Four out of five facing pressure in constituencies ahead of expected election are womenFour of the first five Labour MPs to face deselection threats are female, leading to concerns that women may be at increased risk of being targeted unfairly by their local parties. A fourth woman, Louise Ellman, who is Jewish and the MP for Liverpool Riverside, has been called on by her local party to resign. “I’ve an angry cohort of men in the constituency and there’s ongoing complaints in the Labour party about it. It goes back to my selection as MP in the first place – that I wasn’t the chosen man,” she said. About 50 Labour MPs have gone through the selection process so far ahead of an expected general election.

Source: The Guardian October 07, 2019 19:59 UTC