Sentences with phrase «deselection battle»

John McDonnell, the shadow chancellor, has refused to intervene to ensure Hilary Benn remains a Labour MP amid reports that he is facing a possible deselection battle with activists in his local party.

«In throwing out a Tory who has repeatedly failed to stand up for his constituency, South Suffolk are have not only shown the way for the rest of the country but they have delivered a blow to David Cameron's own credibility after he personally intervened to support Tim Yeo's in his deselection battle,» shadow Cabinet Office minister Jon Ashworth said.

Not exact matches

More interesting in the current political climate is the effect it would have on Labour internal battle and any potential deselections.

This means that any battles over changes that Corbyn and his team want to make to the party's structure, how the leader is elected in future and deselections of MPs and so on, now have a Corbynite majority supporting them on the NEC.