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Five more London Labour councillors defect to Greens amid slumping support for Starmer in capital

On December 15, Green Party leader Zack Polanski announced five Brent councillors defected from Labour to the Green Party.
Several defectors pointed to Labour Party abandoning core values and the selection process in September, when eight councillors were told they were not selected for May 7 elections.
The defectors include Harbi Farah, Brent councillor and former cabinet member, Iman Ahmadi-Moghaddam, Wembley Park councillor and former lead whip, Mary Mitchell, Tony Ethapemi, and Erica Gbajumo, marking the largest Labour-to-Green defection in London.
The move gives the Greens the third most councillors on Brent Council, one behind the official Conservative opposition, and could strengthen their position against Labour in London next year.
Across London, data indicate the Green Party membership has surged to more than 180,000 since September, joining seven previous defections in London, signalling a local Labour-to-Green trend.

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London Labour councillors defect en masse to Green Party

Five sitting councillors in the North London borough of Brent have defected en masse from Labour to the Greens with a blast at Starmer’s party that it is “no longer serving the principles it once championed”. Greens leader Zack Polanski announced the defections on 15 December, describing it as part of a “Green surge”. The defectors include a council cabinet member and Labour’s chief ‘Whip’: Welsh Harp councillors Mary Mitchell and Harbi Farah – …

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