Comment Open letter: BAME councillor deselection This is an open letter to the Labour party’s national executive committee in response to the deselection of… 12th July, 2017, 6:40 pm
News Rayner and Starmer condemn deselections Angela Rayner and Keir Starmer have condemned any move to initiate deselections after backbench colleague Luciana Berger’s local… Emma Bean 9th July, 2017, 11:46 am
News Will they, won’t they: that vexed question of deselection raises its ugly head again Senior allies of Jeremy Corbyn are debating whether to give Labour members a greater say in picking candidates… Peter Edwards 3rd July, 2017, 9:37 am
News Deselections? You can’t “cut across” local parties’ inner workings, says Diane Abbott Diane Abbott today appeared to leave the door open to Labour deselections as she said local parties’ inner workings should… Emma Bean 24th June, 2017, 12:21 pm
Comment Young people are sceptical of the division mandatory reselection would bring Whether it’s the word ‘lunatic’ being bandied about, or the leader threatening to call a MP’s member of… Ben Gartside 1st September, 2016, 3:03 pm
News Danczuk warns Corbyn of leadership challenge This weekend saw a Labour MP threaten to challenge Jeremy Corbyn to a leadership contest, a Corbyn ally… 26th October, 2015, 10:01 am
News Corbyn steps up fight against boundary reforms and will oppose change to MP reselection Jeremy Corbyn stepped up his opposition to the Government’s proposed boundary changes, and has confirmed he will oppose… 19th October, 2015, 4:30 pm
News Former Labour minister says deselections could trigger by-elections A prominent backbencher who faced local battles with Militant in the 1980s has said that if any Labour… 14th October, 2015, 5:19 pm