A number of powerful Labour unions have pledged to boycott the party’s upcoming Women’s Conference over its exclusion of trans women. In December 2025 however, Labour’s National Executive Committee voted to ban trans women from formal proceedings – including the main hall speeches and policy debates – at this year’s conference. A spokesperson for Unison said: “The union’s decided against sending a delegation to Labour women’s conference this year. Usdaw, which represents shop workers, said it has decided not to send a delegate because “the party has excluded trans women, which runs counter to Usdaw’s policy on trans equality”. Labour for Trans Rights told Metro: “For decades, trans women members have had a home in Labour’s structures, and it’s not acceptable that they’re being so blatantly excluded.”