Edinburgh Labour Students
| Edinburgh Labour Students | |
|---|---|
| Chairperson | Shonagh Munro |
| Vice-Chairperson | Allana Hoggard |
| Treasurer | Oona Miller |
| Secretary | Patrick Kilduff |
| Preceded by | Edinburgh University Labour Club |
| Ideology |
Democratic Socialism Social Democracy |
| Mother party | Labour Party, Scottish Labour Party |
| National affiliation | Scottish Labour Students, Labour Students |
| Website | |
| Edinburgh Labour Students | |
Edinburgh Labour Students (ELS) is a society of the Edinburgh University Students' Association for University of Edinburgh students who support the Labour Party. The society is affiliated with Scottish Labour Students, the Scottish Labour Party, and the national counterparts Labour Students and the Labour Party. It is one of the largest student Labour societies in the United Kingdom and actively campaigns as part of the Labour Party.
ELS events include the invitation of prominent guest speakers from inside and outside the Labour Party. Past speakers include the former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown along with members of the Shadow Cabinet Ian Murray and Douglas Alexander, all former members of the Club and University alumni, as well as ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling, leader of the Scottish Labour Party Johann Lamont, Kezia Dugdale MSP and Andrew Burns, leader of Edinburgh City Council.
Edinburgh Labour Students run a varied schedule with regular meetings being used as forums for members to engage in topical discussions under the name 'Pint and Policy'. It also frequently encourages members to participate in campaigns with local Labour branches and in national events for the Labour Party and Labour Students. ELS' events are frequently praised, with the society recently being voted as the best for events by members of Labour Students.
An elected executive committee runs Edinburgh Labour Students, with by-elections taking place at the start of the academic year to elect liberation and first-year officers and elections for other committee positions taking place towards the end of the year, during the society's Annual General Meeting. As ELS is an Edinburgh University Students' Association society, it operates as such with its own constitution and is re-registered as a society each year in order to continue with this status.
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