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Dave Nellist
Leader of the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Incumbent
Assumed office 2010
Preceded by
Party founded
Coventry City Councillor for St Michaels ward
In office 7 May 1998 – 3 May 2012
Serving with
Karen McKay (Socialist Alternative) Rob Windsor (Socialist Alternative) Jim O'Boyle (Labour) David Welsh (Labour)
Member of Parliament for Coventry South East
In office 9 June 1983 – 16 March 1992
Preceded by
William Wilson
Succeeded by
Jim Cunningham
Personal details
Born
(1952-07-16) 16 July 1952 (age 71) North Yorkshire, England
Political party
Socialist Party (1997–present)
Other political affiliations
TUSC (2009–present) Labour (until 1991)
Spouse
Jane Warner
(m. 1984)
Children
Joe Nellist Bethan Clarke Charlotte Nellist Clara Nellist
David John Nellist (born 16 July 1952) is a British Trotskyist[1] activist who was the MP for the constituency of Coventry South East from 1983 to 1992. Elected as a Labour MP, his support for the Militant tendency led to his eventual expulsion from the party in late 1991. He is the National Chair of the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC), a member of the Socialist Party, and was a city councillor in Coventry from 1998 to 2012.
^Johnston, Neil. "Defy Corbyn at your peril, councillors are warned". The Times.
David John Nellist (born 16 July 1952) is a British Trotskyist activist who was the MP for the constituency of Coventry South East from 1983 to 1992....
candidates on receipt of local RMT branch requests. TUSC chairperson DaveNellist stood as a candidate for the coalition in the constituency of Coventry...
succeeded by John Smith and Margaret Beckett respectively. Sitting MPs DaveNellist, Terry Fields, Ron Brown, John Hughes and Syd Bidwell, who had been expelled...
and DaveNellist, the remaining Militant MP, was deselected by the Labour Party NEC. Standing as an Independent Labour candidate in 1992, Nellist lost...
Gordon and Sasha Johnson Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) DaveNellist Trade unionism, socialism Left-wing to far-left Transform Collective...
Fields (expelled in 1991 for his membership of the Militant tendency) DaveNellist (expelled in 1991 for his membership of the Militant tendency) Ken Livingstone...
Party in December 1991 along with other members of Militant, including DaveNellist, then the only other MP who was a member of the tendency. At the 1992...
Independent 4 October 1990 Dick Douglas Independent SNP 25 September 1991 DaveNellist Labour Independent Whip suspended over links to the Militant tendency...
Party Robert David Griffiths Not an MS 0.2 – 0 / 60 0 / 60 TUSC Wales DaveNellist Not an MS 0.2 – 0 / 60 0 / 60 Welsh Christian Jeff Green Not an MS 0...
Graeme Jones (Soc Alt) Cardiff South & Penarth: Dave Bartlett (Soc Alt) Coventry North East: DaveNellist (Soc Alt) Coventry North West: Nicola Downes (Soc...
1950, 1951, 1955, 1959, 1964, 1966, 1970, Feb 1974 and Oct 1974a 5: DaveNellist, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2010 and 2015a 6: George Nicholls, Dec 1910, 1918...
Hayward, Margaret Stoll, David Lane, Fred Bishop 12,832 0.9 −1.4 NO2EU DaveNellist, Pat Collins, Joanne Stevenson, Sophia Hussain, Paul Edward Reilly, Andrew...
electoral strategy." As part of this group, all PAL members endorsed DaveNellist, of the Trade Union and Socialist Coalition, in the 2022 Birmingham Erdington...
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