Four Labour activists have been charged in connection with allegations that a party membership database was manipulated to favour a candidate in the Croydon East constituency selection process in south London. The accused — Joel Bodmer, Shila Bodmer, Carole Bonner, and Gabriel Leroy — face charges under the Computer Misuse Act 1990 and the Criminal Law Act 1977, with Joel Bodmer additionally charged with perverting the course of justice for allegedly altering phone records. The case, investigated by the Metropolitan Police's cybercrime unit and authorised by the Crown Prosecution Service, stems from a 2023 suspension of Labour's candidate selection process in Croydon East after complaints that members' data given to some candidates was inaccurate; all four have been suspended from the party and are due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 19 May.