A senior Labour MP has condemned how Labour has become "intolerant" of internal critics under Jeremy Corbyn of its internal critics, after he lost a no confidence motion.

Chris Leslie, who has campaigned for a second referendum on Brexit and criticised Mr Corbyn's economic plans, said he was "the latest in a line of Labour MPs to be told we are not welcome".

He compared his treatment to that of fellow MP Joan Ryan, chair of Labour Friends of Israel, who also lost a no confidence motion because she "resolutely stood up to antisemitism," Mr Leslie wrote in the Guardian on Saturday.

"Whenever I speak publicly – and it doesn’t really matter what I say – there follows a tirade of abuse on social media calling for deselection, denouncing the politics of the centre, telling me I should not be in the Labour Party," he said.

"Jeremy Corbyn claimed last week that the Labour party should foster a culture of tolerance. But those acting in his name do the precise opposite.

The reality is we are no longer that broad church and with every “no-confidence” motion or change of selection rules the party becomes narrower."

Mr Leslie, who stood down as shadow chancellor when Mr Corbyn became party leader in 2015, lost the motion in his Nottingham East constituency on Friday night.

Ms Ryan tweeted it was a "disgrace" Mr Leslie had been "next victim of the purge".