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To what extent do leaders dominate their parties?
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To what extent do leaders dominate their parties? Labour leaders have traditionally been less powerful than conservative leaders as they have less often been in power. Labour leaders are bound by conference decisions and are constrained by the National Executive Committee between conferences and have not always enjoyed a majority on the National executive Committee. They don't control the appointment of their own deputy; who is separately elected and they can't even choose their own shadow cabinet, which is formed, from a Parliamentary committee elected by a vote by the Parliamentary Labour Party. However Labour leaders often have power over their parties and can ignore conference decisions. When the Labour leader is Prime Minister, they enjoy all considerable constitutional powers associated with it and have as much authority as the Conservative Prime Minister would have. It is more difficult to challenge a Labour leader and there has only been...
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