A BRADFORD MP has called for Labour's factions to meet for "brave conversations" if they are to unite the party.

Bradford West MP Naz Shah spoke out after the party membership re-elected Jeremy Corbyn as its leader.

The leadership battle was triggered after Labour MPs passed a vote of no confidence in Mr Corbyn earlier this year.

Ms Shah said: "It was a clear and concise win and I congratulate Jeremy."

Ms Shah said she had supported Mr Corbyn in the leadership race, but said she had not been heavily involved because of her work in the Samia Shahid murder case.

Asked what Mr Corbyn now needed to do to unite the party behind him, she said: "I think to have some very brave conversations with everybody, but unity is two ways."

Ms Shah expressed pessimism about whether this was likely in the near future.

Her Labour colleague, Bradford East MP Imran Hussain, struck a more optimistic note.

He said: "Absolutely, I think he can unite the party. I think Jeremy has always been a very straightforward politician."

Mr Hussain said there were talks going on "in confidence as I speak".

He said: "People are accepting he has a huge mandate and the majority of people I'm speaking to are talking about moving forward."

Mr Hussain, a strong ally of Mr Corbyn's, said it had been an "excellent result" of the leadership election, adding that the contest had grown the party's membership numbers and engaged "thousands of young people".

Labour's Bradford South MP Judith Cummins could not be reached for comment.