Socialist Campaign Group
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The Socialist Campaign Group is a left-wing grouping of Labour Party Members of Parliament in the United Kingdom. It was formed in 1981 by Tony Benn's supporters as a split from the Tribune Group.
The Campaign Group, as it is commonly known, is highly critical of Tony Blair and the 'New Labour' project more generally. However, they are supportive of the Labour Party against other parties. For instance, they closed their website for the duration of 2005 general election campaign.
On 14 July 2006, the group's chairman - John McDonnell - announced he would stand against current Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown to be leader of the Labour Party when Tony Blair announces his resignation.
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[edit] Current members
- Diane Abbott MP
- David Anderson MP
- John Austin MP
- Michael Clapham MP
- Katy Clark MP
- Harry Cohen MP
- Frank Cook MP
- Jeremy Corbyn MP
- Ann Cryer MP
- William "Bill" Etherington MP
- Neil Gerrard MP
- Ian Gibson MP
- David Hamilton MP
- Kelvin Hopkins MP
- Lynne Jones MP
- Bob Marshall-Andrews MP
- John McDonnell MP
- Austin Mitchell MP
- Linda Riordan MP
- Alan Simpson MP
- Dennis Skinner MP
- David Taylor MP
- Bob Wareing MP
- Mike Wood MP
[edit] Former members
- Tony Banks (deceased)
- Margaret Beckett (joined the Cabinet)
- Tony Benn (no longer an MP)
- Paul Boateng (joined the government)
- Dennis Canavan (no longer an MP)
- John Cryer (no longer an MP)
- Terry Fields
- Mark Fisher (joined the front bench)
- Maria Fyfe
- Bernie Grant (deceased)
- Eric Heffer (deceased)
- Jimmy Hood
- Ken Livingstone (no longer an MP)
- Alice Mahon (no longer an MP)
- Joan Maynard
- John McAllion
- Michael Meacher (joined the Cabinet)
- Bill Michie (no longer an MP)
- Chris Mullin (joined the government)
- Dave Nellist (no longer an MP)
- Dawn Primarolo (joined the Cabinet)
- Clare Short (joined the Cabinet)
- Llew Smith (no longer an MP)
- Gavin Strang (joined the Cabinet)
- Keith Vaz (joined the government)
- Pat Wall
- Audrey Wise (deceased)
- Jimmy Wray
