Clive Stanley Efford is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Eltham and Chislehurst,previously Eltham,since 1997.
Jon Hedley Trickett is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Normanton and Hemsworth since 1996. He was Shadow Lord President of the Council from 2016 to 2020 and served as Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office from 2011 to 2013 and 2017 to 2020. He was the Labour Party National Campaign Coordinator under Jeremy Corbyn from 2015 to 2017.
Andrew Francis Slaughter is a British Labour Party politician who is currently serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Hammersmith and Chiswick,and before that,Hammersmith and Ealing,Acton and Shepherd's Bush,since 2005. Prior to his election to Parliament,he had served as Leader of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham Council.
Batley and Spen was a constituency in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. The most recent MP was Kim Leadbeater,a Labour politician,elected in a 2021 by-election by a 323-vote margin. The seat had returned Labour MPs since the 1997 general election.
Barbara Mary Keeley is a British Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Worsley and Eccles South,previously Worsley,from 2005 to 2024.
Tracy Lynn Brabin is a British politician who has served as the Mayor of West Yorkshire since the office was established on 10 May 2021. She previously was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Batley and Spen from 2016 to 2021 under the Labour and Co-operative banner.
Matthew Toby Perkins is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chesterfield since 2010. He served as Shadow Minister for Rural Affairs from 2023 until 2024. He previously served as Shadow Minister for Apprentices and Lifelong Learning from April 2020 to September 2023 and was Shadow Minister for Small Business under Ed Miliband and Shadow Minister for the Armed Forces under Jeremy Corbyn.
Lilian Rachel Greenwood is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Nottingham South since 2010,and the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Future of Roads since July 2024.
William Roffen Esterson is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Sefton Central since 2010. He has been Shadow Minister for Roads from 2023 to 2024,and was Shadow Minister for Small Business from 2015 to 2020.
Lucy Maria Powell is a British politician who has served as Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council since 2024. A member of the Labour and Co-operative Parties,she has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Manchester Central since 2012.
Labour Friends of Palestine and the Middle East (LFPME) is a parliamentary group within the British Labour Party that promotes support for Palestine and campaigns for "peace and justice in the Middle East through the implementation of international law and respect for human rights". LFPME was formed in 2009 as a private company. It was re-established as a private limited company in 2023.
Catherine Jane Smith is a British Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Lancaster and Fleetwood from 2015 until 2024 when the constituency was abolished,and was elected in the 2024 general election to the new constituency of Lancaster and Wyre. She was a member of the shadow cabinets led by Jeremy Corbyn and Keir Starmer from 2016 to 2021 as Shadow Secretary of State,previously Shadow Minister,for Young People and Democracy.
Rebecca Roseanne Long-Bailey is a British politician and solicitor who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Salford since 2024 and for Salford and Eccles from 2015 to 2024,representing the Labour Party until her suspension in July 2024 as a result of voting to scrap the two child benefit cap. She served in the Shadow Cabinet under Jeremy Corbyn,first as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2016 to 2017 and then as Shadow Business Secretary from 2017 to 2020. Under Keir Starmer,she served as Shadow Education Secretary for only two months in 2020.
Paula Michelle Sherriff is a British Labour politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dewsbury from 2015 to 2019.
Eleanor Claire Reeves is a British politician and barrister who has served as Chair of the Labour Party and Minister without Portfolio since July 2024. A member of the Labour Party,she has been the Member of Parliament for Lewisham West and East Dulwich,formerly Lewisham West and Penge,since 2017. She previously served as Shadow Solicitor General from April 2020 to December 2021 and Shadow Minister for Prisons and Probation from 2021 to 2023.
Samuel Peter Tarry is a British former politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ilford South from 2019 until 2024. He was a member of the Socialist Campaign Group parliamentary caucus. On 10 October 2022 he was deselected by the Ilford South Constituency Labour Party as its candidate for the 2024 election.
The Workers Party of Britain (WPB),also called the Workers Party of Great Britain (WPGB) or Workers Party GB,is a socialist and socially conservative political party in the United Kingdom,strongly identified with its leader,former Labour and Respect MP George Galloway.
A by-election was held in the UK parliamentary constituency of Batley and Spen on 1 July 2021,following the resignation of the previous Member of Parliament (MP) Tracy Brabin,who was elected Mayor of West Yorkshire on 10 May. Under the devolution agreement,the position holds the powers and responsibilities of a police and crime commissioner,meaning the occupant of the office cannot simultaneously sit as an MP. The by-election was the fourth of the 58th Parliament,elected in 2019.
The Starmer Project:A Journey to the Right is a 2022 book by British journalist Oliver Eagleton,published by Verso Books. It is a political biography of British Labour Party leader Keir Starmer,and follows his time in the Crown Prosecution Service and Shadow Cabinet of Jeremy Corbyn,his predecessor,covering his political alliances,his victory in the 2020 Labour Party leadership election,and subsequent leadership of the Labour Party.
Luke Akehurst is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Durham since 2024. He is also a Labour Party official,and a former councillor. Since 2020,Akehurst has been a member of the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party (NEC),having previously been on the NEC from 2010 until 2012.
