Jeremy Bernard Corbyn is a British politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Islington North since 1983. An independent,Corbyn was a member of the Labour Party from 1965 until his expulsion in 2024,and is a member of the Socialist Campaign Group parliamentary caucus. He served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party from 2015 to 2020. Corbyn identifies ideologically as a socialist on the political left.
David Lindon Lammy is a British politician who has served as Foreign Secretary since July 2024. A member of the Labour Party,he has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Tottenham since 2000. Lammy previously held various junior ministerial positions under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown between 2002 and 2010.
Christopher Michael Leslie is a British business executive and former politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Shipley from 1997 to 2005 and Nottingham East from 2010 to 2019. A former member of the Labour Party,he defected to form Change UK and later became an independent politician.
John Healey is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Defence since July 2024. A member of the Labour Party,he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rawmarsh and Conisbrough,previously Wentworth and Wentworth and Dearne,since 1997.
Leicester South is a constituency,recreated in 1974,represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 2024 by Shockat Adam.
Leicester East is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since July 2024 by Shivani Raja of the Conservative Party.
Ismail Patel is a British optician,and founder of Friends of Al-Aqsa,an NGO based in Leicester.
Jonathan Michael Graham Ashworth is a British former Labour and Co-op politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leicester South from 2011 to 2024. He had served as Shadow Paymaster General from September 2023. Having lost his seat at the 2024 general election,he was appointed chief executive of the Labour Together thinktank.
Peter John Kyle is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Science,Innovation and Technology since July 2024. A member of the Labour Party,he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hove and Portslade,formerly Hove,since 2015. Kyle previously served as Shadow Minister for Victims and Youth Justice,Shadow Minister for Schools,and Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary.
Imran Hussain is a British independent,previously Labour politician,and barrister who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bradford East since 2015.
Ofunne Kate Osamor is a British Labour and Co-operative politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Edmonton and Winchmore Hill,previously Edmonton,since 2015. She was Shadow Secretary of State for International Development from 2016 to 2018. She is a member of the Socialist Campaign Group parliamentary caucus.
The region of East Midlands is divided into 47 parliamentary constituencies which is made up of 12 borough constituencies and 35 county constituencies. Since the 2024 United Kingdom general election,29 are represented by Labour MPs,15 by Conservative MPs,2 by Reform UK MPs and 1 by an independent MP.
Change UK,founded as The Independent Group (TIG) and later The Independent Group for Change,was a British centrist,pro–European Union political party,which lasted for ten months in 2019. Established in February and formally recognized as a party in May,it was dissolved in December after all its MPs lost their seats at that year's general election. Its principal aim was a second withdrawal referendum on European Union membership,in which it would campaign to remain in the EU. On economic issues it expressed a commitment to the social market economy.
Leanne Mohamad is a British-Palestinian activist who stood as an independent candidate in the 2024 United Kingdom general election against Wes Streeting,the Labour Party incumbent and shadow health secretary,in the constituency of Ilford North. She stood for election in protest against Labour's stance on the Israel–Palestine war and the Gaza humanitarian crisis.
Adnan Hussain is a British independent politician and solicitor who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Blackburn since 2024.
Iqbal Hussain Mohamed is a British independent politician,engineer and IT consultant who has served as the Member of Parliament for Dewsbury and Batley since 2024. Mohamed defeated Heather Iqbal of the Labour Party whilst campaigning on a pro-Palestine platform. He became the first independent MP to be elected to a seat in Yorkshire since 1907.
Ayoub Khan is a British independent politician and barrister who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Perry Barr since 2024. Khan has served as a councillor for Aston on Birmingham City Council since 2022,and formerly from 2003–2004 and 2005–2012,also formerly serving as a cabinet member on the council.
The Independent Alliance is a parliamentary faction in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom comprising five members of Parliament (MPs) who were elected as independents. The group is not a political party,but a technical group within Parliament.
Issues regarding Islamophobia and anti-Muslim racism within the Labour Party have been the subject of controversy.
