Labour Party chiefs have backed down to comply with members’ wish for an all-women shortlist in a key safe seat.

Constituency party officers in Edmonton, north London, had requested the exclusion of men from the process — a rare move within party structures.

For the first time ever, party members will choose a candidate from a shortlist entirely made up of ethnic minority women.

Labour’s national executive committee faced criticism for including men alongside women on the longlist in spite of this request.

But on Monday, the party announced that left-wing executive member and GP practice manager Kate Osamor and Enfield councillors Ayfer Orhan and Kate Anolue would go forward to the next stage.

Ms Osamor’s mother Martha was excluded from Labour’s shortlist ahead of the 1989 Vauxhall by-election in favour of Kate Hoey, who still represents the safe seat today.