Workers Party of Britain

Workers Party of Britain   (Political party)
Founder	•  Ranjeet Brar •  George Galloway
Membership	•  John Hamilton •  Craig Murray •  Chris Williamson

The Workers Party of Britain (WPGB) is a political party formed by British politician, broadcaster and writer, George Galloway, following the defeat of Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party at the UK/2019 General Election.

#GE2024 campaign

The UK/General election/2024 is scheduled for 4 July 2024 with Electoral Calculus predicting a Labour majority of 290 seats.

Manifesto launch

Britain will be dragged into a full-scale war with Russia "within six months" if Labour leader Keir Starmer becomes Prime Minister, George Galloway claimed at the manifesto launch of the WPGB. Dismissing Starmer and Tory PM Rishi Sunak as "two cheeks of the same backside", Galloway said:

"We are potentially headed to Armageddon. And if we don't get out of this death spiral, then none of this will be worth arguing over at all."

"I want to make a prediction. If Keir Starmer becomes the Prime Minister, within six months, Britain will be at war."

"I don't mean a proxy war. I don't mean Special Forces dressed up as Arabs or Russians or Ukrainians.

"I mean, an actual war, with British forces deployed within six months of Keir Starmer becoming Prime Minister.

"And then it's game on, I'm afraid to say."

WPGB parliamentary candidates

Six WPGB candidates in Parliament Square on 30 April 2024

On 30 April 2024, George Galloway announced that the WPGB will ‘contest every seat’ in the 2024 General Election. These are the WPGB's declared candidates:

Barking – Hamid Shah

Battersea – Hazel James

Bexleyheath and Crayford – James Mutimer

Brent East – Raj Gill

Brent West – Nadia Klock

Brentford and Isleworth – Nisar Malik – former Labour councillor

Bromley and Biggin Hill – Eileen Mahony

Carshalton and Wallington – Dr Mian Faisal Akbar

Chingford and Woodford Green – Yousaff Khan

Croydon West – John Kouten

Dagenham and Rainham – Iqbal Sheikh

Dulwich and West Norwood – Zhafaran Malik Qayum

Ealing North – Sameh Habeeb – former Independent PPC, now joined Workers Party

Ealing Central and Acton – Nada Jarche

Ealing Southall – Mudhsuden Singh “Monty” Panesar – legendary Cricketer

Edmonton and Winchmore Hill – Seton During

Enfield North – Aishat Anifowoshe

Enfield Southgate – Adeel Ahmed

Erith and Thamesmead – Anthony Williams

Finchley and Golders Green – Mez Roth

Feltham and Heston – Cllr Amrit Mann – defecting Labour councillor

Hackney North and Stoke Newington – we will support Diane Abbott MP should she seek re-election as an Independent

Hackney South and Shoreditch – Leon Eshuru

Hampstead and Highgate – Ghias Ahmed

Hammersmith and Chiswick – Hassan Chahin Sabbir

Harrow East – Sarraj Farwani

Harrow West – Zulkiple Husin

Hayes and Harlington – Rizwana Karim

Hendon – Rasheed Sarpong

Hornsey and Friern Barnet – Dino Philippos

Ilford North – Shabaz Hussain

Ilford South – Golam Tipu

Islington North – we will support Jeremy Corbyn MP should he seek re-election as an Independent

Islington South and Finsbury – Nasreen Najeeb

Kensington and Bayswater – Garry Cattle

Kingston and Surbiton – Ali Abdulla

Mitcham and Morden – Mehmood Jamshed

Lewisham West and East Dulwich – Gwenton Sloley

Leyton and Wanstead – Adeel Ahmed Iqbal

Poplar and Limehouse – Kamran Khan

Romford – Asim Muhammad

Richmond Park – Kadira Tas

Queen’s Park and Maida Vale – Irakli Menabde

Southgate and Wood Green – Christopher Menon

Stratford and Bow – Halima Khan

Streatham and Croydon North – Mohammad Sherwani

Sutton and Cheam – Bert Schouwenburg

Tooting – Tarik Hussein

Tottenham – Jennifer Obaseki

Twickenham – Umair Malik

Uxbridge and South Ruislip – Steve Blewitt

Vauxhall and Camberwell Green – Darren Jones

Walthamstow – Imran Arshad

West Ham and Beckton – Hassan Morsy

Wimbledon – Aaron Mafi

Bethnal Green and Stepney – we will support Mohammad Akunjee who is standing as an Independent

Holborn and St Pancras – we will support Andrew Feinstein should he choose to run as an Independent

East Ham – we will support Tahir Mirza who is standing as a Newham Independent

Workers Party of Britain – North West Prospective Parliamentary Candidates (Wave 1) as of 30th April 2024

Ashton-under-Lyne – Aroma Hassan

Bury North – Shafat Ali

Stalybridge and Hyde – Audel Shirin

Stockport – Ayesha Khan

Manchester Central – Chris Turner

Blackburn – Craig Murray – former British ambassador

Rochdale – George Galloway MP – Party Leader

Bolton South and Walkden – Jack Khan – former Labour Councillor

Wythenshawe and Sale East – John Barstow

Hazel Grove – Johnny Sheen

Wigan – Nasri Barghouti – of the Barghouti family

Oldham East and Saddleworth – Shanaz Siddique

Cheadle – Tanya Manzoor

Liverpool Garston – we will support Sam Gorst who is standing as a Liverpool Community Independent

Liverpool Wavertree – we will support nurse Ann San who is standing as an Independent

Stretford and Urmston – Dr Kalima Choudhury

Crewe and Nantwich – Phillip Lane

Fylde – Robert William Perks

Hyndburn – Matthew Britcliffe

Westmorland and Lonsdale – Garry Cattle Boon

Whitehaven and Workington – Derek Ray

Sefton Central – Gareth O’Leary

Wallasey – Philip Anthony Bimpson

Knowsley – Graham Padden

Liverpool West Derby – Mohamed El-Gadhy

Workers Party of Britain – North East Prospective Parliamentary Candidates (Wave 1) as of 30th April 2024

Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West – we will support Yvonne Ridley who is standing as an Independent

Stockton West – Natalie Potter

Blaydon and Consett – Mark Logan

Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor – Minhajul Suhon

Hartlepool – Thomas Dudley

Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend – Muhammed Ghori

Tynemouth – William George Jarrett

Workers Party of Britain – Yorkshire Prospective Parliamentary Candidates (Wave 1) as of 30th April 2024

Bradford South – Harry Boota – former UKIP candidate

Colne Valley – Adam Steel

Spen Valley – Terrance Sankarsingh

Keighley and Ilkley – Vasim Shabir

Leeds West and Pudsey – Amjad Bashir

Dewsbury and Batley – Arshad Ali

York Central – John Lavender

Kingston upon Hull East – John Paul Stonehouse

Workers Party of Britain – West Midlands Prospective Parliamentary Candidates (Wave 1) as of 30th April 2024

Tipton and Wednesbury – Abdul Husen

Dudley – Aftab Hussein

Rugby – Paul Paphiti

Stoke-on-Trent North – Carla Elizabeth Parrish

Telford – Allan Bailey

Coventry South – Dr Mohammed Ali Syed

Aldridge-Brownhills – Hamza Muhammad Ahmed Ibrahim

Coventry East – Paul Bedson

Burton and Uttoxeter – Zahid Mahmood

Kingswinford and South Staffordshire – George V Price

Nuneaton – Khalil Ahmed

Redditch – Mohammed Amin

Stafford – Allan Vernon Gray

West Bromwich – Rohim Mohammed

Birmingham Yardley – Mohammed Shuhel Miah

Workers Party of Britain – East Midlands Prospective Parliamentary Candidates as of 30th April 2024

Derby South – Chris Williamson – former Labour MP

Leicester South – we will support Shockat Patel who is running as an Independent

Corby and East Northamptonshire – Callan Barrett Page

Derby North – Imran Hamid

Mid Derbyshire – Josiah Uche

Lincoln – Linda Richardson

Bolsover – Jack Evans

North West Leicestershire – Jevan Heatherley

Broxtowe – Syed Maqsood

Kettering – Thomas Dudfield

Northampton North – Khalid Razzaq

Leicester East – we will support Claudia Webbe MP if she runs again as an Independent

South Northamptonshire – Mick Stott

Workers Party of Britain – South West Prospective Parliamentary Candidates (Wave 1) as of 30th April 2024

North East Somerset and Hanham – Kathleen Haskard

Glastonbury and Somerton – Angela Henderson

Torbay – Paul Moor

Weston-super-Mare – Paul David Spencer

Plymouth Sutton and Devonport – Dr Guy Haywood

Yeovil – Nidal Shah

Bournemouth East – Dr Wayne Adlem

Chippenham – Jubin Jomon

Bristol South – Joji Mathew

Forest of Dean – Nicola Aylin Duke

Workers Party of Britain – South East Prospective Parliamentary Candidates (Wave 1) as of 30th April 2024

Hove and Portslade – we will support Tanushka Marah who is standing as an Independent

Aylesbury – Jan Gajdos

Brighton Pavilion – Don Goghrod

Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven – Elaine Ghoneim

Havant – Jennifer Alemanno

Gillingham and Rainham – Laid Ghellab

Rochester and Strood – John Innes

Slough – Khalid Kazim

Crawley – Linda Bamieh

Romsey and Southampton North – Sahrae Cunio

Bracknell – Samuel Munyeza

Spelthorne – Umair Malik

Epsom and Ewell – Ahsan Ulah

Workers Party of Britain – East Prospective Parliamentary Candidates (Wave 1) as of 30th April 2024

Mid Norfolk – Simon Blackwell

North West Norfolk – Karl Wilkin

South West Hertfordshire – Muhammed Pervez Khan

Harpenden and Berkhamsted – Sina Gharib

Chelmsford – Mark Kenlen

Workers Party of Britain – Wales Prospective Parliamentary Candidates (Wave 1) as of 30th April 2024

Bangor Aberconwy – John Malcolm Humberstone

Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare – Anthony Cole

Llanelli – David Mark Evans

Torfaen – Mohd Najmul Alam Shabuj

Dwyfor Meirionnydd – Tomas Owen

Cardiff West – Akil Kata

Alyn and Deeside – Taghrid Al-Mawed

Workers Party of Britain – Scotland Prospective Parliamentary Candidates (Wave 1) as of 30th April 2024

Gordon and Buchan – Craig Proctor

Glasgow South – Nick Stewart

Glasgow East – Maximilian Owen

Livingston – Danielle Mclean

Mid Dunbartonshire – Kevin Riley

Paisley and Renfrewshire North – Majd Eddin Bashar Helmi

Aberdeen North – Neil Healy

Glenrothes and Mid Fife – William Alexander Rankine

North East Fife – Andrew Strachan

2024 local elections

On 3 May 2024, George Galloway posted on X:

We already have three times the number of councillors (and counting) and 100% more elected MPs as Reform UK.

Do you think we can be mentioned in the polls now @YouGov @Savanta_UK @RedfieldWilton ? @WorkersPartyGB

Rochdale by-election

George Galloway, leader of the WPGB, won a resounding victory at the 2024 Rochdale by-election after polling 12,335 votes, nearly 6,000 more than any other candidate.

Batley and Spen by-election

On 2 June 2021, the WPGB tweeted:

If you're a member, supporter or well wisher of #WorkersPartyGB; if you want to see the back of Sir Keith, get yourselves along to the former Brooklands bar on 268 Bradford Road, in Batley, Thursday 3rd June at 7:30pm, for the launch of our #BatleyAndSpenByelection campaign.

 

Known members

2 of the 3 of the members already have pages here:

Member	Description
John Hamilton	WPGB candidate for Mayor of Lewisham
Craig Murray	A UK ambassador to Uzbekistan who stood up and did the right thing when confronted with evidence of torture. Smeared and dismissed by the UK deep state, he continues his activism exposing Establishment lies and hypocrisy.

 

Party Members

Politician	Born	Description
Chris Bradburn		Self-proclaimed "Champion for Durham North"
Ranjeet Brar	July 1974	Activist speaking against and writing about Zionism
George Galloway	16 August 1954	Pro-Palestinian anti-Zionist Scottish politician
Bob Gill
Aroma Hassan	February 1980	WPGB challenger to Labour's Angela Rayner
Craig Murray	17 October 1958	A UK ambassador to Uzbekistan who stood up and did the right thing when confronted with evidence of torture. Smeared and dismissed by the UK deep state, he continues his activism exposing Establishment lies and hypocrisy.
Christopher Turner

 

Related Documents

Title	Type	Publication date	Author(s)	Description
Document:A New Left Wing Party in the UK?	blog post	18 September 2024	Craig Murray	Initially any new party needs to be led by Jeremy to establish itself. George should be Deputy Leader. Neither man would wish to serve for an extended period. I would like to see Andrew Feinstein eventually lead, not least because he most definitely would not want to do it.
Document:Batley and Spen by-election: Palestine becomes potential dealbreaker	Article	18 June 2021	Alex MacDonald	According to Coral, Galloway is currently on 50/1 odds to win, compared to 2/1 for Leadbeater and 2/5 for Conservative candidate Ryan Stephenson. William Hill has the Conservatives on 1/3, Labour at 5/2 and the WPGB at 33/1.
Document:I Stand in Blackburn	blog post	16 April 2024	Craig Murray	I am going to need help – leafleting, canvassing, manning offices and the many myriad tasks of an election campaign. I am buoyed by the solid start we have in support across all communities in Blackburn. We are going to give Starmer a roasting, we are going to take on the zionist monopoly of power, and it is going to be great fun!
Document:Labour has ignored its voters – it is now paying the price	Article	24 June 2021	Paddy Hannam	George Galloway speaks to Spiked Online about the problems faced by the Labour Party, and his campaign in the 2021 Batley and Spen by-election

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