An emergency Labour Party meeting has been called to discuss the future of Liverpool Riverside MP Dame Louise Ellman.
Tonight, members of Riverside's Executive Committee will gather to discuss the submission of a number of no confidence motions submitted against the MP by ward branches in her constituency.
The ECHO has seen a note from Liverpool Riverside Constituency Labour Party Secretary Robin Altwarg, which states:
"As a majority of EC (executive committee) members have requested it I am calling an emergency Executive Committee meeting to be held to discuss the recent submission of votes of no confidence in the MP."
The ECHO understands that three separate Riverside wards - St Michaels, Princes Park and Greenbank - have all submitted no confidence motions.
But under current Labour party rules, such motions cannot be used to force MPs out of their positions.
The party has a system of trigger-ballots, which MPs must get through to continue to be the party's candidate for their constituency.
The Jewish Chronicle has today reported on a note sent out by Ruth Knox, the secretary of the St Michaels Ward Branch, explaining that the motion from that branch had now been removed from the agenda for a forthcoming meeting, because it could 'prejudice the outcome of a trigger ballot'.
The message states: "With regards to the agenda for the upcoming branch meeting on Tuesday 8 October 2019, we have received the following advice from the North West Region:
"As you know, we have started the trigger ballots for MPs in the North West. Discussing a motion calling on the Member of Parliament to resign could prejudice the outcome of a trigger ballot in Liverpool Riverside CLP.
"Therefore the Branch are not permitted to discuss this motion."
The emergency meeting of the Riverside CLP Executive Committee will take place from 7pm this evening.
The ECHO has approached Louise Ellman MP for comment.
