Getting Your Party Back on Track
Introduction
Getting Your Party back on track means campaigning tirelessly on the issues that matter most to people, from the cost-of-living to opposing racism and war.
But it also means empowering Your Party members to organise most effectively and make decisions collectively. For that, we need iron-clad democratic commitments that ensure all members can play their full part — not democratic posturing behind which small sects seek outsized influence.
So here are The Many’s six priorities to build a truly member-led party:
Set Up Official Branches — so all members can get organised.
Defend OMOV — so all members get to decide, not the sects.
Establish Members’ Policy Commissions — so policies are shaped by the people they will affect.
Review the Finances and Data — so all members can have trust, nothing off limits.
Organise the Liberation Sections — so members from every background are empowered.
Report Back Monthly — so the collective leadership is accountable to all members, not just itself.
1) Set Up Official Branches
If candidates standing with The Many campaign are elected, they will immediately begin the work of establishing official branches, with the full constitutional right to the data of members in their area.
Why it matters: we want all members to have an equal chance to participate in their local branch, and that requires, per the constitution, every branch to be founded officially, with an inaugural all-member meeting in each area — open to all, welcoming, inclusive; no turf wars or rival cliques. This is very different from what the Grassroots Left slate is promising — they have committed to overturn Your Party’s constitution, which was overwhelmingly endorsed by members at the founding conference, in order to immediately recognise existing proto-branches on day one. We think this is wrong. While many proto-branches have been doing great work in their communities, not all members have been able to take part in them. Many are run by the Socialist Workers Party and other sectarian groups which comprise the Grassroots Left slate. These groups are more organised than ordinary individual members, who are effectively excluded from equal participation. They are seeking to exert control of the party through control of the branches. We will defend the right of all members to participate on an equal footing and follow the process mandated by the constitution.
What it means: all-member inaugural meetings for official branches, which once formed will have the constitutional right to the data of members in their area. We will prioritise branches in areas with upcoming elections, so they can both democratically decide on endorsing candidates, and get campaigning! We also want all members and branches to be able to use the events’ portal to advertise their events - it’s a great tool, let’s use it!
2. Defend OMOV
The Many will vigorously defend one-member-one-vote (OMOV) against any attempt to overturn it. There’s a reason the Labour Right despise OMOV: because it gives all members the same power, and no one gets special privileges.
Why it matters: we want all members to be able to have their say directly on the important decisions taken by Your Party, including all-member votes at conference. In the age of the internet there is no reason this can’t happen, as our founding conference demonstrated. But key groups and candidates within the Grassroots Left are deeply hostile to OMOV. They don’t want members to take decisions for themselves; they want power to be in the hands of delegates from branches, because the sectarian groups who make up the Grassroots Left believe they have more chance of controlling a branch than controlling the whole membership. It’s a way for them to have an influence bigger than their numbers warrant.
What it means: all members to be sovereign in Your Party, including all members being able to propose and vote on motions during the Party’s Annual Conference — true OMOV. This was overwhelmingly backed by members at conference, but the various groups and sects who are now part of the Grassroots Left opposed these measures and even tried to overturn them by trying to vote down the standing orders. Happily, they were soundly defeated. But these groups are persisting in their attempts to overturn the wishes and sovereignty of all members, including at a ‘special conference’ designed for this purpose. The Many’s candidates will vigorously oppose these moves, which are symbolic of an unfortunate sectarian tendency developing in Your Party.
3. Establish Members’ Policy Commissions
With a majority on the Central Executive Committee The Many will establish Members’ Policy Commissions so policies are shaped by the people they will affect.
Why it matters: who is better placed to craft policies than the people they will affect? We want Your Party to do things differently, including in the way its policies are developed. Too often, establishment parties entrust their policy making to policy wonks and corporate think tanks, ignoring the people who actually experience the results. This has real negative consequences for people trying to navigate systems not designed with them in mind.
What it means: as Jeremy has laid out, The Many will begin by establishing a Disability Policy Commission, made up of members who themselves have disabilities or who care for those with disabilities, to break the cycle of austerity and demonisation; a Housing Policy Commission composed primarily of private renters, council housing tenants, housing association tenants and leaseholders, to design a system that treats housing as a human right; and an Education Policy Commission harnessing the skills and experience of parents, educators and volunteers to move away from competition towards holistic, lifelong learning. This principle can then be extended to other policy areas, such as mental health. The policy ideas generated will be put to the whole, sovereign membership for debate and adoption.
4. Review the Finances and Data
The Many will launch a comprehensive, root-and-branch review of the party’s finances and data. Nothing and no one will be off limits.
Why it matters: the money and data of members and supporters need to be handled with the utmost care and sensitivity - it is clear this has not always been the case in relation to Your Party. As a party aspiring to represent working-class people during a cost-of-living crisis, we need to value every penny of members’ money. And if we want to run councils, mayoralties and governments, we need to demonstrate to the public the basics of competence and good governance. The review will also clarify and communicate to members the status of money and data outstanding in relation to MoU Operations Ltd. It is clear that the chaos around the unauthorised membership portal launch of 18th September 2025 did immense damage to Your Party, alienating tens if not hundreds of thousands of supporters. With the far right on the rise and millions struggling to make ends meet, it was an unacceptable abdication of responsibility to plunge Your Party into such chaos, instead of building the left-wing alternative people are crying out for.
What it means: the comprehensive review of finances and data will look into every aspect of the party’s management so far. Accountability requires us to get at the facts of what happened and do everything we can to remedy the damage done.
5. Organise the Liberation Sections
The Many will swiftly establish autonomous sections for the party’s members who identify within different oppressed groups. We will consult members on the exact groupings and terminology used, but our broad expectation is that this will be: Women, Global Majority, Disabled, LGBT+ and Youth.
Why it matters: Your Party’s mass membership is our greatest asset — and to make the most of it, we need to harness everyone’s experiences, and make sure there are no barriers to anyone participating.
What it means: in line with Your Party’s constitution, we will aim to establish the Liberation Sections by the time of the first Annual Conference in autumn 2026. We will also examine how we can build Your Party with students to become a student campaigning force.
6. Report Back Monthly
The Many’s representatives on the Central Executive Committee will hold monthly report back sessions and host regional and national meetings.
Why it matters: accountability must be more than a catchphrase. We are electing a collective leadership — a big responsibility. We don’t want our representatives disappearing into a committee black hole. Members have a right to hear directly from those they elect.
What it means: in the monthly report back sessions members will be kept informed and encouraged to ask questions about all the big issues, from election strategies to party structures. The Many will also push to improve the level of party communications, addressing problems members have had from a lack of information to a lack of notice at key moments.