That didn’t take long: the new Corbynite majority on Labour’s ruling national executive committee has voted to replace Ann Black as chair of the party’s disputes panel, which handles the bulk of complaints about discipline issues. The new postholder is Christine Shawcroft, one of Momentum’s directors.
Although both are members of the left slate, Black is widely seen as one of the NEC’s swing votes and is popular across the party. She’s generally seen as an honest broker – including by some of those who today voted to remove her as chair. Shawcroft was herself suspended from the NEC for her support of former Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman and is seen as a more reliable vote for the left.
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