Margaret Hodge has been an outspoken critic about the handling of anti-Semitism in the party. She came under fire in August 2018 for calling Corbyn a “f***ing antisemite and a racist.”
The party in her east London district of Barking chose Hodge to run for the seat she has held since 1994. Several pro-Corbyn branches of the Barking Constituency Labour Party had triggered an attempt to remove her, the Jewish Chronicle reported.
Corbyn, a far-left and anti-Israel politician, has faced allegations that he is fomenting antisemitism in Labour, though he denies the assertion.
Labour lawmaker Ruth Smeeth, the parliamentary chair of the Jewish Labour Movement, raised a point of order in the House of Commons on Monday to announce that Hodge had been selected despite “an appalling attack by members of our party.”