Regional Executive Committee
Regional Executive Committee
The Regional Executive Committee meet on a quarterly basis to discuss the work of the Labour party in the region. They work with regional and local representatives to secure the election of Labour representatives at all elections. The committee includes representatives from all the major groups in the Labour Party, from Constituency Labour Parties (CLP’s), affiliated Trade Unions, Socialist Societies and elected representatives.
The rules for the Regional Executive Committee can be found here.
At Labour Party Regional conference at Reading University in November 2021, the Regional Executive Committee was elected by delegates from CLPs, Unions and Socialist Society Affiliates. Details of the REC members are below
Chair
Vince Maple
Vice Chairs
Ann Black
Maureen Cleator
County Representatives
Berkshire
Liam Challenger
Pavitar Mann
Buckinghamshire
Parmjit Dhanda
Melanie Smith
East Sussex
Birgit Miller
Joy Robinson
Hampshire & Isle of Wight
Dave Furnell
Sharon Mintoff
Kent
Paul Prentice
Lauren Sullivan
Oxfordshire
Ann Black
Perran Moon
Surrey
Harriet Digby
Robert Evans
West Sussex
Hilary Schan-Martyn
Carl Walker
Region Wide
Rosa Bolger
Ivor Caplin
Equalities
BAME
Omolola Oyewusi
Disability
Sarah Barwick
LGBT+
Chris Hammond
Women
Maggie Cosin
Youth
Ryan Willetts
Elected Representatives
Local Government
Naushabah Khan
Vince Maple
Affiliate Representatives
Co-op Party
Sean Woodcock
Socialist Societies
Martin Phillips (Labour Movement for Europe)
Trade Union Representatives
Gemma Bolton (Unite)
Jean Butcher (Unison)
Natasha Coleman (USDAW)
Maureen Cleator (Unison)
David Clements (GMB)
Amanda Grimshaw (GMB)
Keith Hamilton (CWU)
Di Hill (CWU)
Keith Jones (USDAW)
Howard Kaye (ASLEF)
Shane Mochrie-Cox (UNISON)
Richard White (UNITE)
National Policy Forum
The South East has 5 representatives on the Labour Party’s National Policy Forum. Our current reps are:
Parmjit Dhanda
Duncan Enright
Naushabah Khan
Sharon Mintoff
Jonathan Quin
You can find out more about the National Policy Forum online here.