Socialist Campaign Group
Left-wing grouping within Labour Party
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| 2024 | Jeremy Corbyn was expelled from the Labour Party for standing as an independent in the 2024 general election. |
| 2024 | Mick Whitley and Beth Winter left the Commons after their constituencies were abolished due to boundary redistricting. |
| 2024 | Paula Barker, Dan Carden, Rachel Hopkins, and Navendu Mishra resigned from the Socialist Campaign Group. |
| 2024 | Ian Mearns left Parliament, representing the most recent known departure from the Socialist Campaign Group |
| 2024 | Lloyd Russell-Moyle was suspended and made ineligible to stand as a Labour Party candidate. |
| 2022 | Sam Tarry was deselected by his Constituency Labour Party. |
| 2021 | Claudia Webbe was expelled from the Labour Party following a criminal conviction for harassment. |
| 2020 | Claudia Webbe was suspended from the Labour Party. |
| October 2020 | The group produced a pamphlet called 'Winning the Future', proposing solutions to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| January 2020 | The Socialist Campaign Group was reformed and supported Rebecca Long-Bailey for Leader and Richard Burgon for Deputy Leader in the Labour Party leadership election. |
| 2019 | Emma Dent Coad lost her seat in the general election. |
| 2019 | Laura Smith lost her seat in the general election. |
| 2019 | Karen Lee lost her seat in the general election. |
| 2019 | Ronnie Campbell departed from Parliament |
| 2019 | Danielle Rowley lost her seat in the general election. |
| 2019 | Dennis Skinner lost his seat in the general election. |
| 2019 | The group recovered to 23 members after the removal of a rule preventing shadow cabinet MPs from being group members. |
| 2019 | Laura Pidcock lost her seat in the general election. |
| 2019 | Following the 2019 general election, the Socialist Campaign Group reformed for the 2019-2024 period. |
| 2017 | The Socialist Campaign Group reformed its membership policy to allow all Members of Parliament to be members, previously being restricted to only backbench MPs. |
| 2016 | During the Brexit referendum, Jeremy Corbyn led Labour's Remain campaign, speaking at 15 rallies across the UK from London to Hastings to Aberdeen, and reaching over 10 million people with his campaign messages on social media. |
| 2016 | Kelvin Hopkins joined the front bench and later had his whip suspended in 2017. |
| September 24 2016 | Jeremy Corbyn was re-elected Leader of the Labour Party, winning a landslide victory and increasing his vote share from 59.5% to 61.8%, defeating challenger Owen Smith. |
| June 24 2016 | Following the Brexit referendum result, anti-Corbyn MPs began orchestrating a leadership challenge, with several Shadow Cabinet members resigning and the parliamentary party passing a vote of no confidence in Corbyn (172 votes against, 40 for). |
| 2015 | Socialist Campaign Group's activity reduced as many members joined the shadow cabinet under Jeremy Corbyn's leadership. |
| 2015 | Chris Williamson lost his seat in the general election, returned to Parliament in 2017, was suspended from the Party, and then lost his seat again in 2019. |
| 2015 | Katy Clark lost her seat in the general election. |
| 2015 | Martin Caton, David Hamilton, Austin Mitchell, Linda Riordan, and Mike Wood left Parliament |
| September 12 2015 | Jeremy Corbyn is elected Leader of the Labour Party, winning a landslide victory with 59.5% of first-preference votes, marking a significant shift in the party's political direction. |
| June 3 2015 | At a Socialist Campaign Group meeting, the group decides to nominate Jeremy Corbyn as their candidate for Labour Party leadership after John McDonnell and Diane Abbott rule themselves out. |
| 2012 | John Cryer was elected Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party, considered a front bench role, implying resignation from the Socialist Campaign Group. |
| 2010 | Socialist Campaign Group News website ceased operations after 11 years of online publication. |
| 2010 | Another large wave of members departed Parliament, including John Austin, Michael Clapham, Harry Cohen, Ann Cryer, Bill Etherington, Neil Gerrard, Lynne Jones, Bob Marshall-Andrews, and Alan Simpson |
| 2010 | David Drew lost his seat in the general election, returning to Parliament in 2017, then losing his seat again in 2019. |
| 2010 | Socialist Campaign Group MPs John McDonnell and Diane Abbott sought nominations for the Labour leadership election. McDonnell withdrew and supported Abbott to improve her chances of making the ballot. |
| 2010 | Sixth Labour leadership election involving the Socialist Campaign Group. |
| 2010 | Despite receiving the highest number of first preference votes (35,259), Diane Abbott was eliminated in the first round of the Labour leadership election due to fewer MP votes. |
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