Diane Abbott let back into Labour Party a year after controversial suspension

Luke Alsford | News Reporter Published July 30, 2026 8:41pm Updated July 30, 2026 8:41pm Dianne Abbott has been sitting as an independent MP since her suspension last year (Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images) Diane Abbott has been readmitted into the Labour party over a year after she was suspended. Parliament’s longest-serving female MP was kicked out of the party after an antisemitism row. Labour MP Joani Reid has also been readmitted into the party. She has been sitting as an independent MP since March after she said she was ‘voluntarily susepending herself’ after her husband was arrested on suspicion of spying for China. A Labour spokesperson said in a statement that both women would also be readmitted into the parliamentary party, meaning they can sit as Labour MPs once again. Get in tou