LABOUR is in danger of losing touch with its traditional working class voters, Conor McGinn has warned.

Speaking to The House magazine the MP for St Helens North explained that in order to win the next general election in 2020, party leader Jeremy Corbyn must 'relate' to the rest of the country.

He said: "I think there is a political crisis that has engulfed what would be seen as the traditional Labour working class. They don't feel that anyone listens to them, never mind speaks for them. And I think that's a real problem for the Labour Party particularly. Sometimes it can seem that we're pre-occupied with things that are insignificant to the population.

"I'm a very straightforward sort of fella. I think when you lose an election you should look at the reasons why and try, within the parameters of your own values, to move closer to the public, not further away from the public."

McGinn, who is a party whip, is currently on the campaign trail to keep Britain within the EU and stood alongside Labour deputy leader in St Helens last week. Speaking about a possible Brexit he said: "I think it would be very destabilising and I think it would be bad for Ireland and for the UK. Growing up in a border area and remembering what it was like when we had checkpoints and now being able to go home and drive from Dublin airport across a border that doesn't really exist, is a big deal. I just think it would be bad."