Labour MP Chris Leslie loses confidence vote by his CLP

The former shadow chancellor, who has been a vocal critic of Jeremy Corbyn, is the fourth Labour MP to have a motion passed against him.

By Stephen Bush

(Photo By Shadow chancellor Chris Leslie at the Progress annual conference in London on May 16, 2015. Photograph: Getty Images.)

Chris Leslie, the Labour MP for Nottingham East, has lost a vote of confidence by his Constituency Labour Party after local party activists voted through a motion by a heavy margin.

The motion, brought by members of the Mapperly branch of Nottingham East, attacks the former shadow chancellor for his “disloyalty and deceit”, which it dubbed “a severe impediment to Labour Party electability”, which is “incompatible” with his continuing as the Labour candidate for Nottingham East.