Chuka Umunna has said Labour is "shedding votes" from ethnic minority communities to the Tories as he launches an independent inquiry his party's ethnic minority support.

Speaking to ITV News ahead of a speech to Unison’s 2016 National Black Members’ Conference, Mr Umunna said: "In more than 1 in 3 constituencies the ethnic minority vote exceeds the majority of the sitting MP.

"It's vital that we retain and grow our support in those different communities.

"The problem is Labour is dramatically shredding support amongst our ethnic minority communities. In the last general election a million ethnic minority voters support helped put David Cameron in Downing Street.

"We saw our support drop by more than 16%, whilst the Conservatives support amongst ethnic minority voters doubled and we saw a Conservative winning overwhelmingly amongst the Hindu and Sikh communities for example."

Asked whether Jeremy Corbyn was taken the findings onboard, Mr Umunna said: "I think we all, it's not just a question for the leadership, it's for the whole party. We all need to reflect on what is happening, identify why we are losing support. Part of that is because ethnic minority community support has been assiduously courted by the Conservatives since 2005.

"Conservative MPs increased by 15 at the last general election whilst Labour's increased by 10."