Labour MPs have been mocked after appearing to ditch their party’s traditional red branding for green.

HuffPost UK has discovered that at least seven backbenchers are using green backdrops on their social media pages.

It comes as polls suggest millions of voters who backed Labour last year have switched their support to the Green Party, who are now led by the left-winger Zack Polanski.

The seven MPs – James Asser , Danny Beales , Tracy Gilbert, Leigh Ingham , Uma Kumaran , Keir Mather and Oliver Ryan – have chosen green as the main colour on their X profiles.

While they all still describe themselves as Labour MPs in their bios, there is only a small flash of red in some of their profile photos.

See examples below:

Mothin Ali, Green Party deputy leader, told HuffPost UK

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