Hodge reselected after ‘farcical’ hustings and vote
Huge incumbency advantage tells as challengers had only 3 hours to seek postal voters Barking MP Margaret Hodge has been reselected as the constituency party’s candidate after a bizarre meeting […]
Tag Archives: reselection
Corbyn and Thornberry sail through reselection meetings
Shadow Cabinet was put up for reselection first among Labour MPs. Party leader and Shadow Foreign Secretary easily won reselection on Tuesday night Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and Shadow Foreign […]
Prorogation and Tory squeamishness mean 5 December GE-Day likely
Today’s events – and Queen’s inevitable compliance – mean 5 December likeliest date for new general election The Queen has granted Boris Johnson’s request to prorogue Parliament, preventing MPs’ wish […]
Rother Valley MP Kevin Barron to stand down at next election
Email to local members says serving has been ‘the honour of my life’ and thanks them for their support Rother Valley Labour MP Kevin Barron has become the second to […]
As SKWAWKBOX said it would, Labour trigger process began today as MPs asked to confirm intention to stand
MPs asked to confirm whether they wish to stand at next general election, with deadline 8 July In spite of the usual doubts expressed by centrists and so-called ‘mainstream’ media, […]
PLP ‘storm’ in reality small number of MPs in panic over P’boro win and approaching reselections
Establishment media reported ‘storm’ of angry Labour MPs at last night’s PLP meeting – but reality was rather different Commentators across the board of the Establishment media last night reported […]
Excl: NEC puts mayors, PCCs and GLA on same reselection basis as MPs
The latest full meeting of Labour’s National Executive Committee (NEC) took place earlier this week and passed off largely without contention – although the previous week’s gathering of NEC sub-committees […]
Haringey council leader reselected after ward membership anomaly
In July Claire Kober, the leader of Haringey Council in London, was forced to fight off a vote of no confidence by fellow councillors after accusations of ‘social cleansing’ resulting […]