The Labour Party
Labour Party
Equal Opportunities Form
The Labour Party is committed to recruit, retain and develop a workforce that reflects the
diverse communities that we serve. The organisation will continually strive to encourage and
manage diversity through the development and value of positive policies to promote equality of
opportunity for all, ensuring that all existing and prospective members of staff are treated in a
fair and equal manner regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage / civil
partnership status, pregnancy and
maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and
sexual
orientation.
To ensure the effective implementation of our Diversity policy, it is necessary to collect
information from job application on a number of key characteristics relating to equality and
diversity in the work place. Please complete return this form along with your application. On
receipt, it will be separated from your application. You may choose to answer all of
the questions, some of the questions or no questions at all. Every question has a ‘prefer not to
say’ option. The information on this form will be treated in the strictest confidence in
accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and any information provided will be used for
statistical analysis only. No information will be published or used in any way which allows
any individual to be identified.
Post applied for:
Age:
45-54☐
16–24☐
55-64☐
25-34☐
35-44☐
65+☐
Gender:
Male
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Female ☐
Prefer
not
to say ☐
Are you married or in a civil partnership?
Yes
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No
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Prefer not to say
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Do you consider yourself to have a disability?
Yes
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No
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Prefer not to say
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Disability is defined by the Equality Act 2010 as a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial
and long-term adverse effect on someone’s ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.
What is your sexual orientation?
Heterosexual/straight ☐
Gay Man
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Bisexual
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Gay Woman/Lesbian ☐
Prefer not to say
Other
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What is your religion or belief?
Jewish
Muslim
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Buddhist
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No religion
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Sikh
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Any other religion
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The Labour Party
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Christian
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Prefer not to say
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Hindu
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Indian
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Bangladeshi
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Pakistani
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Any other Asian Background
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What is your ethnicity?
Asian/Asian British
Black or Black British
African
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Any other Black Background
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Other
White and Black African
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White and Black Caribbean
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White and Asian
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Any other Mixed Background
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Scottish
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Caribbean
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Chinese or other Ethnic Group
Chinese
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Mixed Heritage
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White
English
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British
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Irish
Welsh
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Other White Background
Prefer not to say
Prefer not to say
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Thank you for taking the time to complete this form
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