Ex-MP turned police and crime commissioner Jane Kennedy has quit Labour over the treatment of Jewish MP Luciana Berger, who left the party last month calling it "institutionally antisemitic".
Ms Kennedy, who is commissioner for Merseyside and was Ms Berger's predecessor representing the Liverpool Wavertree constituency, said she was "deeply disturbed" by the antisemitic abuse Ms Berger faced as she left the party.
"I have been deeply disturbed by the abuse suffered by Luciana Berger and other Labour elected members across Merseyside," she said.
"I was elected to promote action against hate crime, amongst other things, and am no longer able to defend what the Labour Party allows to happen in its name."
