Labour set to lose in West Midlands after collapse in Muslim vote’

Evaluation for Sky Information by Prof Will Jennings, an elections skilled, confirmed Labour has misplaced votes throughout the nation in areas with excessive Muslim populations.

In neighbourhoods with a Muslim inhabitants smaller than two per cent, its common vote share has gone up by a mean of 1.5 per cent in contrast with final yr.

In council wards the place greater than 5 per cent of the inhabitants identifies as Muslim, the get together has suffered reverses, seeing its help decline by 2.2 per cent.

Momentum, the Left-wing group that supported Jeremy Corbyn, stated it confirmed Muslim voters have been punishing Labour for its strategy to the battle in Gaza.

A Momentum spokesman stated: “These losses ought to set alarm bells ringing in Labour HQ. Any get together which takes its core vote as a right dangers catastrophe ultimately.

“Starmer ought to reply by getting off the fence and calling for a suspension of arms gross sales to Israel, as different events have carried out, and unreservedly condemning Israel’s ongoing battle crimes in Gaza and the West Financial institution.”

It comes after Mr Parker’s marketing campaign was rocked by the eve-of-election revelation that police have been claims he wrongly put down the place he was residing to get on the poll paper.

West Midlands Police stated it was “assessing” allegations that the Labour candidate could have breached electoral regulation after receiving a criticism from an area Conservative MP.

Official nomination papers present that Mr Parker declared a rented flat in central Birmingham as his tackle for the election. However he has publicly admitted that his household house is located in a village 1 / 4 of a mile exterior the West Midlands Mixed Authority space.

A spokesman for Mr Parker dismissed the claims as “shameful political game-playing”.