Sentences with phrase «local deselection»
A snap election would also cut short any local deselection proceedings.
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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.
These grumblings resulted in the deselection of ten sitting Labour Party Councillors in Redcar and Cleveland in advance of the 2015 local elections, including the then Leader and deputy leader of the then controlling Labour group.
Asked on ITV's Peston on Sunday show whether it would lead to deselections, Mr Corbyn said: «There will be selections made by local constituency parties.
Mr Corbyn refused to rule out the deselection of Labour MPs by their local parties - shortly after one of his closest allies said there was a «legitimate argument» for it.