Co-operative Party

The numbers are in from last week's elections: there are now over 1,250 Co-operative councillors serving communities across Britain 🎉

Every one of them will work to deliver on new powers to boost community and co-operative ownership up and down the country. 🐝

There's not long left to cast your ballot in the Co-op Group's AGM. If you shop at a Co-op with a blue membership card or using the Co-op app, you could be eligible to vote: check your emails or the App for your ballot.

Voting closes at 12 noon on Monday 11 May – so don't forget to Vote Yes to Motion 8 to continue our historic partnership with the co-operative movement.

That's it – polls are now closed! 🗳️

Whether you’re a seasoned veteran or a brand new candidate, today's your first day on the boards or you've been campaigning for weeks, or you're a passionate reposter or day-to-day doorknocker, thank you for your work to support our movement. 🐝

Your local area deserves local ownership – and the Community Right to Buy can make it possible.

Vote Labour & Co-operative today to deliver it.

Because co-operatives are owned by the people who use them, they're rooted in place. They respond to local needs and keep wealth circulating locally.

Vote for your local Labour & Co-operative candidate, to see your high street owned by and working for the people who live there.

Research shows that even when people feel pessimistic about the national picture, they still feel proud of their area.

Hope lives locally. Pride in Place is built on that promise: £20m per community, with decisions made by residents, not Whitehall. Vote Labour & Co-operative today.

Tomorrow, voters in England will have their greatest ever opportunity to vote for co-operation in their local communities.

Co-operators are standing in 119 councils, almost 90% of all councils electing this year, including in three mayoral races in Croydon, Hackney and Lewisham.

Co-operation is on the ballot – more than ever before Representative local government makes for better decision-making for everyone in society and we are delighted to be fielding our largest and one of our most diverse field of candidates the party has…

From Bunhill and Bartley Green to Walbottle and Worthing, Labour & Co-operative members and campaigners have been on the doorstep this week.
 
Co-operative councillors keep it local: local power, local ownership, local wealth, and local pride.
 
Polls open tomorrow.

Today we're launching our new report: Building Resilience: the case for co-operative agriculture.

In 2026, we hear a lot about the need for food security. Britain's ability to feed itself currently relies on a complex supply chain, heavily reliant on imports. Extreme weather as a direct result of climate change is piling yet more pressure on our farmers and our food systems. War only makes it worse: what begins as a distant geopolitical conflict quickly leads to rising fuel costs, disrupted fertiliser supplies and higher food prices.

The silver lining is that moments like this show failing systems, however entrenched, can be changed. This is a moment that demands a shift in perspective.

Our report argues that agricultural co-operatives are practical and potentially transformational: a modern institutional model capable of redistributing power through our food system.

Voting on Thursday? Here's what you need to know.

Polls open 7am-10pm. Find your station: wheredoivote.co.uk