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Article: MP's supporters quit Labour Party; Five resign in protest over 'broken rules'.(News)
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- Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
- Article date:
- September 27, 2007
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Byline: BY CAROLINE INNES Daily Post Staff
FIVE members of the Croxteth Labour Group have resigned claiming party rules were broken to oust veteran Liverpool MP Bob Wareing.
The five, three of whom are former Labour councillors, said they could no longer fulfil their roles following the selection of former minister Stephen Twigg for the West Derby constituency.
The ward officers, including the chair, vice chair and group secretary, made the mass resignation at a Group meeting on Tuesday night, immediately before Croxteth councillor Rose Bailey was adopted to seek re-election.
Last night, former vice chair of the Croxteth Labour Group ...