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Although many Labour Party candidates, including around a third of the current Parliamentary Labour Party are members of the Co-operative Party, only those candidates who have been officially endorsed by both parties may use the designation Labour Co-operative - around 30 candidates in the elections since 1997. Only Labour Co-operative MPs belong to the parliamentary Co-operative Party group. At a local level, where wards may elect more than one councillor, only those where all candidates are supported by the Co-operative Party may use the designation on Ballot Paper s and leaflets. In the list sytems used for elections to the European Parliament , Scottish Parliament , Welsh Assembly and Greater London Assembly , the designation has not been used. This convention has been adopted ostensibly to avoid confusion between a mix of candidates that could lead to a reduction in the Labour vote. Nevertheless, there have been Labour Co-operative candidates in the single-member constituencies in those bodies and the Co-operative Party continues to support and promote constituency and list members of those assemblies and the House Of Lords . Labour Co-operative candidates use the Labour logo on ballot papers, although a variety of hybrid logos have in the past been used on promotional literature. SEE ALSO |
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