UK's first Black female lawmaker 'free' to stand for Labour at election after row over her future

FILE - Then-Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott addresses anti-Brexit supporters in London, on Oct. 19, 2019. The U.K.'s first Black female member of parliament will be allowed to stand for the Labour Party in the upcoming general election, leader Keir Starmer said Friday May 31, 2024 following a fractious few days over her political future. Starmer told reporters that Diane Abbott , who has been a Labour lawmaker since 1987, is free to stand as a Labour candidate in the election on July 4.

Though she apologized instantly for those remarks, the party's machinery only reinstated Abbott earlier this week, but had not made a decision whether she would be the candidate for her constituency in northeast London. The row picked up steam after Abbott said she had heard she would be barred from running for the party in the general election.

That fueled accusations that he was purging the more left-wing elements of his party, especially those with a close connection with former leader Jeremy Corbyn, who has been expelled from Labour and is standing as an independent candidate in his constituency in north London. Abbott and Corbyn are long-standing allies.

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