We are busy planning for LWD’s participation in Labour’s Annual Women’s Conference on Saturday 26th September and the party’s Annual Conference 27th -30th September, both in Liverpool.
We are supporting our two National Women’s Committee candidates Lynne Troughton and Cllr Miriam Rice – see their statements below. Please make sure that your constituency’s Women’s Conference delegates are going to vote for these candidates at conference. Voting may start early on the day of conference – delegates will receive information about how to vote in due course.
There are six vacancies, so please ask your delegates to give two of their votes to Lynne and Miriam, and if they are going to vote for candidates supported by the left slate, we also recommend voting for Ann Henderson and Emine Ibrahim, both on the CLPD slate. You can find their statements here .
LWD is supporting candidates committed to ensuring the Party implements the Supreme Court ruling correctly, lawfully and consistently, and that women’s sex-based rights are respected in practice across Labour structures. They are standing to strengthen women’s representation, rebuild women’s structures, defend women’s rights in law, and ensure women’s voices shape Labour policy.
You can view candidate statements below and download them here.
Official election details are available on Labour’s Internal Ballots page.
Lynne Troughton A649176
Lynne Troughton A649176
I am a Labour councillor, lifelong feminist, lesbian, mother and grandmother, with decades of experience organising within the Labour Party.
Women’s concerns are still often dismissed, minimised or talked over. This weakens women’s participation and undermines trust in our democratic structures.
Labour must uphold women as a sex class in law, in line with the Equality Act, and ensure women’s rights to dignity, safety and freedom of expression are respected. Most voters agree women should not be forced to share intimate spaces or sporting competition with males, and should be able to speak openly without intimidation.
Priorities – I will work to:
- Rebuild strong women’s structures within Labour, including a standalone Women’s Conference with real policy-making power,
- Defend women’s sex-based rights in law and ensure Labour policy is applied lawfully and consistently,
- Challenge misogyny and homophobia within the Party and promote respectful, evidence-based debate,
- Ensure women’s voices and experience shape Labour policy, particularly on safety, work, healthcare and caring responsibilities.
Labour must be a party where women can organise, speak and lead as equals. I will work to make that a reality.
Miriam Rice B013649
I am a Labour and Co-operative councillor in West London, where I have served my community for eight years. My casework keeps me closely connected to the realities many women face — particularly single mothers balancing caring responsibilities, insecure work and rising costs.
I am standing because I want to bring practical campaigning experience into Labour’s women’s structures. I am not afraid to ask difficult questions or to push against the structural misogyny increasingly identified within our party and wider society.
Priorities – I will work to:
- Ensure women and girls can rely on their rights as set out in law, including access to single-sex services and safe, decent healthcare,
- Advocate for women made vulnerable by poverty, caring responsibilities, exploitation or abuse,
- Strengthen women’s representation and influence within Labour’s policy-making and decision-making structures,
- Support clear, lawful implementation of Labour policy so women are not left to enforce their rights alone
Labour should be a party that listens to women’s experience and translates equality into practical change. I am standing to help make that happen.
