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Labour conference: Row over proposed NEC changes Labour conference: Row over proposed NEC changes
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Changes to Labour's internal rules have sparked an angry row at the party conference in Liverpool.Changes to Labour's internal rules have sparked an angry row at the party conference in Liverpool.
Supporters of leader Jeremy Corbyn fear the package of reforms will tip the balance on the National Executive Committee away from him.Supporters of leader Jeremy Corbyn fear the package of reforms will tip the balance on the National Executive Committee away from him.
Loud protests were heard before the vote was taken, with Mr Corbyn's supporters calling for a line-by-line debate on each measure.Loud protests were heard before the vote was taken, with Mr Corbyn's supporters calling for a line-by-line debate on each measure.
They include giving Scottish and Welsh parties a voting member of the NEC.They include giving Scottish and Welsh parties a voting member of the NEC.
This element was opposed by the Unite union, but it said it would abstain on the package as a whole.This element was opposed by the Unite union, but it said it would abstain on the package as a whole.
Divisions over Mr Corbyn, who retained the leadership with an increased majority among party members and supporters on Saturday but who has the support of only about 20% of the party's MPs, have sparked behind-the-scenes battles over Labour's internal mechanisms.Divisions over Mr Corbyn, who retained the leadership with an increased majority among party members and supporters on Saturday but who has the support of only about 20% of the party's MPs, have sparked behind-the-scenes battles over Labour's internal mechanisms.
Analysis, By BBC Scotland's Nick Eardley
This reform package is wide-ranging. It will give the parties in Scotland and Wales the ability to set all their own policy and control over the selection of candidates. These elements are uncontroversial.
But a row has been running for days on whether the leaders in Scotland and Wales should be able to appoint someone to the UK NEC. This goes to the heart of the power struggle in the Labour Party. Jeremy Corbyn's supporters are worried it could mean their ability to push through changes on the executive is threatened. So they've been trying to remove that part of the package.
But they've been unsuccessful. The reforms will go before the conference as one package - and it looks highly likely they'll now pass.
NEC chairman Paddy Lillis, who was chairing the debate on the rule changes, was urged by some speakers - including union boss Manuel Cortes and Corbyn ally Christine Shawcroft - to agree to a card vote, where delegates' votes would be recorded and counted, rather than a show of hands, and for the individual measures to be considered one-by-one rather than as package.NEC chairman Paddy Lillis, who was chairing the debate on the rule changes, was urged by some speakers - including union boss Manuel Cortes and Corbyn ally Christine Shawcroft - to agree to a card vote, where delegates' votes would be recorded and counted, rather than a show of hands, and for the individual measures to be considered one-by-one rather than as package.
But when he put the matter to the floor he said it was "overwhelmingly carried" by a show of hands.But when he put the matter to the floor he said it was "overwhelmingly carried" by a show of hands.
This allows the measures to debated as a single package, with a vote on whether to pass them due later.This allows the measures to debated as a single package, with a vote on whether to pass them due later.