Diane Abbott being barred from standing has also angered the Labour left
The party has now imposed emergency measures that mean small three-person panels from its ruling national executive committee – rather than the usual process of a local members’ vote – have the power to impose candidates.
The snap poll announcement has seen a number of Labour MPs with healthy majorities announcing they would not contest their seat at the election. They include long-standing party figures such as John Cryer, Lyn Brown, Julie Elliott, Kevan Brennan, Kevan Jones and Barbara Keeley. It has sparked a last-minute rush to replace them.
Sources say Georgia Gould, leader of Camden Council and councillor for Starmer’s own Kentish Town, may be in the frame for Queen’s Park and Maida Vale, while Terry Paul, staunch Blairite and Newham councillor, is expected to put himself forward. Gerard Coyne, a trade unionist who twice stood against “Red” Len McCluskey – one of Mr Corbyn’s staunchest defenders – to be Unite’s general secretary in the Corbyn era, is said to be aiming for Tipton.
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