Editing Labour Party Conference (section)

====2011 Liverpool====
The 2011 Conference took place in [[Liverpool]] from 25 to 29 September. It was the first time since 1925 that Labour had held its conference there.{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}} On 26 September delegates voted to scrap the tradition of [[Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet (United Kingdom)|Shadow Cabinet]] elections.<ref>{{cite news |last=King |first=Victoria |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15054351 |title=Labour delegates vote to scrap shadow cabinet elections |work=BBC News |date=26 September 2011 |access-date=26 September 2011 |archive-date=18 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118124851/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-15054351 |url-status=live }}</ref> Miliband's keynote speech on 27 September suffered a five-minute blackout after all media communications were lost.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2011/09/27/labour-leader-ed-miliband-s-keynote-speech-attacks-tories-and-promises-new-bargain-despite-broadcast-black-out-from-liverpool-100252-29495983/|title= Labour leader Ed Miliband's keynote speech attacks Tories and promises 'new bargain' despite broadcast black-out from Liverpool|publisher= Trinity Mirror|work= Liverpool Echo|date= 27 September 2011|access-date= 29 September 2011|archive-date= 18 November 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201118124854/https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/labour-leader-ed-milibands-keynote-3366307|url-status= live}}</ref>