Overview

• Oliver Ryan will regain the Labour whip when the House of Commons resumes after the summer recess in September.
• He was suspended in February following revelations of his role in the “Trigger Me Timbers” WhatsApp group where members exchanged racist, sexist, homophobic and anti-Semitic messages.
• Ryan issued a public apology for failing to challenge the group’s content and for making comments he now deeply regrets.
• Andrew Gwynne remains suspended and is subject to ongoing internal and parliamentary investigations over his participation in the same group.
• Several local councillors and a senior party official have been expelled, suspended or have resigned under Labour’s disciplinary measures since the February leak.