Labour MPs who voted in favour of air strikes in Syria have been told they must be deselected and described as "warmongers" by a hard-left group that shares common ground with Jeremy Corbyn supporters.
But MPs hit back and condemned the Labour leader for facilitating the attacks after they were targeted by anti-war campaigners with a stream of abuse online, over the phone and outside their constituency offices.
The 66 Labour MPs were 'named and shamed' by Left Unity, a separate anti-austerity political party which has recently considered joining forces with Labour since Mr Corbyn was elected Labour leader.
Minutes after the vote was announced the group tweeted out the 66 "Labour warmongers" along with the banner: "Deselect them now". They repeated their message on Thursday morning:
Among those on the list was Wes Streeting, who suggested Mr Corbyn's comments saying there would be "no hiding place" for Labour MPs who backed military action was partly to blame for the torrent of abuse and political action.
Ann Coffey, another Labour MP who backed the Government's motion to extend RAF air strikes into Syria, echoed his remarks, saying that "from the top of the party what you have is permission to target MPs".
Attempts to deselect MPs has already started, with Walthamstow MP Stella Creasy becoming the first to be targeted, the New Statesman has reported.
Corbyn-supporting grass-roots campaign group Momentum and Stop the War Coalition were planning to put a radical left candidate up against Ms Creasy in a deselection attempt, according to reports.
During the debate on Wednesday Ms Creasy said she had been forced to leave the House of Commons chamber to check on staff who were receiving abusive calls to her office, while protesters demonstrated outside her house on the eve of the Syria vote.
Another pro-bombing Labour MP, Peter Kyle, was sent a photo of a dead baby after he said he was voting in favour of air strikes and police were later called to his constituency office after protesters crowded outside.
However Mr Corbyn has repeatedly rejected reports that moderate Labour MPs would face deselection threats and speaking this morning, his Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell insisted she had the leadership's support.
"There is no way she should be deselected. She is an excellent MP and she has my support," he told The Today programme.
He claimed the abuse had been directed to Labour MPs on both sides of the debate, revealing that he had received a death threat.
"This is not acceptable on either side," he said of the abuse. "I had a death threat the other day for not voting for war. All of that intimidation is not acceptable.
"It is not part of the Labour Party ... If you joined the Labour Party and use that sort of language on either side of the argument, you shouldn't be in the party. It is unacceptable. Jeremy Corbyn has made that position very, very clear. If they are Labour Party members, we have disciplinary processes and they will take place."
A source close to Mr Corbyn called for the Labour party to "draw a line under" the Syria vote and said it was time to "unite... both on Syria and on domestic issues."
