Morecambe & Lunesdale Labour Party

General information

As the official North Lancashire branch of Momentum, covering the Parliamentary consituencies of Lancaster & Fleetwood and Morecambe & Lunesdale, we are an organisation set up to provide support and backing for the leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, and the local CLPs in Morecambe and Lancaster.

Momentum seeks to strengthen the Labour Party by increasing participation and engagement at local, regional and national levels. Furthermore, Momentum is committed to supporting the Labour Party winning elections and entering government. It seeks to use its base in the Labour Party and Labour movement to reach out to the 99% of people who are not currently in any political party, spread Labour values and increase Labour Party membership.

Momentum is the successor of the Jeremy Corbyn for Labour Leader campaign but it is independent, but supportive of, the Labour Party and Labour leadership.

Momentum is committed to organise in every town, city and village to secure the election of a progressive left Labour Party at every level, and to create a mass movement for real transformative change to:

● Redistribute wealth and power from the few to the many;
●Put people and planet before profit and narrow corporate interests;
● End discrimination, advantage and privilege based on class;
● Target growth not austerity, invest to create tomorrow’s jobs and reverse privatisation of railways, the energy sector and public services.
● Provide protection at work and strong collective bargaining to stamp out workplace injustice.
● Ensure decent homes for all in public and private sectors through a big house­building programme and rent controls.
● Support workers and their trade unions defending the interests of their members, families and communities.
● End discrimination based on race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or age.
● Transform Labour into a more open, member-­led party, with socialist policies and the collective will to implement them in government.