Editing Diane Abbott (section)

===Removal from the frontbench and 2015 London mayoral election===
{{main|2015 London Labour Party mayoral selection}}
On 8 October 2013, Abbott was sacked as Shadow Public Health Minister in a reshuffle by Labour leader [[Ed Miliband]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24443444 |title=Diane Abbott axed as shadow health minister by Ed Miliband |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129034125/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24443444 |archive-date=29 November 2018 |url-status=live |work=BBC News |date=8 October 2013}}</ref> and replaced by [[Luciana Berger]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Grice |first=Andrew |date=8 October 2013 |title=Diane Abbott attacks Labour's stance on immigration |work=[[The Independent|Independent]] |location=London |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/diane-abbott-attacks-labours-stance-on-immigration-8867407.html |url-status=live |access-date=9 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008205930/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/diane-abbott-attacks-labours-stance-on-immigration-8867407.html |archive-date=8 October 2013}}</ref> On 23 June 2014, Abbott had stated she would consider standing in the [[2016 London mayoral election]];<ref name="standard-20140623">{{cite news |last=Cecil |first=Nicholas |date=23 June 2014 |title='Diane Abbott is Labour supporters' top choice to run for London Mayor,' new poll reveals |work=[[Evening Standard]] |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/diane-abbott-is-labour-supporters-top-choice-to-run-for-london-mayor-poll-reveals-9556192.html |url-status=live |access-date=23 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625091638/http://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/diane-abbott-is-labour-supporters-top-choice-to-run-for-london-mayor-poll-reveals-9556192.html |archive-date=25 June 2014}}</ref> on 30 November 2014, Abbott announced her intention to put herself forward to become Labour's candidate in the election,<ref>{{cite news |date=30 November 2014 |title=Diane Abbott planning to run for Mayor of London |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-30268496 |url-status=live |access-date=20 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107164448/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-30268496 |archive-date=7 November 2018}}</ref> but was unsuccessful in the [[2015 London Labour Party mayoral selection|2015 nomination process]].

She was one of 16 signatories of an open letter to [[Ed Miliband]] in January 2015 calling on the party to commit to oppose further austerity, take rail franchises back into public ownership and strengthen collective bargaining arrangements.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Eaton |first=George |date=26 January 2015 |title=The Labour left demand a change of direction – why their intervention matters |work=New Statesman |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/01/labour-left-demand-change-direction-why-their-intervention-matters |url-status=live |access-date=5 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412090810/http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/01/labour-left-demand-change-direction-why-their-intervention-matters |archive-date=12 April 2015}}</ref>