A meeting of the Labour NEC on Thursday ruled that union affiliates who had joined in the last six months would be barred from voting, bringing them into line with the previously declared rules on people who have joined as full members.
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Corbynistas – says it is his fans that elected him that count and not the bulk of his elected members of parliament who want to topple him.
Corbyn said he was “delighted” at the result of the secret vote, which backed him by 18 votes to 14, and emerged triumphant from the talks to cheers from supporters.
Bernadette Gallagher, secretary of Bolton Unison said she was very pleased that this week’s meeting of Labour’s National Executive Committee voted for the current leader to be on the election ballot.
“All other leadership candidates will require nominations from 20% of the PLP and EPLP”.
He added that the shadow chancellor also ought not to imply they are motivated by anything other than an honest assessment of Mr Corbyn’s leadership.
“Jeremy Corbyn is the democratically elected Leader of our party who secured a resounding mandate less than 10 months ago under an electoral procedure fully supported by Labour MPs”, said new Vice Chair (Membership) of the local Lol Duffy.
The Labour leadership race will formally get underway Thursday, with media reports suggesting candidates will be put to a ballot of members in August before a new leader is announced on September 24.
Challenger Eagle said a beleaguered Corbyn had been “hiding in his room”, telling the BBC he should “do the right thing” and step down.
“This is the end of the Labour Party, nothing more or less than that … the unions have destroyed the Labour Party”, he said.
Mr Corbyn was elected as leader overwhelmingly in a vote of Labour members and registered supporters a year ago.
And shadow secretary of state for defence Clive Lewis said the rules showed “quite clearly he should have been on the ballot” and said he would be supporting Mr Corbyn.
Outgoing Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday drew a contrast between his Conservative Party’s orderly transition and Labour’s warring: “We got on with it”.
The Welsh politician has gathered enough support from Labour MPs to join Angela Eagle in challenging Jeremy Corbyn.
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Following her decision to challenge Mr Corbyn, Angela Eagle’s constituency office has been vandalised and attacked, with a brick being thrown through a window.
