The election for the Respect National Council will take place at Respect National Conference. It will be by the slate system. Any member may propose a slate of up to 50 Respect members to be put forward for election at Respect conference. All such slates must be received by the Respect National Office no later than midnight on Sunday 6th November.

In order to assist members the existing National Council is listed below. A proposed new National Council which includes new members suggested by Respect members in Merseyside, Newham and Tower Hamlets (to be moved by George Galloway MP, Linda Smith, national chair and John Rees, the national secretary) is also listed together with a note showing those who are newly proposed this year and those that were on this year's NC but are not being nominated on the new list.

The outgoing National Council (2004-2005)

• John Lister, Oxford, National Health Emergency
• John Rees, Respect national secretary
• Ken Loach, film maker
• Linda Smith, Respect national Chair
• Lindsey German, Convenor Stop the War Coalition
• Maxine Bowler, Sheffield, general election candidate
• Maz Cook, Harlow
• Michael Lavalette, Preston councillor
• Nick Wrack, former Chair
• Mobeen Azar, Leeds, former Respect candidate
• Oliur Rahman, Tower Hamlets councillor
• Paddy O'Keefe, Brighton, election candidate
• Shaun Doherty, NUT, election agent Bethnal Green and Bow
• Abdurrahman Jafar, Newham, Muslim Council of Britain
• Alan Thornett, South London
• Berny Parkes, Dorset, election candidate
• Cheryl Garvey, Birmingham, euro candidate
• Chris Bambery, editor Socialist Worker
• Clive Searle, chair Manchester Respect
• Mohammed Naseem, Birmingham, eleciton candidate
• Elaine Graham Leigh, North London, euro candidate
• George Galloway, MP
• Ger Francis, Birmingham
• Hannah Packham, Bristol, euro candidate
• Ibrahim Hewitt, Leicester, Muslim Council of Britain
• Jazz Khan, Slough, eleciton candidate
• Jeannie Robinson, Chesterfield
• Peter Smith, North East press officer
• Rita Carter, Lewisham, euro candidate
• Sait Akgul, North London, Kurdish activist, euro candidate
• Salma Yaqoob, vice chair, election candidate, Birmingham
• Terry James, Cardiff
• Tony Mercer, Sheffield
• Veli Yadirgi, Day Mer
• Victoria Brittain, journalist
• Yvonne Ridley, politcal editor Islam Channel, election candidate
• Zaid Aloul, MAB
• Zubeda Limbada, Birmingham
• Lynton Bennett, Derbyshire
• Mike Rosen, London
• Nur Haque Monie, Tower Hamlets
• Adrian Clarke, Peterborough
• Alex Jones, Merseyside
• Farid Nur, Coventry
• Ronnie Mackintosh, Nuneaton
• Sue Bond, PCS Manchester
• Yunus Bakhsh, Newcastle
• Muktar Kabar

Proposed new National Council

Moved by George Galloway MP, Linda Smith, national chair and John Rees, national secretary

• John Lister, Oxford, National Health Emergency
• John Rees, Respect national secretary
• Ken Loach, film maker
• Linda Smith, Respect national Chair
• Lindsey German, Convenor Stop the War Coalition
• Maxine Bowler, Sheffield, general election candidate
• Maz Cook, Harlow
• Michael Lavalette, Preston councillor
• Nick Wrack, former Chair
• Mobeen Azar, Leeds, former Respect candidate
• Oliur Rahman, Tower Hamlets councillor
• Paddy O'Keefe, Brighton, election candidate
• Shaun Doherty, NUT, election agent Bethnal Green and Bow
• Abdurrahman Jafar, Newham, Muslim Council of Britain
• Alan Thornett, South London
• Berny Parkes, Dorset, election candidate
• Cheryl Garvey, Birmingham, euro candidate
• Chris Bambery, editor Socialist Worker
• Clive Searle, chair Manchester Respect
• Mohammed Naseem, Birmingham, eleciton candidate
• Elaine Graham Leigh, North London, euro candidate
• George Galloway, MP
• Ger Francis, Birmingham
• Hannah Packham, Bristol, euro candidate
• Ibrahim Hewitt, Leicester, Muslim Council of Britain
• Jazz Khan, Slough, eleciton candidate
• Jeannie Robinson, Chesterfield
• Peter Smith, North East press officer
• Rita Carter, Lewisham, euro candidate
• Sait Akgul, North London, Kurdish activist, euro candidate
• Salma Yaqoob, vice chair, election candidate, Birmingham
• Terry James, Cardiff
• Tony Mercer, Sheffield
• Veli Yadirgi, Day Mer
• Victoria Brittain, journalist
• Yvonne Ridley, politcal editor Islam Channel, election candidate
• Zaid Aloul, MAB
• Zubeda Limbada, Birmingham
• Abdul Khaliq Mian, Newham, eleciton candidate
• Shiraz Khotia, Newham Muslim Alliance
• Sarah Ruiz, councillor Newham
• Miriyam Scharf, Newham, Palestine activist
• Carmel Brown, Secretary Liverpool Respect
• Aysha Badjwa, vice chair, Tower Hamlets
• Abjol Miah, joint secretary, Tower Hamlets
• Jackie Turner, joint secretary, Tower Hamlets
• Glyn Robbins, Chair Tower Hamlets
• Mehdi Hassan, Youth Respect, Tower Hamlets
• Muktar Kabar

New members of this list are:

• Abdul Khaliq Mian, Newham, election candidate
• Shiraz Khotia, Newham Muslim Alliance
• Sarah Ruiz, councillor Newham
• Miriyam Scharf, Newham, Palestine activist
• Carmel Brown, Secretary Liverpool Respect
• Aysha Badjwa, vice chair, Tower Hamlets
• Abjol Miah, joint secretary, Tower Hamlets
• Jackie Turner, joint secretary, Tower Hamlets
• Glyn Robbins, Chair Tower Hamlets
• Mehdi Hassan, Youth Respect, Tower Hamlets
• Shaun Doherty, NUT and election agent Bethnal Green and Bow

Outgoing NC members not renominated on the new list

• Lynton Bennett
• Mike Rosen
• Nur Haque Monie
• Adrian Clarke
• Alex Jones
• Farid Nur
• Ronnie Mackintosh
• Sue Bond
• Yunus Bakhsh

Additional nominations for the NC

There were no alternative slates proposed for the NC. The following names were proposed and no names were proposed to be removed. There are three vacant places under the current NC slate. There will therefore be a ballot at conference in which each delegate will have three votes. The three nominations which receive the highest votes out of the six candidates will be elected to the NC.

• Abdul Ghafoor Ratayal, Leeds
• Alan Brown, Liverpool
• Badrul Islam, Tower Hamlets
• Salvinder Dhillon, West London
• Balwinder Rana, West London
• Tony Dowling, North East