A FORMER Labour shadow minister who was sacked from the party's front bench earlier this year has been de-selected in his constituency.
Following weeks of campaigning in the safe Labour seat of Ilford South, Sam Tarry failed to see off a challenge from the leader of Redbridge council, Jas Athwal.
It marks the first deselection of a Labour MP for more than a decade. Tarry was beaten by 499 votes to 361.