Shadow cabinet minister Jonathan Ashworth was defeated overnight as Labour lost or struggled to hold multiple seats due to protest votes over the party’s stance on the conflict in Gaza.
Labour lost four seats to pro-Palestinian independent candidates during the course of the night, all in areas with significant Muslim populations.
Ashworth, who had been Labour’s shadow paymaster-general and was tipped for a more senior post, lost his Leicester South seat to an independent running on a pro-Palestine ticket by just 979 votes. The seat has a 35 per cent Muslim population.
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