Labour Friends of Israel chair Joan Ryan and Luton South's Gavin Shuker lose no confidence votes
Labour Friends of Israel chair Joan Ryan
LABOUR Friends of Israel chair Joan Ryan is among two MPs whose constituency Labour parties (CLPs) passed no confidence motions against on Thursday night.
The Enfield North MP lost the vote 94-92 while Luton South MP Gavin Shuker also lost a confidence motion. Both MPs have a record of attacking Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn.
Ms Ryan has been engulfed in controversy since an undercover reporter exposed a conversation she had with Israeli diplomat Shai Masot at the 2016 Labour Party conference, in which they discussed a fund of over £1 million provided by the Israeli embassy to take Labour MPs to Israel.
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