Campaign for Labour Party Democracy
The Campaign for Labour Party Democracy was founded by Labour Party activists in 1973 to campaign for changes to the constitution of the Labour Party to ensure that Labour MPs and Labour governments enacted policies agreeable to the party membership.[1] Amongst the changes desired were mandatory reselection of MPs, for the party leader to be elected on a franchise wider than MPs and for the party manifesto to be drafted by the National Executive Committee rather than the parliamentary leadership.[2] Tony Benn was the foremost advocate of CLPD demands.[3]