Castle councillor Liz Sahu joins Labour, leaving Leicester Greens with three seats
Liz Sahu, who has represented Castle ward since 2023, has joined Labour after opposing a Green Party conference motion on Zionism.
Castle ward councillor Liz Sahu has switched from the Green Party to Labour, leaving three Green councillors on Leicester City Council. She has represented the ward since 2023 and joins the group already running the authority.
BBC News reported the move on Wednesday 4 November. Sahu said a motion on Zionism approved at the Green Party conference had prompted her departure.
The motion described Zionism as supporting “an ethnonationalist Jewish state in historic Palestine to the exclusion and/or domination of the non-Jewish population”.
Sahu said she had joined the Greens to address inequality and environmental issues, but no longer recognised the party. She said: “It has drastically changed, and allowing a dangerous and divisive motion to become party policy was the final straw for me.” She described Labour as offering “a home for me and my values”.
Selection ahead of council elections
Patrick Kitterick, a Green councillor who also represents Castle, said Sahu had been unhappy since she was not selected to stand for the party in the ward at the May 2027 city council elections. He expressed disappointment at her decision but said he would keep working with her for Castle residents until the election.
BBC News understands Sahu will go through Labour’s candidate selection process. Leicester’s Labour mayor, Sir Peter Soulsby, welcomed her, describing her as “a hard-working ward councillor” and praising her support for Castle residents.
The Green Party had not responded to the BBC’s request for comment.
Source: BBC News
