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Your support makes all the difference.A list categorising some Labour MPs as hostile to their leader – purportedly drawn up by a senior aide to Jeremy Corbyn – has been leaked.
The Times newspaper says the document was drawn up by Mr Corbyn’s political secretary Katy Clark.
Among those considered “hostile” are Mayor of London candidate Sadiq Khan, former interim shadow chancellor Chris Leslie, John Woodcock, Ian Austin, Michael Dugher, Tristram Hunt and Yvette Cooper.
In total, 19 MPs are in the “core group” – those closest and most loyal to the leader, while 56 are in the “core plus” group – the leader’s outer circle.
A total of 72 MPs are labeled “neutral but not hostile”, 49 are in slightly hostile in “core group negative” while 36 are outwardly “hostile”, the most negative rating.
17 MPs are believed to be missing from the list.
A spokesperson for Mr Corbyn's office said they had no knowledge of the list.
“It doesn’t come from this office and we have no knowledge of it,” he said.
An anonymous Labour MP told The Times: “I think every single Labour MP will be surprised to find themselves profiled in this way.
“At a time when every focus should be on crafting a message to win support in the country so that we can displace an unpopular government with a wafer-thin majority, it is absolutely extraordinary to find that an ‘enemies’ list is being drawn up.
“The last politician to draw up a list of enemies was Richard Nixon; it didn’t end well for him or his party.”
Mr Corbyn’s difficulties finding allies in the Parliamentary Labour Party is in contract to his support amongst the membership.
He was elected by members, supporters, and affiliates in a first-round landslide in September – but recent polling by YouGov shows support for him has grown.
The full list:
Core group (least hostile)
Andy McDonald
Catherine Smith
Dennis Skinner
Diane Abbott
Grahame Morris
Ian Lavery
Ian Mearns
Imran Hussain
Jeremy Corbyn
John McDonnell
Jon Trickett
Kate Osamor
Kelvin Hopkins
Rebecca Long-Bailer
Ronnie Campbell
Richard Burgon
Core group plus
Andy Slaughter
Angela Rayner
Alex Cunningham
Albert Owen
Catherine West
Margaret Greenwood
Carolyn Harris
Chinyelu Onwurah
Christina Rees
Dave Anderson
Dawn Butler
David Winnick
Debbie Abrahams
Emily Thornberry
Emma Lewell-Buck
Vicky Foxcroft
Harry Harpham
Helen Goodman
Holly Lynch
Ian Lucas
Jo Stevens
Kate Hollern
Karen Buck
Karl Turner
Keir Starmer
Kevin Brennan
Khalid Mahmood
Liz McInnes
Lilian Greenwood
Lindsay Hoyle
Louise Haigh
Lisa Nandy
Marie Rimmer
Mary Glindon
Nick Thomas-Symonds
Owen Smith
Pat Glass
Paula Sheriff
Rob Marris
Rosie Cooper
Rupa Huq
Roberta Blackman-Woods
Sarah Champion
Sharon Hodgson
Steve Rotheram
Stephen Hepburn
Sue Hayman
Susan Elan Jones
Teresa Pearce
Tom Watson
Valerie Vaz
Vernon Coaker
Virenda Sharma
Wayne David
Yasmin Qureshi
Neutral but not hostile
Alan Whitehead
Adrian Bailer
Andrew Gwynne
Andy Burnham
Andrew Smith
Angela Eagle
Ann Clwyd
Barbara Keeley
Barry Gardiner
Bill Esterson
Catherin McKinnell
Chris Bryant
Chris Matheson
Clive Betts
Clive Efford
Colleen Fletcher
David Crausby
David Hanson
Derek Twigg
Gavin Shuker
Geraint Davies
Gerald Jones
Gerald Kaufman
Gisela Stuart
Gordon Marsden
Graham Stringer
Heidi Alexander
Helen Hayes
Helen Jones
Huw Irrance-Davies
Iain Wright
Jack Dromey
Jeff Smith
Jessica Morden
Jim Cunningham
Jim Dowd
Jim Fitzpatrick
John Healey
David Lammy
Jon Cruddas
Judith Cummins
Julie Cooper
Kate Green
Karin Smyth
Kate Hoey
Kevin Barron
Madeleine Moon
Mark Hendrick
Matthew Pennycook
Mike Gapes
Mike Kane
Naseem Shah
Nia Giffith
Nic Dakin
Nick Brown
Nick Smith
Paul Blomfield
Paul Farrelly
Paul Flynn
Peter Dowd
Peter Kyle
Ruth Cadbury
Rushanara Ali
Roger Godsiff
Seema Malhotra
Steve McCabe
Stephen Timms
Tulip Siddiq
Thangham Debbonaire
Wes Streeting
Yvonne Fovargue
Core group hostile
Alan Johnon
Alan Meale
Angela Smith
Anna Turley
Ed Miliband
Ben Bradshaw
Bridget Phillipson
Diana Johnson
Daniel Zeichner
Dan Jarvis
Derek Twigg
Frank Field
Gareth Thomas
George Howarth
Geoffrey Robinson
Gloria de Piero
Graham Allen
Hilary Benn
Ian Murray
Jo Cox
Jenny Chapman
Joan Ryan
John Mann
John Spellar
Jon Ashworth
Julie Elliott
Kate Green
Keith Vaz
Kerry McCarthy
Kevan Jones
Liam Byrne
Louise Ellman
Lucy Powell
Lyn Brown
Margaret Beckett
Maria Eagle
Meg Hillier
Natascha Engel
Neil Coyle
Richard Burden
Ruth Smeeth
Rob Flello
Shabana Mahmood
Stephen Doughty
Stephen Kinnock
Jess Phillips
Jonathan Reynolds
Steve Reed
Stephen Pound
Hostile group
Alan Campbell
Alison McGovern
Ann Coffey
Barry Sheerman
Caroline Flint
Chris Evans
Chris Leslie
Chuka Umunna
Elizabeth Kendall
Emma Reynolds
Fiona Mactaggart
Graham Jones
Harriet Harman
Ian Austin
Ivan Lewis
Jamie Reed
John Woodcock
Luciana Berger
Margaret Hodge
Mark Tami
Mary Creagh
Melanie Onn
Michael Dugher
Pat McFadden
Phil Wilson
Rachel Reeves
Simon Danczuk
Rosie Winterton
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