Exclusive: Your Party CEC holding Sunday no-confidence vote in chair, secretary

As the Canary revealed exclusively on Tuesday, disgusted members of Your Party’s (YP) executive committee (CEC) called for a no-confidence vote in the CEC’s chair and secretary. The call came after their removal of three well-known CEC members for attending a socialist conference. Skwawkbox can now reveal that the motion received enough support to force a vote, which will be held online from 6pm this Sunday, 12 July 2026.

Your Party — Majority support

Skwawkbox understands that a clear majority of members have said they will support the no-confidence motion. A senior figure told Skwawkbox that YP’s parliamentary leader Jeremy Corbyn has been trying to deflect anger or at least postpone the vote to allow times for anger to cool. Some CEC members have tried to dismiss the meeting — quorate under YP rules — as ‘unofficial’.

Angry members backing the vote have said the intransigence of the officers and a refusal to accept diplomatic overtures has made the vote unavoidable. Party rules mean that the three members who were ‘suspended’ will be eligible to attend and vote. They have already backed a call for an investigation into the chair’s and secretary’s actions.

Former Crewe Labour MP Laura Smith has already resigned as CEC vice-chair on 4 July. If the no-confidence motion succeeds, it will remove the chair and secretary from those roles, but not as ordinary elected CEC members.

Featured image via YP