Sentence examples for mandatory reselection of from inspiring English sources

No leadership or deputy leadership contender supports mandatory reselection of MPs.

McCluskey said he had initially not wanted to support mandatory reselection of Labour MPs, but said the rebellion against Corbyn had made him unwilling to argue against it.

In an article for the Guardian, McCluskey writes: "Unite has hitherto opposed any plans to change the party rules governing mandatory reselection of Labour MPs.

Watson will say in his speech in Dudley: "Mandatory reselection of MPs... is an inherently intolerant mechanism, which isn't helpful to the process of drawing the party together.

The mandatory reselection of MPs was introduced by supporters of the late Tony Benn in the 1980s – before being abolished by Neil Kinnock – as a way of weeding out MPs opposed to the hard left.

De-selecting MPs Some people have speculated that Mr Corbyn would agree to bring in mandatory reselection of MPs – a move that could result in some Blairite MPs being de-selected by their local parties.

On Thursday, Unite's conference in Brighton voted in favour of mandatory reselection for all Labour MPs.

A spokeswoman for the Corbyn campaign said: "Jeremy is all about bridge building and he will work to unite the Labour party under his leadership so, of course, Jeremy won't introduce mandatory reselection for sitting MPs and he has absolutely no intention of deposing sitting MPs".

"We are not in favour of mandatory reselection.

Note also that Momentum's founder is Jon Lansman, a veteran Labour activist who cut his teeth campaigning for the old hard-left shibboleths of mandatory reselection and MPs controlled by the Labour membership, and remains a devout believer in both.

Mr Lansman is in of favour re-introducing mandatory reselection while Ms De Piero and Mr Cashman are certain to oppose it.