Jeremy
Corbyn has been handed a huge boost after every single one of his
nine preferred left-slate candidates have swept to victory in
Labour’s internal NEC elections.
The
so-called #JC9 were reduced to 8 after Peter Willsman had his crucial
support from the Jeremy Corbyn-supporting organisation, Momentum,
withdrawn after appearing to play down the Labour antisemitism row in
a leaked audio tape last month.
However,
despite having his support withdrawn midway through the contest,
Willsman managed to secure just enough votes to join the other eight
left-slate candidates on the NEC board.
The nine
Corbyn-supporting winning candidates are Yasmine Dar, Rachel Garnham,
Claudia Webbe, Darren Williams, Huda Elmi, Navendu Mishra, Ann
Henderson, Jon Lansman and Peter Willsman.
Whilst
Dar, Garnham, Webbe, Williams, Lansman and Willsman have retained
their seats on the NEC, Huda Elmi, Navendu Mishra and Ann Henderson
are newly elected and will replace Eddie Izzard, Ann Black and Rhea
Wolfson to ensure a full slate of Corbyn-supporters on the NEC board.
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