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the 'fringe the left was clearly regaining its morale.

Mondav morning was back to depression. The VULC to overturn accountability LICI GC's had already been set up in advance. The vote in principle to overturn accountability was carried by 4.5 million to 1.8 million votes. The only consolation was that CLPD won the debate nands down and a glance at the hall showed CuP delegates voted In the event Livingstone cruised in votes ahead of Gould. Equally striking Diane Abbott, the first black woman to stand for the NEC consutucil section, gained a 234,000 votes and came ninth. Kinnock supporter Michael Meacher saw his vote fall by 161,000 - falling from third to seventh place in the constituency section, and lam Dalyell was crushed - his Gorton, contain a single woman.

Sections The other sections of the NEC, the women's section, confirmed the same pattern as the conference voting. wing, basing itself on the block vote, gained all five places in the women's section - removing left wingers

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Socialist Action 9 Oct 1987