The leadership of the Scottish branch of Jeremy Corbyn’s Your Party have resigned en masse, citing “consistent disrespect” from the UK leadership towards Scottish members.
The 12 members of the Interim Scottish Executive Committee (ISEC), which was made up of volunteers, have accused the UK leadership of Your Party of a “dismissive attitude” towards Scotland.
Niall Christie, the sole Scotland representative on Your Party’s Central Executive Committee (CEC), has also resigned with immediate effect. The mass resignations come just two months after Your Party Scotland hosted its founding conference in Dundee.
Controversy in Scotland first ensued after the party, which was founded by Corbyn and former Labour MP Zarah Sultana last year, said that they would not contest the Holyrood election on May 7.
The 2026 Scottish Parliament election is due to be held on Thursday 7 May 2026 and will elect 129 members to the Scottish Parliament. It will be the seventh general election since the devolved parliament was re-established in 1999.
“No choice but to step down,” – statement released.
In a statement, the ISEC said: “As a result of this consistent denial of autonomy for Scotland, and a willingness by the UK leadership to sideline an entire nation by withholding funding and mailing lists and refusing to engage, we have, after careful thought and consideration, taken the collective decision to resign our positions on ISEC, having found ourselves completely blocked when we attempted to carry out the clear mandate set for us by members from across Scotland.”
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It added: “Despite this generational fumble of the left in Britain, the need for a new party on the left in Scotland couldn’t be more urgent, and it is our clear intention to continue working towards this.”
The statement also shed more light on the controversy surrounding the upcoming Scottish elections, specifically surrounding the members they voted for to stand in the Holyrood elections at the Dundee conference.
“Our clear asks… have been consistently ignored,” they said, adding that this left them unable to field candidates or hold internal elections. The group described the decision by the UK party to override a conference vote on standing in elections, calling it a move that showed “disdain towards our members.”
The final trigger for their resignation came after the UK party proposed installing an unelected leadership in Scotland. The group said this was “the final insult,” adding that “it is absurd to expect a political party in Scotland can be dictated to by England” and “antidemocratic to try and overrule” decisions made by Scottish members.
Citing a “consistent denial of autonomy” and being “completely blocked” from carrying out their mandate, the group said they had “no choice” but to step down.
The statement concluded by reaffirming the need for Scotland to found a new party on the left, but doing so without the “deeply flawed and dying Your Party.”
Your Party controversy
Christie, a former candidate for the Scottish Greens, said: “It has become clear the party has run out of road.
“This is in no small part down to the consistent disrespect shown to Scotland and Scottish members, with decisions about us being made without our input, and on our behalf.
“I’ll be continuing the essential work needed to build the party we were all promised in summer 2025, but I will be doing so outside of Your Party.”
Your Party has been engulfed in controversy surrounding its leadership since its founding.
Your Party have also released a statement today on April 13 regarding the next steps for Your Party Scotland, adding that it is actively working on “strengthening participation, transparency and long-term stability.”
In an opinion piece about Your Party, 5Pillars journalist Robert Carter said: “Your Party feels like a movement that hasn’t yet learned how to stand on its own feet. The ideological infighting is relentless. Co-founder Zarah Sultana boycotted Day 1 of her own conference. Factions wage battles more suited to student politics than national politics.”
Socially conservative Muslims have also expressed their doubts over Your Party, as internal hostility to conservative Muslims has already driven away many of the party’s senior Muslim members.
