The disgraced former MP Keith Vaz has been belatedly kicked out of Labour after announcing he is standing in his old seat, Leicester East, for a new local party.

The former minister, who is running against an official Labour party candidate, was still a member of the party on Thursday when it emerged that he was standing in the constituency for the One Leicester party.

On Friday, the party rescinded his membership. He is still described in some party literature as the honorary president of Leicester East constituency party.

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The fact that he remained a member until now will infuriate many local party members who have been calling for him to be ejected for years. They have warned that he has been campaigning for more than a year, concentrating his efforts on the local Hindu community in Leicester East.

It comes four years after Vaz announced his retirement from parliament after being given a six-month ban from the House of Commons for offering to buy cocaine for sex workers and obstructing inquiries by the standards commissioner.