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#REDIRECT [[Scottish Labour Students]]
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| name = Edinburgh Labour Students
| colorcode = #FF0000
| preceded by = Edinburgh University Labour Club| ideology = [[Democratic socialism]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Labour Party Rule Book 2012|year=2012|publisher=The Labour Party|page=6}}</ref> <br />[[Social democracy]]
| national = [[Labour Students]]
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| regional1_name = [[Scottish Labour Students]]
| mother party = [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]],<br /> [[Scottish Labour Party]]
| website = [https://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/society/EULS/ Edinburgh Labour Students]
| chair = Solomon Cuthbertson
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'''Edinburgh Labour Students''' ('''ELS''') is a society of the [[Edinburgh University Students' Association]] for [[University of Edinburgh]] students who support the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]. The society is affiliated with [[Scottish Labour Students]], the [[Scottish Labour Party]], and the national counterparts [[Labour Students]] and the Labour Party.<ref>{{cite web|title=Edinburgh Labour Students Constitution 2013|url=http://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/resources/EULS/ELS-Constitution-2013/|work=EUSA|access-date=24 August 2013}}</ref> It is one of the largest student Labour societies in the United Kingdom and actively campaigns as part of the Labour Party.

ELS events include the invitation of prominent guest speakers from inside and outside the Labour Party. Past speakers include the former UK [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] [[Gordon Brown]] along with members of the Shadow Cabinet [[Ian Murray (British politician)|Ian Murray]] and [[Douglas Alexander]], all former members of the Club and University alumni, as well as ex-[[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] [[Alistair Darling]], past leaders of the Scottish Labour Party [[Johann Lamont]] and [[Kezia Dugdale]] MSP, and Andrew Burns, former leader of [[Edinburgh City Council]].<ref>{{cite web|title=A big year for ELS|url=http://edinburghlabourstudents.wordpress.com/2013/08/14/a-big-year-for-els-2/|work=Edinburgh Labour Students|access-date=24 August 2013}}</ref>

Edinburgh Labour Students run a varied schedule with regular meetings being used as forums for members to engage in topical discussions under the name 'Pint and Policy'. It also frequently encourages members to participate in campaigns with local Labour branches and in national events for the Labour Party and Labour Students. ELS' events are frequently praised, with the society recently being voted as the best for events by members of Labour Students.<ref>{{cite web|title=Best Practice Awards |url=http://www.labourstudents.org.uk/best-practice-awards-winners |work=Labour Students |access-date=24 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714224435/http://www.labourstudents.org.uk/best-practice-awards-winners |archive-date=14 July 2014 }}</ref>

== Organisation ==
An elected executive committee runs Edinburgh Labour Students, with by-elections taking place at the start of the academic year to elect liberation and first-year officers and elections for other committee positions taking place towards the end of the year, during the society's Annual General Meeting. As ELS is an [[Edinburgh University Students' Association]] society, it operates as such with its own constitution and is re-registered as a society each year in order to continue with this status.<ref>{{cite web|title=Labour Students profile|url=http://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/society/9412/|work=EUSA|access-date=24 August 2013}}</ref>

Many members of Edinburgh Labour Students have gone on to hold roles in organisations affiliated to the society, including the former Campaigns & Membership Officer for Labour Students Emma Meehan, Chair of Steering George Melhuish and Chair of Scottish Labour Students Oliver Milne.<ref>{{cite web |title=National Committee |url=http://www.labourstudents.org.uk/nationalcommittee |work=Labour Students |access-date=24 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224102219/http://www.labourstudents.org.uk/nationalcommittee |archive-date=24 February 2014 }}</ref>

Liberation caucuses are key to the structure of ELS and have the right to autonomously campaign for the groups that they represent, meeting and organising separately. There are four liberation groups within ELS: [[LGBT social movements|LGBT+]], [[Feminist movement|Women's]], [[Disability rights movement|Disabled Students]], and [[Anti-racism|Black Minority Ethnic]], reflecting the structure used by [[Labour Students]] and [[Scottish Labour Students]]. Each liberation group is individually represented on the society committee by a liberation officer, who is elected at a caucus of self-defining members of that group.

== Current Committee ==

Chair: Solomon Cuthbertson

Vice-Chair: Sonny McCourt

Secretary: Fergal Francis

Treasurer: Matthew Whitehead

Membership: Matthew Parker

Social Secretary: Samuel Etchells

Communications and Social Media: Tilly Dickson

Women's and Non-Binary Officer: Ellie McTimoney

Disability Officer: Oliver Beddow

== Campaigning ==
ELS engages with local constituency Labour Parties and affiliated organisations during political campaigns, playing a role in winning and holding the key seat [[Edinburgh South (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh South]] for Labour candidate [[Ian Murray (British politician)|Ian Murray]] in the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010]], [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015]] and [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017 general elections]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Biography|url=http://www.ianmurraymp.co.uk/biography.html|work=Ian Murray MP|access-date=24 August 2013}}</ref> ELS members also campaigned extensively in the high-profile [[2013 Aberdeen Donside by-election|Aberdeen Donside by-election]] in 2013. Recently, ELS has participated in the pro-Union [[Better Together (campaign)|Better Together]] campaign in advance of the [[2014 Scottish independence referendum|2014 Scottish Independence Referendum]].

The society has a strong history of its members standing for election in Student Union campaigns, with member Hugh Murdoch winning the Presidency of Edinburgh University Students' Association for the 2013/14 academic year.<ref>{{cite news|title=Murdoch elected EUSA president despite bad night for Labour |url=http://www.journal-online.co.uk/article/10412-murdoch-elected-eusa-president-despite-bad-night-for-labour |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130824220206/http://www.journal-online.co.uk/article/10412-murdoch-elected-eusa-president-despite-bad-night-for-labour |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 August 2013 |access-date=24 August 2013 |newspaper=The Journal |date=18 March 2013 |author=Callum Leslie |author2=John Hewitt Jones }}</ref> For the 2017/18 academic year, members Patrick Kilduff and Esther Dominy were elected to the positions of President and Vice President Welfare respectively.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.studentnewspaper.org/election-results-2017/|title=Election Results 2017}}</ref> In 2018, ELS member and former Women's Officer, Georgina Harris, was elected as Vice President Community for the 2018/19 academic year. after endorsement and campaigning from the society.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.studentnewspaper.org/election-results-all-women-and-non-binary-sabbatical-team-for-2018-19/|title=All Women and Non-Binary Sabbatical Team for 2018/19}}</ref>

== Alumni ==
* [[Gordon Brown]] MP and former Prime Minister (2007-2010)
* [[Robin Cook]] MP for Livingston and former Foreign Secretary (1997-2001)
* [[Tessa Jowell]] MP for Dulwich and West Norwood and former Secretary of State for Culture, Media, and Sport
* [[Ian Murray (British politician)|Ian Murray]] MP for Edinburgh South and Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland
* [[Douglas Alexander]] MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire South and Shadow Foreign Secretary
* [[Iain Gray]] MSP for East Lothian and former leader of Scottish Labour, 2008-2011
* [[Catherine McKinnell]] MP for Newcastle upon Tyne North and Shadow Exchequer Secretary

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/activities/view/labourstudents Edinburgh Labour Students]

{{UK Labour Party}}
{{University of Edinburgh}}

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