Deputy Chief Whips
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House of Lords
Current Deputy Chief Whip
- Baroness Wheeler (from 2018)
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