Diane Julie Abbott is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Hackney North and Stoke Newington since 1987. She served in the Shadow Cabinet of Jeremy Corbyn as Shadow Home Secretary from 2016 to 2020 and is an advisor to the Privy Council. She was the first black woman elected to parliament and is the longest-serving black MP.
Catharine Letitia Hoey,Baroness Hoey,better known as Kate Hoey,is a Northern Irish politician and life peer who served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Home Affairs from 1998 to 1999 and Minister for Sport from 1999 to 2001. During the 1970s Hoey was involved in radical far-left groups but by the end of the decade became involved with the Labour Party. Hoey remained a member of the Labour Party for several decades while she was Member of Parliament (MP) for Vauxhall from 1989 to 2019,but resigned from the party in 2020.
Colne Valley is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Paul Davies of the Labour Party.
Angela Christine Smith is a British former politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Penistone and Stocksbridge from 2010 to 2019 and MP for Sheffield Hillsborough from 2005 to 2010. A member of the Labour Party,she was previously an MP for Labour,later for Change UK,later still as a member of The Independents,then joined the Liberal Democrats before leaving Parliament in 2019. She rejoined Labour in 2022.
Kathryn Sloan Clark,Baroness Clark of Kilwinning,is a British politician and life peer who has served as a member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the West Scotland region since 2021. A member of the Labour Party,she was Member of Parliament (MP) for North Ayrshire and Arran from 2005 to 2015.
The Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) is a socialist electoral alliance in Britain. It was originally launched for the 2010 general election.
Luciana Clare Berger is a former British politician who served as Member of Parliament for Liverpool Wavertree from 2010 to 2019. A member of the Labour and Co-operative parties,she was a founding member of The Independent Group,later Change UK,before joining the Liberal Democrats. Berger rejoined Labour in 2023.
Jason Alexander McCartney is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the member of Parliament (MP) for Colne Valley in West Yorkshire from 2019 to 2024,and from 2010 to 2017. He is a former TV sports reporter.
Rebecca Roseanne Long-Bailey is a British independent,formerly Labour Party politician and solicitor who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Salford,previously Salford and Eccles,since 2015. 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.
The following list contains a run down of politicians,individuals,Constituency Labour Parties,trade unions,socialist societies,newspapers,magazines and other organisations that endorsed a candidate in the 2016 leadership election
Various newspapers,organisations and individuals endorsed parties or individual candidates for the 2017 general election.
Laura Pidcock is a British former Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Durham from 2017 until 2019,when she lost her seat. She served as Shadow Secretary of State for Employment Rights in Jeremy Corbyn's Shadow Cabinet. In the 2019 parliamentary election,she lost her seat to the Conservative Richard Holden,who won the constituency with a majority of 1,144.
A by-election was held in the UK Parliament constituency of Lewisham East on 14 June 2018,following the resignation of Labour MP Heidi Alexander. It was the second by-election held during the 57th UK Parliament,which was elected in June 2017.
Katharine Helen Osborne is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Jarrow and Gateshead East,formerly Jarrow since 2019.
The 2020 Labour Party leadership election was triggered after Jeremy Corbyn announced his intention to resign as the leader of the Labour Party following the party's defeat at the 2019 general election. It was won by Keir Starmer,who received 56.2 per cent of the vote on the first round and went on to become Prime Minister after winning the 2024 general election. It was held alongside the deputy leadership election,in which Angela Rayner was elected to succeed Tom Watson as deputy leader after Watson retired from Parliament in November 2019,in advance of the election.
The red wall is a term used in British politics to describe the UK Parliament constituencies in the Midlands and Northern England that have historically supported the Labour Party. At the 2019 general election,many of these parliamentary seats were won by the Conservative Party,with the media describing the red wall as having "turned blue".
The Northern Independence Party (NIP) is a minor secessionist and democratic socialist party that seeks to make the region of Northern England an independent nation,under the name of Northumbria,after the medieval kingdom of the same name. The party,which was founded in October 2020 by the lecturer and former Labour activist Philip Proudfoot,currently has no elected representatives. It is led by David Heaven.
A by-election for the House of Commons constituency of Hartlepool in the former county of Cleveland,England,was held on 6 May 2021. The by-election was triggered following the resignation of Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Mike Hill,who resigned over allegations of sexual harassment. It was held on 6 May 2021 alongside elections to the Borough Council,Tees Valley Mayor,and Cleveland Police and Crime Commissioner.
The Breakthrough Party was a minor political party in the United Kingdom. The party described itself as a "new home for those determined to disrupt the failed status quo and build an alternative:a society that uses its considerable wealth to provide dignity,security and justice for all". The party's constitution declared it to be a democratic socialist party. It was registered with the Electoral Commission in January 2021. In December 2023,the party announced that it will be dissolving and merging into Transform.
