Ann Black OBE is a British political activist who serves as a member of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Labour Party.
[3][4] In September 2002, Black wrote a paper for the committee expressing concern about the invading Iraq.
[7] In 2004, she wrote to the Labour leader and prime minister Tony Blair opposing his invitation of Ayad Allawi, the prime minister of Iraq, saying that "most people want to put Iraq behind them and unite around Labour's positive domestic agenda".
[19] Ahead of the 2016 election for CLP representatives on the NEC, the Labour Representation Committee said that it wouldn't support Black due to her votes determining the electorate for the 2016 leadership election, and for supporting the suspension of Brighton and Hove Labour Party.
[2] In January 2018, Black was replaced as chair of the committee's disputes panel with Christine Shawcroft, who Stephen Bush described in the New Statesman as "regarded as more of a reliable factional operator".
During the election, Momentum withdrew its support for Peter Willsman, which led to speculation that Black might win a seat.
[29] In September 2019, after the 2019 United Kingdom general election was announced, Black criticised the NEC for prioritising formal re-selection processes for Labour MPs over organising selections for constituencies which didn't have a candidate.
[32] Black was made an Officer of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2013 Birthday Honours for "parliamentary and political service".