Christians on the Left

{{short description|Society for Christian socialists in the United Kingdom}}

{{Refimprove|date=May 2008}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}

{{Infobox organisation

| name = Christians on the Left

| logo = Christians on the Left logo.png

| formation = {{start date and age|1960}}

| merger = {{ubl | Socialist Christian League | Society of Socialist Clergy and Ministers}}

| type = Socialist society

| location = United Kingdom

| leader_title = Chair

| leader_name = Jonathan Reynolds

| leader_title2 = Director

| leader_name2 = Hannah Rich

| affiliations = {{hlist | Labour Party | International League of Religious Socialists}}

| website = {{official URL}}

| formerly = Christian Socialist Movement

}}

Christians on the Left, formerly known as the Christian Socialist Movement (CSM), is a socialist society in the UK. The movement fulfils a need among Christian socialists for an organisation that would be both politically engaged and theologically reflective. Christians on the Left is a member organisation of the International League of Religious Socialists. Members have included Labour leaders John Smith, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, R. H. Tawney, and Donald Soper. Today, Christians on the Left has over 40 members in the House of Commons and the House of Lords.{{cite web

|url=http://www.thecsm.org.uk/Groups/87275/Christian_Socialist_Movement/About_CSM/Labour_party_affiliation/Labour_party_affiliation.aspx

|title=Labour Party Affiliation

|publisher=Christian Socialist Movement website

|access-date=11 April 2009

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090503012029/http://www.thecsm.org.uk/Groups/87275/Christian_Socialist_Movement/About_CSM/Labour_party_affiliation/Labour_party_affiliation.aspx

|archive-date=3 May 2009

|url-status=dead

}}

As of October 2022, its director is Hannah Rich and its executive committee chair is Jonathan Reynolds.{{cite web

|url=http://www.christiansontheleft.org.uk/meet_the_team

|title=Meet the Team

|publisher=Christians on the Left website

|access-date=16 March 2018}}