Most Labour voters have probably never heard of Asghar Khan, a postman from Leeds. But if Khan and his supporters win an obscure election this month, he will become part of a powerful inner circle in the Labour party.
Khan is fighting to sit on Labour’s National Executive Committee, on behalf of BAME Labour, a society made up of black and ethnic minority Labour supporters. If he wins after the election closes on 11 August 2017, it will be at the expense of Keith Vaz, the MP for Leicester, who has represented the society since it succeeded the Black Socialist Society in 2007.
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