Online conference · 28 June 2026

The conference has met

Our online conference was held on Sunday 28 June 2026. The initial platform and the structure were both adopted, as amended, and the Federation Congress Arrangements Committee was elected. The full voting record is below.

See the voting record

Key facts

At a glance

When
Sunday 28 June 2026
Where
Online
Who
Signatories & registered supporters

The conference was open to those who agree with our initial Points of Unity — as signatories of the original Members’ Charter, or those who have registered interest in the Socialist Federation. You can read them in full to see what we stand for.

The day

What happened

The conference debated and amended the composited initial platform and structure proposals, heard from excellent solidarity speakers on topics ranging from community defence to ecosocialism, and elected a Federation Congress Arrangements Committee (FCAC) to organise the founding hybrid congress in September.

See the results

The papers

The conference pack

Everything that was put to the conference on 28 June — the motions, the amendments to them, the candidates, and the documents behind them — is laid out in full to read and navigate, with plain-language summaries and an Easy Read way in. The voting record sits alongside it.

Read the conference pack

And the two documents the conference actually carried — the adopted text, as amended on the day:

Structure of the Federation Interim Platform

Earlier

The 31 May Conference

This conference on 28 June built on the proposals carried at the Federation’s first conference on 31 May 2026.

What the 31 May Conference decided

What we debated

The composites

The conference amended and resolved three documents: two complementary platform composites, and the structure composite. Both the platform and the structure were carried, as amended — see the voting record for the result of each amendment.

Platform

The two platform composites are complementary.

Structure

The structure composite sets out a proposed structure for the Federation, with its own amendment schedule.

  • Structure of a Socialist Federation (Composite v4.2)

    James Kulmer, Joseph “Raz” O’Connor Meldau

    Read the composite

What was proposed

Amendments

Amendments are now closed — the deadline was midnight on Monday 22 June. The amendments submitted are set out in full in the conference pack.

Amendments could be submitted to any of the above composites, only by Socialist Federation supporters who agree to the Socialist Federation Initial Points of Unity.

  • Each such eligible person may submit up to 2 amendments per composite.
  • Amendments submitted by the authors of carried proposals from the 31 May Conference which materially carry the substance of their original proposal reformulated as an amendment have no word limit.
  • Otherwise, amendments submitted should be limited to 250 words.
  • Amendments may be submitted until midnight on Monday 22 June UK time.
  • Amendments submitted after the deadline will not be considered.
  • Amendments must be submitted using an email address on the Socialist Federation’s Register of Interest List, sent to memberscharter@gmail.com.
  • Amendments must be accompanied by the full name of the proposer, and any relevant political affiliations.
  • The proposer grants that the Socialist Federation Admin Team may distribute the name and submitted affiliations of the proposer to the Socialist Federation Register of Interest Mailing List in line with the Socialist Federation Privacy Policy, only in relation to the communication of the amendments.
  • A list of amendments, including the submitted text, the proposer(s) full names and their submitted political affiliations will be distributed to the Socialist Federation Register of Interest Mailing List on Tuesday 23 June 2026.

The committee

Federation Congress Arrangements Committee

The Federation Congress Arrangements Committee (FCAC) was elected at the conference on 28 June — its five members are named in the voting record. Its agreed remit is set out below.

  • The Federation Congress Arrangements Committee will function as a working group within the overall Volunteer team. It will have the independence associated with a working group but not the final say in authorising the conference plan - this will be voted on and potentially amended by a Volunteer meeting.
  • The FCAC’s remit is for organising the practical and technical necessities for the conference on the day.
  • The FCAC will not be responsible for promotion, emails, outreach, finance campaigning or compositing prior to conference.
  • The FCAC’s remit includes developing detailed proposal/s for the conference - including running order, speakers, chairs, mods and any other technical assistance.
  • The FCAC is subject to the same rules as the Volunteer team and individuals can be removed by the same mechanisms (majority vote at Volunteer meeting).
  • The FCAC is only responsible for planning the hybrid conference (currently September), not running the conference (although some from the FCAC may end up being a mod, chair etc).
  • The FCAC will dissolve immediately after the hybrid conference has concluded.
  • The FCAC will be elected at the upcoming conference (June 28th) and will consist of 5 members.

Nominations

Nominations are now closed — the deadline was midnight on Monday 22 June. The nominees’ statements are in the conference pack.

  • Nominations may only be submitted by Socialist Federation supporters who agree to the Socialist Federation Initial Points of Unity.
  • Nominations must be submitted using an email address on the Socialist Federation’s Register of Interest List, sent to memberscharter@gmail.com.
  • Nominations must be made by the nominee.
  • Nominations must be accompanied by the full name of the nominee, and any relevant political affiliations.
  • Nominations may be accompanied by a statement of no more than 200 words motivating the nominee’s candidacy.
  • The nominee grants that the Socialist Federation Admin Team may distribute the name, submitted affiliations and statement of the nominee to the Socialist Federation Register of Interest Mailing List in line with the Socialist Federation Privacy Policy, only in relation to the communication of the nominee and candidate lists.
  • Nominations may be submitted until midnight on Monday 22 June UK time. Nominations submitted after the deadline will be dismissed.
  • A list of nominees, including their full names, submitted political affiliations and candidate statements will be distributed to the Socialist Federation Register of Interest Mailing List on Tuesday 23 June 2026.

Candidacies

Seconding has closed, and the election has been held. All ten nominees were seconded and stood as candidates; the Federation elected its five-member committee at conference on Sunday 28 June. See the voting record for the result, or read the candidate statements in full.

  • Seconding Endorsements may only be submitted by Socialist Federation supporters who agree to the Socialist Federation Initial Points of Unity.
  • Seconding Endorsements must be submitted using an email address on the Socialist Federation’s Register of Interest List, sent to memberscharter@gmail.com.
  • A Seconding Endorsement may not be made by the nominee being seconded for themself.
  • The first seconder to make themselves known in accordance with this process will be recorded as the seconder for the nominee.
  • Only seconded nominees will become candidates.
  • Seconding Endorsements must be accompanied by the full name of the nominee and seconder.
  • The seconder grants that the Socialist Federation Admin Team may distribute the name of the seconder to the Socialist Federation Register of Interest Mailing List in line with the Socialist Federation Privacy Policy, only in relation to the communication of the candidate list.
  • Seconding Endorsements may be submitted until midday on Saturday 27 June UK time. Seconding Endorsements submitted after the deadline will be dismissed.
  • A list of seconded candidates and seconders, including the candidate’s full name, relevant political affiliations and candidate statement, and the primary seconder’s full name will be distributed to the Socialist Federation Register of Interest Mailing List on the evening of Saturday 27 June 2026.

The election

  • The election for the FCAC will occur during the proceedings of the Socialist Federation Conference held on Sunday 28 June 2026.
  • The electorate for the FCAC will be those present in the conference who ascribe to the Socialist Federation Interim Points of Unity at the point of the ballot being digitally issued.
  • The voting system will be multi-seat approval, by means of a Zoom poll. Practically, this means a poll with one checkbox per candidate will be presented to the conference attendees, who may approve any number of candidates by checking the relevant checkboxes and submitting the poll.
  • The winning candidates will be those who gain the most approvals. If the last places are tied such that there are more than 5 candidates selected, no tiebreaking will occur, and instead all tied candidates will be elected.
  • The poll will be open for no less than 2 minutes before the chair will reveal the results.

The outcome

See the results

The full voting record is published — every motion and amendment, the compositing choices, and the FCAC election, with the counts and the result of each.

See the voting record

Running order

The conference followed the running order set out in the pack, working through the platform and structure proposals and their amendments before electing the FCAC. The voting record shows the outcome of each item.

Read the full running order in the pack →