Labour peer Lord Cashman suspended for Rosie Duffield post

This means Lord Cashman will sit as a crossbench peer in the House of Lords, without a party affiliation.

Ms Duffield, who has been a defender of women’s rights and female-only spaces, has previously faced death threats and multiple instances of abuse over her stance on sex and gender.

She said she would be holding “secure local events” so constituents could put their questions to her.

Ms Duffield has spoken out about feeling unsupported by Labour in the past over her views on trans issues and did not attend the 2021 Labour Party conference after online threats to her safety.

Last month, she complained that Sir Keir offered her “no apology” when the two finally spoke after she told a whip she had not been talked to in two-and-a-half years.