Chairman of the Labour Party (UK) the role has a larger portfolio for organising election campaigning under Jeremy Corbyn, working alongside the Co-National Campaign Coordinator, Andrew Gwynne. From 2007 to 2017, it was held concurrently by the party's Deputy Leader. The Labour Party is currently chaired by Ian Lavery, who was appointed following the 2017 general election. Chairman of the Labour Party (UK) The Chairman of the Labour Party in the United Kingdom is responsible for party administration, overseeing the General election campaigns of the Labour Party. When the Labour Party are in government, the Chairman is usually a member of the Cabinet holding a sinecure
Arthur Scargill this. The prosecution brought by the Certification Officer was rejected in July 1991 on the grounds that it would be inappropriate to use the material provided in confidence to Lightman's enquiry. The South Wales area leader, Des Dutfield, moved that Scargill should stand down and face re-election, but the motion was defeated. Socialist film director Ken Loach subsequently made "The Arthur Legend" as part of Channel 4's "Dispatches" series. The documentary suggests that the claims against Scargill were untrue. The editor of the "Daily Mirror" of the time, Roy Greenslade, wrote an article in the Guardian in May 2002 to