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
Norman West the Socialist Campaign Group. West stood down as an MEP in 1998, and remained resident in Worsborough until his death in 2009. Norman West Norman West (26 November 1935 – 7 September 2009) was a British Labour Party politician. Born in Worsborough near Barnsley, West studied at Barnsley Grammar School before becoming a coal miner at Barrow Colliery, the local mine in Worsborough. He joined the National Union of Mineworkers, and supported Arthur Scargill in his early years. West also became active in the Labour Party, and was elected to South Yorkshire County Council, and then at the 1984 European