Blackpool South MP Chris Webb is urging the Labour Party to bring its annual conference back to the town, citing a potential £30 million economic boost and the availability of new conference facilities and hotels.
Blackpool South MP Chris Webb has issued a challenge to his own party, declaring, 'It's about time UK Labour came back to Blackpool '. Mr. Webb used social media platform X to urge Labour to bring its annual conference back to the resort, a move that would provide a £30 million economic boost to the town. While Labour has been holding its North West regional conference in Blackpool in recent years, its main autumn conference has not been held there since 2002.
Prior to that, Blackpool's Winter Gardens was a popular venue for the party, hosting the conference 14 times in the last 50 years. However, it now loses out to Liverpool, which will welcome the Labour conference for the fourth consecutive year in autumn 2025. Mr. Webb says that investments in new conference facilities at the Winter Gardens, new hotels including the Holiday Inn, Hampton by Hilton, and The Boulevard, plus plans for another hotel next to the Winter Gardens, mean Labour should reconsider a return. He stated: 'I am actively lobbying the Labour Party and NEC members to bring the annual conference back to Blackpool and recently spoke to the deputy prime minister about it. The restoration of the Winter Gardens, with the addition of the conference centre, has given us a world-leading centre that will meet the needs of any political party who want to come to our town. 'The addition of a hotel to the conference centre will enhance the venue's suitability. This, along with the addition of the Holiday Inn – now best in the UK and Ireland – the award-winning Boulevard Hotel, the extension of Hampton by Hilton, and others, means Blackpool now has the high-standard accommodation conferences require. 'A five-day Labour conference has a £30 million economic impact on its host town and would be game-changing for Blackpool, which already has a long and proud history of hosting party conferences.' The Conservatives last held their autumn conference in Blackpool in 2007, although the party returned to the Winter Gardens in March 2022 for their Spring Conference with then Prime Minister Boris Johnson among the speakers. Conferences currently booked into the Winter Gardens are projected to have an economic impact of at least £14 million, according to recent figures revealed
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