Generative Artificial Intelligence – Sample Motion

This sample motion is written according to Constituency Labour Party (CLP) guidelines, however we encourage members of all political parties to adapt it to reflect local needs and different political party rulebooks.

Sample motion

This Constituency Labour Party (CLP) notes that generative artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming more prevalent and is directly competing with the creative works it is trained on.   

This CLP further notes that:    

• A Harvard Business Review study in 2024 showed that the introduction of ChatGPT had reduced writing jobs by 30% and coding jobs by 20%, and the introduction of AI image generators reduced image creation jobs by 17%   
• Research by Queen Mary University of London, the Institute for the Future of Work and The Turing Institute in 2025 showed that gen AI is already having an impact on pay, job security and finding work. It found that 55% of creative workers report diminished financial compensation for their work, 68% feel their job security is diminished and 61% report that the value of their work by others diminished as a result of gen AI.   

This CLP believes that:    

• Allowing AI companies to train models on copyrighted work without fair compensation undermines both the rights and the livelihoods of creators  
• Generative AI must be regulated to protect creative jobs and ensure the UK’s creative industries thrive.   

This CLP resolves and calls on the Labour Party Parliamentary Party, National Executive Committee and the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Lisa Nandy to endorse the following principles advocated for by the Musicians’ Union:    

1. Consent: tech firms should be legally required to uphold copyright and get explicit consent from human creators to use their works to train AI models   
2. Labelling: AI-generated works should be clearly labelled so people can choose what they listen to   
3. Fair remuneration: composers and performers should be guaranteed a fair share of the revenue from AI-generated music   
4. AI laws: AI firms should be required to keep a published and regularly updated record of the works they have used for training so that composers and performers can find out if their work has been used and take action; this must be combined with a clear obligation on AI firms to be receptive, fast-acting and proactive in confirming that action has been taken   
5. Publicity, personality and personal data rights: these rights must be strengthened to ensure the UK remains competitive on a global stage, and must belong to individuals so that they cannot be exploited by AI companies, major record labels or other rightsholders without explicit consent of the individual.