Petition launched by Mainstream against the banning of Andy Burnham from standing in the Gorton and Denton by-election: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/guarantee-a-fair-and-open-selection-for-the-gorton-and-denton-by-election

Also, the Campaign for Labour Party Democracy has circulated a template motion.

This CLP notes that an Officer Group of our Party’s National Executive Committee (NEC), not the full NEC, met and rejected Andy Burnham’s request to enter the process of selection of Labour’s candidate for the Gorton and Denton by-election.

We believe local members and affiliates are best placed to determine the Labour candidate for their area in upcoming elections.

We therefore call for the full NEC to have an emergency meeting to ensure that the CLP can consider whether they wish to select Andy Burnham as their candidate.

And Momentum too

Constituency Labour Party condemns the reckless decision to block Andy Burnham from standing for election as a Labour MP.

This CLP notes that decisions about candidate suitability should rest with Labour Party members in Gorton and Denton, not a small clique.

This CLP believes that preventing members from exercising a democratic choice demonstrates an increasingly authoritarian approach by the Party leadership, placing factional interest above the success of Labour and our ability to defeat Reform.

This CLP further believes that Labour members must be trusted to select the candidate best placed to beat Reform and win for Labour.

This CLP therefore calls on the NEC to convene an emergency meeting to reverse this decision and allow Andy Burnham to be considered by members within a fair, open and democratic process by local members.

And see also Gemma Bolton online