Keir Starmer has confirmed that Jeremy Corbyn will not stand for Labor at the next election Jeremy Corbyn

Jeremy Corbyn will not stand as a Labor MP at the next general election, Keir Starmer will confirm at a meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) on Tuesday, after he vowed to prove the party has changed under his leadership.

The Work leader is proposing a motion that makes it clear the party’s governing body will not back Corbyn as Labour’s candidate in next year’s Westminster election.

Starmer first confirmed the move last month when he marked an “important moment” for Labor after the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) led the party out of special measures for his past failures in the fight against anti-Semitism.

However, the petition that Starmer is proposing to the NEC does not directly mention anti-Semitism.

Instead, it says Labour’s electoral prospects in the seats it needs to win at the next election will be “significantly reduced” if Corbyn is Labour’s candidate.

It continues that the NEC’s “primary objective” is to maximize the party’s prospects of winning the next election and to avoid any “detrimental impact” on its standing with the electorate.

“The interests of the Labor Party and its political interests at the next general election are not well served by Mr Corbyn as the Labor candidate,” he concludes.

Corbyn responded by saying Starmer had breached his commitment to respect the rights of Labor members and denigrated the party’s democratic foundations.

Defying demands to say whether he would stand as an independent candidate, Corbyn said in a statement: “As the government pushes millions into poverty and demonizes refugees, Keir Starmer focused his opposition on those demanding a more progressive and humane alternative.

“Our message is clear: we will not go anywhere. Nor is it our determination to advocate for a better world.”

In a clear sign of growing confidence, Starmer also invited Labor MPs, members and activists who have long supported Corbyn to leave the party if they disagreed with his stance on stamping out anti-Semitism.

At the time, Corbyn accused his successor of a “flagrant attack on the democratic rights” of Islington North party members, saying they were “not party leaders” deciding who their candidate should be at the next election.

A senior Labor source said: “Keir Starmer has made it clear that Jeremy Corbyn will not be Labour’s candidate at the next general election. The Labor Party is now unrecognizable from the one that lost in 2019. Tuesday’s vote will confirm this and ensure we can focus on our five missions to build a better Britain.”

Corbin was suspended from work in October 2020 for claiming that complaints of anti-Semitism were “grossly inflated” for political reasons. His membership was later reinstated, but Starmer refused to renew the party whip, which means he sits as an independent MP.

He led the party for nearly five years, leaving after it suffered its worst election defeat in 80 years in 2019. He has not yet announced whether he will run in the next election as an independent candidate.

The NEC has the authority to support or not support a candidate selected for the election. This is expected to be supported.

A spokesman for grassroots group Momentum said: “We strongly condemn this sell-out and duplicitous act by Keir Starmer, which further divides the Labor Party and offends millions of people inspired by Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership.

“We call on all NEC representatives tomorrow to reject this anti-democratic maneuver – North Islington Labor members should nominate their own candidate, not the MP next door drunk on their own power.”