Welcome to the HOW Constituency Labour Party! We hope all local members will join us in working with our new Labour Government to address the opportunities and challenges ahead.
Our Parliamentary Candidate Hajira Piranie’s warm and heartfelt Seasonal Message was a welcome reminder of all we achieved together, locally and nationally, in 2024. As Hajira also said, `Together we will continue to build on the progress we have made and push forward for the changes our communities so desperately need and deserve’.
In this message I want to outline for you how we will work together to achieve this aim in 2025:
Following the elections in 2024 members have developed a Strategy and Development plan using analysis of the local election results, and feedback from those Members and supporters who worked on the election campaign.
The Strategy focuses on:
- growing our membership and building an informed, active local Party;
- reaching out to our communities and working with community groups that share the Labour Party values and priorities.
The Strategy also identifies the May County Council elections as a priority for Campaigning in 2025. As I write this message there is some uncertainty about the elections and whether they will be delayed following the Party’s Local Government White Paper inviting expressions of interest for local government reorganisation. We will keep you updated on this.
Campaigning in 2025 will require funds. Ideas and offers of fundraising are always welcome. A reminder too that donation to your local constituency party can be made on the National Party’s website Donations Page.
We very much hope you will join us at Branch and Constituency Labour Party meetings in 2025. Meeting dates for the full year are given below so that you can get them in your diary now and be sure not to miss them!
CLP: Second Tuesday alternate months starting January 2025:
14th Jan (Oadby/Wigston); 11th March (Market Harborough); 13th May (O/W); 8th July (MH); 9th September (O/W); 11th November AGM (MH)
Market Harborough BLP: Second Wednesday alternate months starting February 2025:
12th February; 9th April; 11th June; 8th October (AGM); 10th December
Oadby & Wigston BLP: Third Thursday (*except holidays) alternate months starting February 2025:
20th February; 10th April*; 19th June; 16th October (AGM); 11th December*
Venues for Branch meetings may vary as we aim to take Branch meetings to different parts of the Constituency. We will make sure you are notified well in advance. Branch meetings will be a mix of business and speaker lead topic discussions. Constituency meetings will focus more heavily on business. Both are an opportunity for you to influence our local priorities and activities.
On behalf of the all the Executive Members of the Harborough, Oadby and Wigston Constituency Party can I wish you a very Happy New Year and say just how much we are looking forward to working with you, and socialising too, in 2025.