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10 months agoLeft-leaning Labour MP hits out after losing reselection bid to shadow minister
A left-leaning Labour MP has claimed a reselection contest has sowed divisions in the constituency party after he lost to a shadow minister.Mick Whitley expressed confusion and disappointment at the National Executive Committee (NEC) decision to hold a vote on the candidacy of his Birkenhead seat.Shadow employment minister Alison McGovern, whose current constituency of Wirral South will be abolished due to a boundary review ahead of the next general election, won the race.