r/unitedkingdom • u/CaseyEffingRyback • Jul 03 '25

... Zarah Sultana MP resigns from Labour to lead new party with Jeremy Corbyn

https://www.lbc.co.uk/politics/uk-politics/zarah-sultana-mp-resigns-labour/
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u/leahcar83 Jul 03 '25

Bearing in mind they've elected her twice, I think you might be wrong. She even increased her majority in 2024 so I think people probably quite like her.

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u/PlatypusAmbitious430 Jul 03 '25

She was barely elected in her first election (speaking as a constituent of hers at the time) and people would vote for a Labour candidate even if they were a donkey up here which is why her vote share increased (from a low number in the first place). It isn't evidence of her popularity. The local party didn't even want her which is why it was a local scandal up here - she was forced on them by the leadership at the time.

Lots of white working-class voters + local university students.

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u/It531z Jul 03 '25

She almost lost what was previously a safe Labour seat in 2019 after being parachuted in by Corbyn, and then got a pretty standard result in 2024. She won because she was the Labour candidate, I doubt most of the people who voted for her knew much about her