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| Labour MPs attack ruling that Dan Jarvis must quit to run for mayor | Labour MPs attack ruling that Dan Jarvis must quit to run for mayor |
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| Yorkshire Labour MPs have called demands for the Barnsley MP Dan Jarvis to resign his Commons seat in order to stand as Sheffield mayor “unfair” and “undemocratic”. | Yorkshire Labour MPs have called demands for the Barnsley MP Dan Jarvis to resign his Commons seat in order to stand as Sheffield mayor “unfair” and “undemocratic”. |
| Labour’s ruling national executive committee decided earlier this month that Jarvis should stand down if he won the nomination to contest the new post of mayor of Sheffield city region. | Labour’s ruling national executive committee decided earlier this month that Jarvis should stand down if he won the nomination to contest the new post of mayor of Sheffield city region. |
| In a letter to the chair of the parliamentary Labour party, John Cryer, the Yorkshire and Humber group of Labour MPs, chaired by Kevin Barron and Melanie Onn, urges the NEC to reconsider the decision, which was made just three days before Jarvis won the nomination. | In a letter to the chair of the parliamentary Labour party, John Cryer, the Yorkshire and Humber group of Labour MPs, chaired by Kevin Barron and Melanie Onn, urges the NEC to reconsider the decision, which was made just three days before Jarvis won the nomination. |
| “We want to argue strongly that Dan Jarvis should be our candidate for mayor of the Sheffield city region in the forthcoming May election whilst still retaining his position as MP for Barnsley Central,” the MPs say. | “We want to argue strongly that Dan Jarvis should be our candidate for mayor of the Sheffield city region in the forthcoming May election whilst still retaining his position as MP for Barnsley Central,” the MPs say. |
| “For the NEC to change the rules at this stage and only days away from the ballot is unfair, undemocratic and an insult to all members who have so recently taken part in the selection process.” | “For the NEC to change the rules at this stage and only days away from the ballot is unfair, undemocratic and an insult to all members who have so recently taken part in the selection process.” |
| Jarvis had planned to take no salary if elected as the mayor and stay on as an MP, arguing that the mayoralty as set out had very few powers, and was a transitional post, only due to last until 2020. | Jarvis had planned to take no salary if elected as the mayor and stay on as an MP, arguing that the mayoralty as set out had very few powers, and was a transitional post, only due to last until 2020. |
| Unlike similar posts in Manchester and the West Midlands, the Sheffield city region job has no devolution or funding deal, because there have been regional disputes over how such a system should work. Jarvis had hoped to use his role in Westminster to fight for a fully-fledged devolution deal. | Unlike similar posts in Manchester and the West Midlands, the Sheffield city region job has no devolution or funding deal, because there have been regional disputes over how such a system should work. Jarvis had hoped to use his role in Westminster to fight for a fully-fledged devolution deal. |
| The Barnsley Central MP won 58% of the members’ mayoral ballot against the other candidate, Ben Curran, a councillor and cabinet member on Sheffield city council. | The Barnsley Central MP won 58% of the members’ mayoral ballot against the other candidate, Ben Curran, a councillor and cabinet member on Sheffield city council. |
| However, Jarvis has resisted handing in his resignation at Westminster. | However, Jarvis has resisted handing in his resignation at Westminster. |
| Labour must endorse a candidate for the race by next Friday. How to resolve the dispute is likely to be one of the first challenges for the new party general secretary, Jennie Formby. | Labour must endorse a candidate for the race by next Friday. How to resolve the dispute is likely to be one of the first challenges for the new party general secretary, Jennie Formby. |
| Jarvis, a former paratrooper, was once widely regarded as a potential future leadership contender. His relatively safe seat, which he held with a 15,000 majority this year, could be an appealing prospect for one of Jeremy Corbyn’s lieutenants. | Jarvis, a former paratrooper, was once widely regarded as a potential future leadership contender. His relatively safe seat, which he held with a 15,000 majority this year, could be an appealing prospect for one of Jeremy Corbyn’s lieutenants. |
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