Ealing Cllr Virendra Sharma was selected last night as the Labour candidate for the Ealing Southall by-election.

Deputy Leader and Leader contenders addressing the issue of Party democracy should support the proposal that the NEC By-election panel should be scrapped and, if needed at all, should be replaced by a body which has majority voting representatives from the CLP for whom the selection is made. 'Late Selection' NEC By-election panels should only be used after a General Election has been called and only then 'in extremis'.

From this week's Tribune. The latest on the NEC Inquiry into Worsley and Eccles South, with new information about the problems in that selection. Plus the NEC's decisions on which Labour held seats where the MP is retiring, will be open or all women shortlists.