The veteran MP is set to take the floor on July 4 in the seat she has held for 37 years, according to the approval of Labour’s National Executive Committee (NEC), which is responsible for granting final clearance to candidates for elections.
Before the deadline for all nominations on Friday afternoon, it released the list of Labour candidates who have been approved for the election on Tuesday lunchtime.
According to a Labour source who spoke with the News, three NEC panel members brought up Ms. Abbott’s treatment during candidate discussions.
Following a week of uncertainty regarding Ms. Abbott’s future in the Labour Party following her suspension from it.
Shortly after the letter was made public, she expressed regret.
Following several days of uncertainty, which included Ms. Abbott, Sir Keir Starmer declared last week that the NEC panel would determine whether or not she could stand.
Ms. Abbott had declared that she was aware of her ineligibility for standing. Eventually, though, the Labour leader announced that she would be permitted to run for the party’s candidacy.
The first female black MP in the UK, Ms. Abbott, had accused Sir Keir of leading a “cull of left-wingers” following Faiza Shaheen’s sudden disqualification from the Labour Party last week.
