{"id":43463,"date":"2024-06-27T10:28:45","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T09:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.redpepper.org.uk\/?p=43463"},"modified":"2024-08-09T13:07:02","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T12:07:02","slug":"whos-left-to-vote-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.redpepper.org.uk\/political-parties-and-ideologies\/democracy\/whos-left-to-vote-for\/","title":{"rendered":"Who\u2019s left to vote for?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The electoral representation of the left, in all its diversity, is in a state of flux. <em>Red Pepper<\/em> is independent of any one political party \u2013&nbsp;and remains rooted as it has always been in social movements that are firmly independent of electoral politics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We provide a platform and an educational resource for debating, experimenting and reviewing how far these electoral initiatives strengthen \u2013 or otherwise \u2013 the transformative potential of extra-parliamentary movements for radical change.  Below, we survey the contenders to watch out for at the 2024 General Election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>With a new government in power, the role of Red Pepper and other independent media outlets will be essential for democracy \u2013&nbsp;and for the future of the left in all its diversity. We need you to support our work \u2013&nbsp;by taking out a <a href=\"https:\/\/redpepper.org.uk\/subscribe\">subscription<\/a> or donating to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crowdfunder.co.uk\/p\/red-pepper-30th-anniversary-fundraiser\">fundraising campaign<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Independents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>These diverse and locally rooted initiatives do not add up to a strong or coherent electoral challenge to Starmer\u2019s Labour. However, in their diversity, social-movement roots and campaigning energy they share a determination to sustain extra-parliamentary campaigns over Palestine, austerity, trade union rights, the treatment of refugees, womens, queer and trans rights, and more generally to hold a Labour government to account. In each case, there is a shared commitment to create alternative sources of power both to resist and to prefigure alternatives.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jeremy Corbyn \u2013&nbsp;Islington North<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The former Labour leader and long-term <em>Red Pepper<\/em> supporter is the most significant independent candidate at the general election. While his 41-years of work for constituents puts him in a strong position \u2013 as does the large numbers of supporters joining his canvassing teams \u2013 his success is in the balance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Labour machine has inherited the CLP\u2019s election data, while Corbyn\u2019s campaign is starting from scratch. Labour is throwing everything it can into support for its candidate Praful Nargun, who runs a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/politics\/2024\/05\/24\/private-health-boss-labour-against-jeremy-corbyn\/\">private fertility treatment <\/a>company. Corbyn and the campaign team are going all out canvassing before polling day. Expect a massive door knocker effort on Thursday July 4, encouraging those who have said will, actually go out to vote for Corbyn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If you\u2019re eager to help knock on doors and help get out the vote in Islington North, head to this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.votecorbyn.com\/r?u=a7EnNo5nbaakMqQKhBEOwYrsxo5bxQj4o0yCaR7an2MaaSjHtVxryFjyvpa7zHE0&amp;e=59a850eebde335ba06027dc9f9261706&amp;utm_source=jc&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=gotv_reminder&amp;n=3\">sign-up form<\/a> or join the &#8216;Canvass for Corbyn&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/LHgFOxc7PWy6by0lqpj9b3\">WhatsApp group<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Want to join <em>Red Pepper<\/em>\u2019s founding editor Hilary Wainwright canvassing over the weekend? Email <a href=\"mailto:wainwright.hilary@gmail.com\">wainwright.hilary@gmail.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Leanne Mohamad \u2013&nbsp;Ilford North<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Campaigners are seeking a huge political shift in Wes Streeting\u2019s seat. Streeting, Labour\u2019s shadow health secretary, overturned a Tory majority in 2015 but has recently faced intense scrutiny from his constituents over Palestine and over his advocacy of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bigissue.com\/life\/health\/wes-streeting-nhs-funding-private-sector-backlash\/\">private health care<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mohamad, who is standing against Streeting, is among the supporters of the recently launched <a href=\"https:\/\/noceasefirenovote.org\/\">No Ceasefire, No Vote<\/a>, which aims to coordinate and organise on the basis of a shared belief in justice for Palestiine. Reports indicate that Mohamad\u2019s campaign is gathering momentum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Andrew Feinstein \u2013 Holborn and St Pancras<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redpepper.org.uk\/global-politics\/palestine-middle-east\/einsteins-nightmare-the-fascist-politicians-wielding-power-in-israel\/\">Andrew Feinstein<\/a>, former MP for the African National Congress and as strong a campaigner against Israel\u2019s \u2018brutal, rogue, apartheid state\u2019 as that of his home South Africa, is challenging Keir Starmer in his home constituency. Feinstein <a href=\"https:\/\/www.declassifieduk.org\/andrew-feinstein-why-i-am-standing-against-keir-starmer\/\">aims<\/a> to \u2018teach him a lesson in his own backyard\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Emma Dent Coad \u2013 Kensington and Bayswater<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Emma Dent Coad, ex-Labour MP and ex-Labour leader of Kensington and Chelsea borough council, and represented Kensington during the Grenfell Tower disaster. She became an MP in 2017 but lost her seat in 2019 and became council leader. Despite being the obvious Labour candidate for new constituency Kensington and Bayswater, she was blocked by Labour\u2019s draconian longlisting process. Following the lead of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redpepper.org.uk\/political-parties-and-ideologies\/democracy\/blocked-whos-next-an-interview-with-jamie-driscoll-labour-party-northeast-keir-starmer-explusion\/\">Jamie Driscoll<\/a>, she set up a fundraiser to facilitate an independent campaign and raised over \u00a329,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Faiza Shaheen<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Chingford and Woodford Green<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>After Labour HQ\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iAIqzYoj1Jc\">brutal blocking<\/a> of her candidature mid-campaign, Dr Faiza Shaheen\u2019s support as an independent is running from strength to strength. In mid-June, the campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/faizashaheen\/status\/1804076466541400302\/photo\/1\">announced<\/a> their door knocking returns with the same demographic weighting as in a polling sample. It showed her first in the race with 37 per cent of the vote \u2013&nbsp;five per cent higher than Conservative incumbent Iain Duncan Smith and 13 per cent above Labour. This data \u2013&nbsp;while not as accurate as polling \u2013&nbsp;is encouraging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/article\/2024\/jun\/05\/how-can-they-treat-people-like-this-faiza-shaheen-on-labour-and-why-shes-running-as-an-independent\">Openness<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/WWLKW228rwo\">empathy<\/a> towards Faiza\u2019s arguments and treatment in parts of the media indicate that her deselection could have a lasting impact regardless of the election outcome. A minority of the professional political class may finally be waking up to just how dangerously authoritarian Labour\u2018s party management can be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center rp-full-width rp-quote has-grey-color has-pale-1-background-color has-text-color has-background has-antonio-font-family\" style=\"padding-top:2%;padding-right:2%;padding-bottom:2%;padding-left:2%;font-size:clamp(1.743rem, 1.743rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 1.571), 3rem);\">Empathy towards Faiza Shaheen\u2019s treatment in indicate that her deselection could have a lasting impact<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The parties<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A significant number of leading figures on Labour&#8217;s radical left \u2013 most notably Diane Abbott, Zara Sultana, John MacDonnell, Richard Burgin, Ian Byrne and Clive Lewis \u2013 have managed to fend off Starmers\u2019 factional <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opendemocracy.net\/en\/labour-selection-process-keir-starmer-maurice-mcleod-lauren-townsend\/\">hit squad<\/a>. It has often been a struggle. But in the majority of constituencies, parties challenging Labour from the left (broadly interpreted) offer the best chance of exerting pressure on a Labour government \u2013 depending on the size of its majority.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Green Party<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Green Party will contest <a href=\"https:\/\/greenparty.org.uk\/2024\/06\/07\/greens-to-stand-in-574-seats-in-england-and-wales\/\">574 seats<\/a> \u2013 whether the local party wants to stand aside or not. It means a hard line against local electoral pacts. They will focus on Brighton Pavilion, Bristol Central, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/article\/2024\/jun\/21\/polling-for-greens-suggests-party-could-take-two-rural-seats-from-tories\">Waverley Valley<\/a> and North Herefordshire. Si\u00e2n Berry is running to replace Caroline Lucas as MP. Many, but not all, of its candidates offer an opportunity to vote for a pro-Palestine candidate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The SNP<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The importance of the SNP is not that it is significantly to the left of Labour but that it challenges the Union and Britain\u2019s empire state. While the party\u2019s recent leader, Humza Yousaf, broke from the British establishment on Gaza by coming out early for a ceasefire, its current leader John Sweeney carries the baggage of the Sturgeon leadership. Labour in Scotland, however, carries the burden of its association with Starmer \u2013 and has not yet regained a securely dominant position. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cy0lgnm3037o\">SNP leadership<\/a> can mount a fight that will inspire its supporters, it could be a significant pressure on Labour. Although Sweeney\u2019s leadership is not tending in that direction, Stephen Flynn \u2013 the SNP\u2019s leader in the Westminster Parliament \u2013 has been a refreshingly clear left voice in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenational.scot\/news\/24374628.stephen-flynn-gets-first-applause-bbc-general-election-debate\/\">televised leadership debates<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Plaid Cymru<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Labour\u2019s Mark Drakeford, as first minister of Wales, was an unusually respected and popular politician up to his resignation in December 2023. His politics, although discreet, were closer to Corbyn than Starmer and chimed with the radicalism of the Welsh electorate. Does Drakeford\u2019s retirement open the door to a resurgence of Plaid Cymru? They are still recovering from the report Prosiect Pawb (Everyone\u2019s Project), which documented a toxic culture within the party. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That turmoil hasn\u2019t stopped key Labour activists from switching sides, however, including a leading Labour councillor joining the Plaid Cymru group on <a href=\"https:\/\/bangoraberconwy.partyof.wales\/conwy_labour_councillor_moves_to_plaid_cymru\">Conwy council<\/a> because of Labour\u2019s position on Palestine. Welsh voters might well reassess their loyalty to Labour if Drakeford\u2019s replacement, Vaughan Gething (if he remains, following a political corruption charge ) follows his predecessor&#8217;s scripts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">This is an updated version of an article that first appeared in Issue #243&nbsp;<em>Palestine<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redpepper.org.uk\/subscribe\/\">Subscribe<\/a> today to support independent socialist media and get your copy hot off the press!<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A vacuum has developed on the left in UK electoral politics. Are any parties or independents ready to step in? 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