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Party Structure 24/02/2013
·
functions of parties
structure
generic party
·




Structure of the Conservative
·

party
↳ national
↳ regional
↳ local level



PartyStructure
·
Leader
·
under this are the ministers chadow minister
or (in opposition)
·
MPs (Backbenchers)
·
local councillors , constituency associations & branches & members of the pany) described as
'gras' roots of the party
Basic function
representation policy
·
·




participation formation Government
·

of


·

Recruitment



Structure of conservative
party
At national & local level have institution Structure of
they many organisation
·




e
g local level
. conservative associations
->
.




↳ exist in
constituency & purpose is to help with administration

of campaigns for election

At levels have conservatives in the Devolved
regional we
Regions
↳ welsh conservative & Scottish conservatives
party

At national level we have the National Conservative Convention the 1922 committe , The Conservative
, Campaign
Headquarter (CCHQ) & The Board of the conservative
party
↳ Main institutions


The National Conservative Conventions
·
makes decisions for voluntary party itself
attended by number of different conservative members including the
constituency
·
a

Association well as the officers & members of the offshoots of the
chairs
,
as
regional party
& women's
↳ e g Party's
. .
youth organisations.

, ·
The 1922 Committee

↳ official conservative Private Members' committee in the HO
made
up of conservative Members of How
>



only
-




-

current Chair of Committee ->
backbench MP Sir Graham Brady
·
CCHQ-based in London and acts as main HQ of party

Appointment of Leaders


Each process is different for each
party
·




↳ conservatives
place an emphasis on
power of MP's in the
process

·
MP will vote on leadership candidate ->
Once MP's are whittled down to 2 candidates
open up to of
votes rest party
↳ All have 'one member
a
single lete ,
one vote system



Easy to see of MP's in this
process they vote last I candidates
·

power on
>
-




↳ overall based off
in leader elections its
basically popularity of candidates
.




Labour driven members but is set at national
more
by conservative
policy high level &
ordinary
members don't have much of a
say
.



Ordinary Party Members :

Ordinary people who
pay
to
join the party but
they have no designated
role (grassroots
=> 485000 Labour member
2019


Ordinary MP Backbencher who has no front bench role
↳ scrutinize



Structure of the Labour
Party
·
At local level - 2 main institutions :


The constituencyLabourAnaa
· At national level -( main institutions :



·
The National Executive Committee
The
Paniamentary Labour Party
·

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