Labour ends power-sharing with Greens over Zionism motion

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Labour's national executive has ended all power-sharing agreements with Green parties in 11 local councils.

Labour's National Executive Committee has ended power-sharing agreements between Labour groups and the Green Party in 11 local councils across England. The decision follows the Green Party's commitment to a motion that states 'Zionism is racism'. Labour's national group ordered its local council groups to ask their Green counterparts whether they would formally reject the motion in order to retain any power-sharing arrangement.

In Derbyshire Dales, the Green Party group did not announce a formal rejection of the motion. As a result, Labour's national executive instructed its local group to end the alliance.

Since May 2023, Derbyshire Dales district council has been run by a Liberal Democrat-led 'progressive alliance' that included Labour, the Green Party and one non-aligned councillor. The council has 34 members: the Liberal Democrats hold 12 seats, the Conservatives nine, Labour six, the Green Party four, Derbyshire First two, and one non-aligned councillor. The alliance previously controlled 15 of the 34 seats.

The breakdown leaves the remaining alliance partners in minority control with 15 members against 17 from other groups. A Derbyshire Green Party leader responded to the split by calling to 'get back to tackling public toilets', suggesting a desire to return focus to local issues.

Labour ends power-sharing with Greens over Zionism motion — Image: Derbyshire Live

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Greens vows to 'get back to tackling public toilets' as Labour implement power-sharing banA controversial new Green Party motion has seen Labour cut all alliance ties across the countryDerbyshire Live · 3 Nov, 15:46
‘Let’s get back to tackling public toilets,' Derbyshire Dales Green Party leader after ‘Zionism is racism’ controversy‘Let’s get back to tackling public toilets,’ says a Derbyshire Green Party leader after Labour’s national group scrapped its three-year alliance over the ‘Zionism is racism’ controversy.Ilkeston Advertiser · 3 Nov, 13:44
Derbyshire Dales Labour councillors no longer be in coalition with the Greens - over Zionism rowThe Labour Party has pulled out of power-sharing agreements with the Green Party in 11 local councils.Derbyshire Times · 2 Nov, 16:14

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