LABOUR activists and unions today called on Welsh Labour to reconsider its decision to run a parliamentary candidate selection process through an online-only ballot, calling it undemocratic.

The decision by the party’s Welsh executive committee (WEC) for the election of the parliamentary candidate for the new constituency of Merthyr Tydfil and Upper Cynon has met with criticism.

Cynon Valley MP Beth Winter said it was not a matter of “left versus right,” but about an undemocratic process that disenfranchises members.