Losing
about 73% of Labour MP confidence, senior MP Angela Eagle had filed to exclude
Mr Corbyn from the leadership ballot.
However,
the 33-member Labour National Executive Commission (NEC) voted by 18 votes to
14 that Mr Corbyn be included in the ballot. The results came after six hours
of closed-door discussions.
Former
Parliamentary Candidate and Labour Donor Michael Foster has filed a legal application
with the High Court to overturn the decision made by the Labour NEC.
According
to Deputy Labour leader Tom Watson, Mr Foster's actions is
"unhelpful".
"This
legal challenge is very unhelpful and destabilising to the Labour Party. The
NEC made a decision," he said.
"They
ruled that Jeremy Corbyn is automatically on the ballot paper. We must respect
that decision and give our members a choice of candidates as soon as
possible"
Mr Foster
said that if the case is heard, a ruling can be made within days.
"It's
about the rule of law," he said.
"There
were three bits of legal advice from different QCs, all of which were
contrarian and none of
the people in the room were unbiased in the view of that
advice.
"The
advice that was taken was certainly not given the expert consideration that it
would receive from a High Court judge and everyone in the room had a different
political agenda."
