Political pluralism, or What do you call a Labour party member?

No, the headline is not an invitation to more silly political abuse. Yes, David Wright MP, I’m thinking of you.

It’s a serious question – what do you call a Labour party member?

With the Conservative Party, it’s easy. It’s basically an irregular noun: he’s a Conservative; she’s Tory; they are scum-sucking pigs…sorry, somebody hacked into the blog there. Honest.

As for Liberal Democrats…they’re Liberal Democrats. LibDems thereafter.

But what about the Labour Party?

Labourites?

Labourists?

Surely not Labourers?

Happily, Twitter was on hand to assist.

Thanks to everyone for their helpful suggestions:

Lefties; Collective noun: a ‘Loony’

sshrpe

The size of your Loony may be measured using the SI unit: The Militant. There are 1000 Militants in a Hatton, and 1000 Hattons in a Galloway. Do not confuse with the Milliband, the SI unit used for measuring how ethical your foreign policy is (1000 Millibands to 1 Cook).

Labour ward

HouseOfTwits

I need to check, but I think this term is properly used only on Election Night. Similarly, “Labour Pains” refers specifically to Labour supporters stood on your doorstep prior to Election Night.

Labourians

Gift_of_the_Fab

Technically, I think this is only true for Labour supporters from Labouria itself (also known by its old Scottish name, Glasgow).

Laboures

benjaminfgray

Benjamin clarifies that this is only for “…the mindlessly partisan ones”. It is definitely no relation to ZaNuLabour, for which the plural is

Laboers

benjaminfgray

But what if you’re referring to yourself? Then you can say you are:

Labourious

ToryAtSea