Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana dropped as Your Party leaders
Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana cannot lead the new left-wing party they founded after members voted for a ‘collective’ led by a non-MP to make key decisions about its future.
The second option for a single traditional leader, with Mr Corbyn and Ms Sultana vying to lead your Party, was also rejected by members.
Instead, they voted by a slim margin of 51.6 to 48.4 percent for the party to adopt a “collective rank-and-file” leadership model that is not led by an MP for its first two years.
On Saturday, challenger Zarah Sultana refused to be “pushed” from your Party after boycotting the first day of the conference, accusing people within the organization of creating a “toxic culture” and citing a “witch hunt”.
Sultana, who had an extraordinary row at the party’s inaugural meeting, said he would not enter the main conference center in Liverpool on Saturday after one of his supporters, Kingston councilor James Giles, claimed he had been refused entry. Other members were expelled on Friday for allegedly being members of the Socialist Workers Party.
Ms Sultana welcomed the Your Party conference’s decision to choose a collective leadership model rather than a single leader, saying: “This party will be led by its members, not its MPs. This is just the beginning.”
Ms. Sultana and Mr. Cobrin were listed as officers when “Your Party” was incorporated as a corporation. company at the beginning of this year.
But almost since the new group was announced, it has been torn apart by infighting and divisions.
A second member of parliament resigned before the conference even started. Iqbal Muhammad said he resigned due to “unfounded allegations and smears against me”. She had recently clashed with Ms. Sultana over her gender-critical beliefs.
His departure comes just a week after Adnan Hussain said he was withdrawing from the new party’s “steering process”, citing concerns about factionalism and “implicit bias” against Muslims.
Insiders said in September: Independent He said “diplomatic efforts” were continuing to bridge differences between Mr Corbyn and Ms Sultana.
It comes after she complained she was being “exposed to a sexist boys’ club” amid a dispute over the new membership system.
Pollsters have warned that the new group poses a threat to Labor and could take significant votes away from Keir Starmer’s party.
A Discover Now poll conducted in the summer revealed that your party would come in third behind Labor with 15 per cent of the vote, with Reform on 34 per cent and the Conservatives on 17 per cent.
Luke Tryl from More in Common said: Independent In August the prospect of a new party led by Corbyn was said to be very good in the polls, “taking 10 per cent of the vote, taking votes from Labor and the Greens”.
Members were also asked to vote on several options for the name of the new party: Your Party, Our Party, Popular Alliance and For the Majority, with an announcement expected on Sunday afternoon.
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