Introduction

The NEC meets regularly throughout the year, with some of meetings in person or hybrid and the remainder online. The most recent meetings of the NEC were in March, May and June.

In March, the NEC received the report of the Party’s external auditor and approved the Board Report and Accounts 2025.  This was presented to the Party’s AGM for approval on 20 June (see below).  You can find the Board Report and Accounts, to together with the Annual Review 2025, here.

In May, the NEC received reports on the Party’s work in the first quarter.  These are summarised in the NEC Update attached.

The June NEC meeting was the AGM.  Jim McMahon OBE MP (Westminster Parliamentary Group) was re-elected as Chair of the Party, with Ruth Hall (Scotland) as Vice-Chair.

The next NEC meeting will be in September.

Co-operative Party Ltd AGM 2026

Delegates representing twenty-seven local parties, subscribing societies and affiliates attended the Party’s AGM on 20 June 2026.  This was a higher number than previously. In addition to hearing a full report on the Party’s work in 2025 and asking questions on the Board Report and Accounts, lead delegates voted to approve the annual accounts and the re-appointment of Crowe Ltd as the auditors.

You can find the minutes of the AGM here.

NEC Update – Summer 2026

Contacting the NEC

See here for members of the NEC and contact details. You can contact your NEC representative via the link on that page or by emailing Karen Wilkie, Board Secretary at board@party.coop.

Inviting NEC members to meetings

Following the change to structure of the NEC from 2023, each local party and branch has two regional NEC representatives, in addition to those elected to represented BAME, (dis)Abled, LGBTQ+, Youth and elected representatives (i.e. councillors, MSP, MS, AM, directly elected mayors and PCC).

In England, both regional NEC members represent the whole of your section, so you can invite either to your Party Council or branch meetings, particularly if the meeting is to take place on line.  For in-person meetings, please bear in mind the travel time and costs – the party council or branch should meet the travel expenses of any NEC member they invite.

For regional parties, both NEC members should always receive notice of meetings.