Brent Central selection committee to interview ALL nominated candidates

The Selection Committee for Brent Central's Labour nomination have certainly given themselves a hard job on Saturday November 16th.  They have decided to interview EVERY candidate who has been nominated by a ward or affiliate of the Labour Party on that day and then to draw up a short list for a ballot of members.

The female candidates are:

Sabina Khan (Dudden Hill, Kensal Green, Mapesbury, Welsh Harp, Willesden Green, Cooperative Party, GMB Hendon)
Dawn Butler (Dollis Hill, Harlesden, Stonebridge, Tokyngton, CWU Harrow)

The male candidates:

Zaffar van Kalwala (Duddden Hill, Harlesden, Stonebridge, Tokyngton, GMB Region, GMB Hendon)
Parmijit Dhanda (Kensal Green, CWU Capital, CWU North/NW London, USDAW Harlesden)
Kingsley Abrams (GMB London Central, Unite Clerkenwell and St Pancras)
Mike Katz (Mapesbury, Jewish Labour Movement)
Liaquat Ali (Dollis Hill)
Imran Ahmed (Willesden Green)
Tony McNulty (Cooperative Party)
Sundar Thava (Welsh Harp)
Patrick Vernon (Unison)

Somewhat prematurely, and not accurately, Operation Black Vote LINK  have hailed Brent as having the first all-Black short-list:

For Labour Party bosses, this unexpected all-Black short list must be a manner from heaven because in at least 10 selection battles, many in BME areas, no BME candidate has come through. Complaints about the Labour party taking the BME vote for granted have been steadily growing.

Whichever of these talented candidates wins the selection, Labour still has to do a lot more to ensure that it reflects the support that it undoubtedly gets at any one election.

Good luck to all the candidates.

The full list is: Dawn Butler, Kingsley Abrams, Zaffa Karwala, Sabina Khan, Patrick Vernon,Pramjit Dhanda, and Imran Ahmed.

Mapesbury go for Katz and Khan for Brent Central Labour nomination

Th provisional ballot results for Mapesbury ward's nomination for Brent Central Labour Parliamentary Candidate  are Sabina Khan for the female candidate and Mike Katz the male candidate.

This leaves Dawn Butler one ahead of Sabina Khan across the wards and Zaffar van Kalwala as the only male candidate backed by more than one ward.

Dudden Hill and Welsh Harp decide tomorrow.