Achief whip of the Labour Party oversees thewhipping system in theLabour Party, and is responsible for ensuring that Labourmembers of Parliament (MPs) ormembers of the House of Lords attend and vote in theParliament of the United Kingdom in the way desired by the party leadership. The twochief whips, one in the House of Commons and one in the House of Lords, also help to organise their party's contribution to parliamentary business. Each chief whip manages a team of whips, whom they may appoint from theParliamentary Labour Party, to support the work of the whips' office.

The party leadership may allow members to have afree vote on a measure, based on their own opinion rather than party policy, without requiring the whips to influence the way members vote.

The functions of whips are kept confidential, as they are concerned with the discipline of their party's Members of Parliament.

By convention, Chief Whips do not signearly day motions, table questions to Ministers, or give media interviews in their capacity as whip.

This is a list of those people who have served as chief whip of the Labour Party in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Chief Whip of the Labour Party
Incumbent Alan Campbell since 9 May 2021
Appointer	Leader of the Labour Party
Inaugural holder	David Shackleton
Formation	circa 1906

• Mark Tami

Chief Whip of the Labour Party
Incumbent The Lord Kennedy of Southwark since 1 June 2021
Inaugural holder	The Lord Muir-Mackenzie andThe Earl De La Warr
Formation	1924

• Baroness Wheeler (from 2018)

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