The changes would mean a significant shift for Mr Corbyn, who has represented his London constituency of Islington North since 1983.
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Asked why he had been included on the list, he said: “The only thing I can think of is my article in The Guardian with Jo Cox after local elections, saying that Labour needs to do better and that we needed to have the policies to attract voters back to Labour. I find it sad from a historical and community point of view”.
He could not be contacted for comment today.
Five of Ms Abbott’s wards – Cazenove, Hackney Downs, Lea Bridge, Shacklewell and Springfield – will go to the new Hackney Central seat, with the other five – Brownswood, Clissold, Stamford Hill West, Stoke Newington and Woodberry Down – being consumed by the creation of Finsbury Park and Stoke Newington. “This is not about deselecting MPs”.
It would also gain the Labour stronghold of Broad Green from Croydon North, and lose the Conservative-dominated Shirley to neighbouring Bromley – shunting Mr Barwell’s constituency office outside the borders of the newly configured seat.
With the Opposition Labour party being the hardest hit by the proposals, he said he feared a Tory plan to use the changes to their own “political advantage”.
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson (Uxbridge and South Ruislip) also faces a substantial redrawing of the electoral map, but would appear well-placed to secure the Conservative nomination for the new seat of Hillingdon and Uxbridge.
The Shadow Chancellor told a meeting of the far-left Labour Representative Committee that the a year ago had been “more like Lord of the Flies quite honestly than you’d expect in a modern political system”. “Momentum’s aim to use this process to boot out moderate Labour MPs is not an argument against these vital reforms, which will ensure fairness across the United Kingdom”.
“The Boundary Commission is independent but they have had to do what the Tories have forced them to do”.
The number of MPs will be cut from 533 to 501 in England, from 59 to 53 in Scotland, from 40 to 29 in Wales and 18 to 17 in Northern Ireland.
In response, the Boundary Commission for England said it was impartial and set up to work independently of government and added that the data it works from to draw up its proposals was set by parliament.
Dawn Butler has been toppled as leader of the Women’s Parliamentary Labour Party and replaced by Jess Phillips.
“It’s part of a culture of bullying and intimidation that says to Labour MPs and Labour members that they have to shut up and get in line or get out”.
Mr Khan said the case load of a London MP is “humongous”.
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69-year-old British-Punjabi Labour party MP, Virendra Sharma, has represented the Ealing Southall area, with a large number of Punjabi origin electorate, for almost a decade.
