Labour Party
At Labour's 1972 conference, as a delegate from Shipley constituency, Wall and Ray Apps, a fellow Militant supporter, proposed a composite motion calling for 'an enabling Bill to secure the public ownership of major monopolies' which passed by 3,501,000 votes to 2,497,000.
Wall stood for the Labour Party National Executive on seven occasions from 1977-1983, acheiving 103,000 votes in 1982, his highest vote and also the highest vote by someone who wasn't an MP or former MP.
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