A motion of no confidence in Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was passed by the party's MPs on Tuesday 28 June.

The Member of Parliament for Bethnal Green and Bow has given her congratulations to Labour's Sadiq Khan who has been elected as London's new Mayor.

Sadiq Khan, MP for Tooting, has been selected as the Labour Candidate running for Mayor of London in the election in May 2016.

Yvette Cooper, Andy Burnham, Jeremy Corbyn and Liz Kendall are running to become the new leader of the Labour Party. Rushanara is supporting Yvette. 

Rushanara Ali voted for Labour’s amendment to the Government’s Welfare Bill. 

Labour has launched its contest to find the new party leader following Ed Miliband's resignation. 

Bethnal Green and Bow's Labour MP has given her support to the former shadow justice minister Sadiq Khan’s bid to become the party’s candidate for Mayor of London.

In the 2015 General Election, Rushanara Ali was re-elected as Labour MP for Bethnal Green and Bow. 

Rushanara Ali welcomed the launch of Labour’s 2015 General Election manifesto, describing the Labour vision as “credible and aspirational” for both the country and the residents of Bethnal Green and Bow.

Rushanara Ali officially launched her campaign for re-election in Bethnal Green and Bow at a local event attended by a host of fellow Labour colleagues, members and supporters, with former Labour leader Lord Kinnock giving the keynote address.