General Election 2019

We have a General Election taking place on December 12th 2019. We have an unprecedented opportunity for a new way of thinking to face up to the Climate Emergency and to protect and secure good, well-paid unionised jobs for the Many as part of our Green Industrial Revolution. We want women to have better representation, with decent pay and maternity leave, flexible hours and support during menopause. 1,000 new Sure-Start centres will help plug the gap in Early Years care where we know the most impact is made on a child’s development.

We have a bold new vision to end decades of austerity and focus on giving everyone a decent quality of life from cradle to grave.

We are on a journey. Come with us.

Here’s how you can help us to win in Stroud

Contact our Campaigns Co-ordinator Laurie Davies to let her know you can help. Here’s what you can do:

* Put a stake in your front garden
* Put a poster in your window
* Hand out or post leaflets
* Run a street stall
* Talk to your friends and family about voting Labour and why it matters to you
* Canvass your streets (or go somewhere new) to help us get our message out
* Join a telephone team and canvass from home
* Share and promote our message on Social Media
* Join the Campaigns HQ team at our new base on King Street, Stroud
* Follow Labourhood Watch and join the Facebook Stroud Labour Party Members groups (if you are a member)

Welcome to Stroud Constituency Labour Party

For more than 100 years the Labour Party, through the efforts of our members and supporters, has brought about massive social change.  Our proudest achievements include the welfare state, the NHS, our education system, and equal pay.   However, we know that even a century later, our country, and many of our institutions remain in the grip of a wealthy and privileged few.

Since 2010 the Conservative Party has systematically used the excuse of austerity to once again penalise the vulnerable, the poor and the marginal.  The arrival of the Johnson government marks a further shift to the right.   These are now very scary times.   As power slips away from them – as it will – they will use any tactic, any slander and any excuse to cling on to their power – through the excuse of Brexit, the demonisation of the marginalised and vulnerable, and the appeal to ‘common sense’ – which is anything but.

Stroud Labour Party welcomes those who care about our society.   We understand that only by cooperation and our active involvement locally and nationally can we defend our vision for a fairer society, where equality of opportunity means exactly that, and where everyone has the freedom to achieve their potential, no matter what the circumstances of their birth.

Labour is a democratic socialist party – with all the obligations, duties and responsibilities which that involves.

Find out more about our campaigns, how we work for you, what our views are and how to get involved.

Stroud Constituency Labour Party (CLP) is based at 5a Lansdown  in Stroud.  The constituency covers a large area from the River Severn on the west, from Hardwicke down to Berkeley and from Frampton across to Bisley.  Within this area there are a number of local branches that hold regular meetings to discuss political issues and organise local events and campaigns that help the local community.

We organise campaigns, social events, elections and debates on policies.  A lot of Labour Party activity takes place at branch level – campaigns, socials and fund-raising. Labour members take part in choosing local council candidates, attend Labour Party Conferences and contribute to making local and national Labour Party policy.

Labour Party Office, 5A Lansdown, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL5 1BB Tel: 01453 840 080 Email: stroudclp@tiscali.co.uk

As part of our fundraising activity we run an online shop via Etsy.   We are running a ‘Summer Reading’ promotion, where all our books can be ordered post-free.

We sell a wide variety of products with a radical and socialist theme – mugs, t-shirts, books, badges, tea-towels, bags, posters, fridge magnets, and everything you might think of.