Northern Territory Member for Blain Mark Turner has been expelled from the Labor party for allegedly “voting contrary to a decision” of the Labor parliamentary caucus. 

In a statement, Territory Labor Party President Anthony Venes said the party notified Mr Turner on Thursday of its decision not to renew his party membership. 

“This decision comes following a lengthy process where it became obvious that Mr Turner couldn’t abide by our rules and his renewal of membership will not be accepted,” Mr Venes said. 

“Territory Labor remains committed to representing the constituents of Blain and we will soon begin our pre-selection process for a new member to run in the 2024 election.”

Mr Turner was also ousted for “voting contrary to a decision of the Parliamentary Labor Party” and “failure to pay his outstanding Parliamentary Levy”, according to the statement. 

Mr Turner told the ABC he was notified of Territory Labor’s decision at the same time as the media. 

When asked for comment, Mr Venes said: “Correspondence was sent to Mr Turner to the two emails we have on file before the media statement was sent.”

Mr Turner also said he was seeking legal advice about the decision, and that he understood he would now operate as an independent for Blain. 

Mr Turner has not been a member of the Labor caucus since February 2021 when he was voted out. 

It came after then-chief minister Michael Gunner, accused Mr Turner of not being transparent about his connection to a “private citizen”, as a part of a scandal which had become the subject of of intense media and political scrutiny. 

However, he remained a member of the Labor party until Thursday’s decision. 

The next NT election is in August 2024.