East Sussex Co-operative Party: 2014 AGM held in Eastbourne

Tuesday, 27 May 2014

2014 AGM held in Eastbourne

The East Sussex branch of the Co-operative Party held its AGM on 17th May at the Central Methodist Church in Eastbourne.

Jean Couture was elected as Chair, with Cllr Nigel Sinden as vice chair, and Dave Brinson as Secretary/Treasurer. The branch also nominated delegates to represent the Co-op at the local Labour Party constituencies in East Sussex.

We are keen to support Labour's campaigns in the forthcoming General Election- and especially noted the recent selection of our branch member Lloyd Russell-Moyle to take on Norman Baker in the Lewes Constituency. We also have several branch members serving as Labour councillors on Hastings Borough Council.

Special congratulations to the outgoing secretary of the Sussex Co-op Party, Lis Telcs, who has been elected to represent the South East region on the Co-op Party National Executive.

To find out more about the work of the Co-op Party nationally, members are encouraged to visit the website here.

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Officers of the East Sussex branch of the Co-operative Party

About the Co-operative Party

The Co-operative Party is the political arm of the co-operative movement. We have more than 9,000 members.

Our party was established in 1917 and has been a sister party of the Labour Party since 1927.

We believe that people achieve more by working together than they can by working alone. We support the efforts of those who seek success through that co-operative endeavour.

We believe that the only way to create a just and fair society is through power being spread evenly throughout society, and not arbitrarily based on wealth, class, gender or race.

We work to promote co-operatives and all forms of mutual organisation.

We work in partnership with the Labour Party as its sister party to achieve these ends. That means we stand candidates jointly with the Labour Party at all levels of government. There are currently 29 Labour and Co-operative MPs in the House of Commons, 15 Members of the House of Lords, 5 Members of the Scottish Parliament, 9 Members of the Welsh Assembly and hundreds of councillors around the country.