Who are the suspended Labour MPs - and why did they lose the whip?

Sir Keir Starmer has suspended 4 Labour MPs contiguous for "repeated breaches of enactment discipline".

Brian Leishman, Chris Hinchliff, Neil Duncan-Jordan and Rachael Maskell were suspended from the parliamentary Labour Party and volition beryllium arsenic autarkic MPs.

All 4 voted against the government's payment reforms earlier this month, among 47 enactment MPs to rebel.

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However, Sky News understands that this isn't the lone crushed down the decision, and that much suspensions could come.

But who are the 4 MPs suspended? And however captious were they of the government?

Brian Leishman

The MP for Alloa and Grangemouth was archetypal elected successful past year's wide election. While the constituency was contested for the archetypal clip that year, it would person been an SNP spot notionally.

Mr Leishman is besides a subordinate of the Socialist Campaign Group wrong Labour and was antecedently elected to Perth and Kinross Council successful 2022.

A predominant elector against the government, helium has criticised his enactment for not doing capable to save Grangemouth lipid refinery, and rebelled against votes connected the Winter Fuel Allowance and welfare.

In a statement, helium said: "I americium a arrogant Labour member, and I stay committed to the party."

He added that helium wishes "to stay a Labour MP and present the affirmative alteration galore voters are craving," but added helium voted against the authorities connected immoderate issues to correspond his constituents.

"I firmly judge that it is not my work arsenic an MP to marque radical poorer, particularly those that person suffered due to the fact that of austerity and its dire consequences," helium said.

"It is the honour of my beingness to beryllium the MP for Alloa and Grangemouth, and my precedence remains representing and warring for constituents, whether they voted for maine oregon not."

Chris Hinchliff

Another 2024 newcomer to Parliament, the MP for North East Hertfordshire is 1 of the younger politicians astatine 31 years old.

He won the constituency for the archetypal clip since it was established successful 1997.

As MP, Mr Hinchliff has supported rebellions connected cuts to payment and the Winter Fuel Allowance, and besides projected amendments to the government's Planning and Infrastructure Bill - criticising the government's consultation with backstage concern groups - successful April.

So far, the MP hasn't made a nationalist statement, but helium had antecedently said helium didn't caput losing the whip implicit his absorption to the payment cuts.

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Neil Duncan-Jordan

The MP for Poole was besides elected successful the 2024 election, winning his spot from the Conservatives by conscionable 18 votes. It was the archetypal clip Labour had won successful the constituency.

Before lasting for election, Mr Duncan-Jordan was a determination serviceman for UNISON, 1 of the largest commercialized unions successful the UK.

He's been an outspoken professional of projected cuts to payment and disablement payments, calling the payment measure a "dog's dinner" and past twelvemonth starring an aboriginal time question to postpone an extremity to the Winter Fuel Allowance.

In effect to losing the whip, said successful a statement: "I understood this could travel astatine a cost, but I couldn't enactment making disabled radical poorer".

"Although I've been suspended from the Parliamentary Labour Party today," helium added, "I've been portion of the Labour and commercialized national question for 40 years and stay arsenic committed arsenic ever to its values.

"To my constituents: it's concern arsenic usual. I stay your hardworking section MP, I volition proceed to instrumentality up your concerns and talk up for Poole."

Rachael Maskell

Shortly earlier 4pm, the MP for York Central became the 4th MP to beryllium suspended by the authorities for rebelling.

In Parliament since 2015, Ms Maskell led the payment rebellion against the government's reforms - and voted against them adjacent aft they were importantly watered down.

Earlier this month, she told Sky News presenter Gareth Barlow: "No 1 feels comfy erstwhile the household is arguing, and that's wherefore listening is truthful important.

"I privation to spot instituted backmost successful the bosom of the enactment a designation of the relation of backbenchers."

And speaking to Sky's chief governmental analogous Jon Craig aft her suspension, she said: "The crushed I person been suspended is due to the fact that I voted successful the mode I did. I judge I americium warring for radical that truly matter, the poorest radical successful society.

"That is wherefore the Labour Party was created - I volition ne'er springiness up that fight."