A Newcastle councillor was suspended by Labour and has now quit the party, it can be revealed.
Kyle Webster, a representative in the West End ward of Lemington, was the subject of an internal party investigation before resigning his membership. Though he has denied that he was suspended, Labour confirmed that he had been suspended pending investigation prior to his resignation in February.
The party indicated that, had Coun Webster not ended his membership, he would still be suspended today – though the reasons for his sanction have not been confirmed. Coun Webster, a firefighter, told the Local Democracy Reporting Service that he “left the party due to personal and health reasons”.
