Labour party officers of Islington North Constituency have “rejected” a successful motion by the National Executive Committee (NEC) officially banning Jeremy Corbyn from standing as a candidate for the party at next general election and exiling him from the party he once led.
In a statement published on Twitter, Islington North CLP Officers said they “rejected” the NEC vote, and “strongly supported” a February 2020 statement from Sir Keir Starmer in which he said ‘Local Party members should select their candidates for every election.’”
The group said: “We believe in the democratic right of all constituency parties to choose their prospective parliamentary candidate. Therefore, we reject the NEC’s undue interference in Islington North, which undermines our goal of defeating the Conservatives and working with our communities for social justice.”
In a vote of 22 to 12 on Tuesday, the National Executive Committee (NEC) approved the motion brought by Starmer to prevent his predecessor from reselection as the party’s candidate in the constituency he has represented for 40 years.
