Labour Leadership/Deputy Leadership Election thread

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Redux:

Leadership candidates
Gordon Brown
Michael Meacher or John McDonnell - TBA Monday?

And it's McDonnell. Looks like he'll get onto the ballot as well.

Apparently Prescott is going to endorse Johnson for Deputy. And Benn is unlikely to get onto the ballot (throwing the contest open as he's the most popular candidate amongst Labour members).

[Rural Radical]

I support Johnson for the deputy leadership. However I do Like Hilary Benn and I would like to see him at the Foriegn Office.

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And it's McDonnell. Looks like he'll get onto the ballot as well.

Or not. He still needs 18 signatures.

As for deputy, all are on the ballot except for Cruddas and Benn. Cruddas needs just one more signature, Benn needs 15. Nominations close Thursday.

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Time for some lists... McDonnell first.

Abbott MP, Diane     Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Campbell MP, Ronnie     Blyth Valley
Caton MP, Martin     Gower
Clapham MP, Michael     Barnsley West and Penistone
Clark MP, Katy     North Ayrshire and Arran
Cohen MP, Harry     Leyton and Wanstead
Cook MP, Frank     Stockton North
Corbyn MP, Jeremy     Islington North
Cryer MP, Ann     Keighley
Drew MP, David     Stroud
Etherington MP, Bill     Sunderland North
Fisher MP, Mark     Stoke-on-Trent Central
Flynn MP, Paul     Newport West
Gerrard MP, Neil     Walthamstow
Gibson MP, Dr Ian     Norwich North
Heyes MP, David     Ashton-under-Lyne
Hopkins MP, Kelvin     Luton North
Jones MP, Lynne     Birmingham, Selly Oak
McDonnell MP, John     Hayes and Harlington
Meacher MP, Rt Hon Michael     Oldham West and Royton
Prentice MP, Gordon     Pendle
Riordan MP, Linda     Halifax
Simpson MP, Alan     Nottingham South
Skinner MP, Dennis     Bolsover
Taylor MP, David     North West Leicestershire
Wareing MP, Robert N.     Liverpool, West Derby
Wood MP, Mike     Batley and Spen

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Benn

Austin MP, John  Erith and Thamesmead
Banks MP, Gordon  Ochil and South Perthshire
Battle MP, Rt Hon John  Leeds West
Bayley MP, Hugh  City of York
Benn MP, Rt Hon Hilary  Leeds Central
Blunkett MP, Rt Hon David  Sheffield, Brightside
Burden MP, Richard  Birmingham, Northfield
Caborn MP, Rt Hon Richard  Sheffield Central
Clark MP, Paul      Gillingham
Dean MP, Janet  Burton
Hamilton MP, Fabian  Leeds North East
Healey MP, John  Wentworth
Howells MP, Dr Kim  Pontypridd
Kumar MP, Dr Ashok  Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
Lammy MP, David  Tottenham
Levitt MP, Tom  High Peak
Mallaber MP, Judy  Amber Valley
Marris MP, Rob  Wolverhampton South West
McCartney MP, Rt Hon Ian  Makerfield
McGovern MP, Jim  Dundee West
Miller MP, Andrew  Ellesmere Port and Neston
Morley MP, Rt Hon Elliot  Sc**nthorpe
Mullin MP, Chris  Sunderland South
Naysmith MP, Dr Doug  Bristol North West
Pope MP, Greg  Hyndburn
Shaw MP, Jonathan  Chatham and Aylesford
Skinner MP, Dennis  Bolsover
Slaughter MP, Andy  Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush
Smith MP, Rt Hon Andrew      Oxford East
Soulsby MP, Sir Peter  Leicester South
Thomas MP, Gareth  Harrow West
Timms MP, Rt Hon Stephen  East Ham
Turner MP, Neil  Wigan
Winnick MP, David  Walsall North

Blears

Allen MP, Graham  Nottingham North
Anderson MP, Janet  Rossendale and Darwen
Armstrong MP, Rt Hon Hilary  North West Durham
Bailey MP, Adrian  West Bromwich West
Blackman-Woods MP, Dr Roberta  City of Durham
Blears MP, Rt Hon Hazel  Salford
Borrow MP, David S.  South Ribble
Brown MP, Russell  Dumfries and Galloway
Burnham MP, Andy  Leigh
Cooper MP, Rosie  West Lancashire
Cunningham MP, Tony  Workington
Dowd MP, Jim  Lewisham West
Flello MP, Robert  Stoke-on-Trent South
Flint MP, Caroline  Don Valley
Gardiner MP, Barry  Brent North
Gwynne MP, Andrew  Denton and Reddish
Heppell MP, John  Nottingham East
Hillier MP, Meg  Hackney South and Shoreditch
Hodgson MP, Sharon  Gateshead East and Washington West
Howarth MP, Rt Hon George  Knowsley North and Sefton East
Hutton MP, Rt Hon John  Barrow and Furness
Jones MP, Martyn  Clwyd South
Jowell MP, Rt Hon Tessa  Dulwich and West Norwood
Joyce MP, Eric  Falkirk
Kaufman MP, Rt Hon Sir Gerald  Manchester, Gorton
Keeley MP, Barbara  Worsley
Kelly MP, Rt Hon Ruth  Bolton West
Ladyman MP, Dr Stephen  South Thanet
McCabe MP, Stephen  Birmingham, Hall Green
McDonagh MP, Siobhain  Mitcham and Morden
McGuire MP, Anne  Stirling
McKenna MP, Rosemary  Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
Milburn MP, Rt Hon Alan  Darlington
Mountford MP, Kali  Colne Valley
Munn MP, Meg  Sheffield, Heeley
Pound MP, Stephen  Ealing North
Prentice MP, Bridget  Lewisham East
Reid MP, Rt Hon John  Airdrie and Shotts
Roy MP, Frank  Motherwell and Wishaw
Russell MP, Christine  City of Chester
Ryan MP, Joan  Enfield North
Smith MP, Rt Hon Jacqui  Redditch
Snelgrove MP, Anne  Swindon South
Southworth MP, Helen  Warrington South
Taylor MP, Dari  Stockton South
Tipping MP, Paddy  Sherwood
Ussher MP, Kitty  Burnley
Waltho MP, Lynda  Stourbridge

Cruddas

Abbott MP, Diane  Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Burgon MP, Colin  Elmet
Cohen MP, Harry  Leyton and Wanstead
Crausby MP, David  Bolton North East
Cruddas MP, Jon  Dagenham
Cryer MP, Ann  Keighley
Davidson MP, Ian  Glasgow South West
Dobbin MP, Jim  Heywood and Middleton
Dobson MP, Rt Hon Frank  Holborn and St Pancras
Efford MP, Clive  Eltham
Farrelly MP, Paul  Newcastle-under-Lyme
Flynn MP, Paul  Newport West
Gapes MP, Mike  Ilford South
Gerrard MP, Neil  Walthamstow
Gibson MP, Dr Ian  Norwich North
Hamilton MP, David  Midlothian
Havard MP, Dai  Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
Heyes MP, David  Ashton-under-Lyne
Hood MP, Jimmy  Lanark and Hamilton East
Hopkins MP, Kelvin  Luton North
Hoyle MP, Lindsay  Chorley
Humble MP, Joan  Blackpool North and Fleetwood
Jackson MP, Glenda  Hampstead and Highgate
Jones MP, Helen  Warrington North
Jones MP, Lynne  Birmingham, Selly Oak
Kilfoyle MP, Peter  Liverpool, Walton
Lloyd MP, Tony  Manchester Central
Mahmood MP, Khalid  Birmingham, Perry Barr
McKechin MP, Ann  Glasgow North
Meacher MP, Rt Hon Michael  Oldham West and Royton
Mitchell MP, Austin  Great Grimsby
Olner MP, Bill  Nuneaton
Prentice MP, Gordon  Pendle
Rooney MP, Terry  Bradford North
Salter MP, Martin  Reading West
Singh MP, Marsha  Bradford West
Smith MP, Geraldine  Morecambe and Lunesdale
Strang MP, Rt Hon Gavin  Edinburgh East
Stringer MP, Graham  Manchester, Blackley
Todd MP, Mark  South Derbyshire
Trickett MP, Jon  Hemsworth
Truswell MP, Paul  Pudsey
Watson MP, Tom  West Bromwich East
Watts MP, Dave  St Helens North

Hain

Ainger MP, Nick  Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
Anderson MP, David  Blaydon
Berry MP, Dr Roger  Kingswood
Betts MP, Clive  Sheffield, Attercliffe
Campbell MP, Ronnie  Blyth Valley
Challen MP, Colin  Morley and Rothwell
Chaytor MP, David  Bury North
Clapham MP, Michael  Barnsley West and Penistone
Clwyd MP, Rt Hon Ann  Cynon Valley
Cook MP, Frank  Stockton North
Cummings MP, John  Easington
David MP, Wayne  Caerphilly
Devine MP, Jim  Livingston
Donohoe MP, Brian H.  Central Ayrshire
Eagle MP, Maria  Liverpool, Garston
Ellman MP, Louise  Liverpool, Riverside
Engel MP, Natascha  North East Derbyshire
Ennis MP, Jeff  Barnsley East and Mexborough
Foster MP, Michael Worcester
Francis MP, Dr Hywel  Aberavon
Goggins MP, Paul  Wythenshawe and Sale East
Hain MP, Rt Hon Peter  Neath
Hall MP, Patrick  Bedford
Hendrick MP, Mark  Preston
Hesford MP, Stephen  Wirral West
Illsley MP, Eric  Barnsley Central
Irranca-Davies MP, Huw  Ogmore
James MP, Siân C.  Swansea East
Linton MP, Martin  Battersea
Love MP, Andy  Edmonton
Lucas MP, Ian  Wrexham
Marshall MP, David  Glasgow East
Marshall-Andrews MP, Bob Medway
McAvoy MP, Rt Hon Thomas  Rutherglen and Hamilton West
Morden MP, Jessica  Newport East
Murphy MP, Denis  Wansbeck
Murphy MP, Rt Hon Paul  Torfaen
Norris MP, Dan  Wansdyke
Owen MP, Albert  Ynys Môn
Palmer MP, Dr Nick  Broxtowe
Prosser MP, Gwyn  Dover
Ruane MP, Chris  Vale of Clwyd
Smith MP, John  Vale of Glamorgan
Tami MP, Mark  Alyn and Deeside
Touhig MP, Rt Hon Don  Islwyn
Turner MP, Dr Desmond  Brighton, Kemptown
Whitehead MP, Dr Alan  Southampton, Test
Woodward MP, Shaun  St Helens South
Woolas MP, Phil  Oldham East and Saddleworth

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Harman

Alexander MP, Rt Hon Douglas  Paisley and Renfrewshire South
Atkins MP, Charlotte  Staffordshire Moorlands
Baird MP, Vera  Redcar
Barlow MP, Celia  Hove
Blizzard MP, Bob  Waveney
Brennan MP, Kevin  Cardiff West
Brown MP, Rt Hon Nick Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
Bryant MP, Chris  Rhondda
Buck MP, Karen  Regent's Park and Kensington North
Butler MP, Dawn  Brent South
Clarke MP, Rt Hon Tom  Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
Coffey MP, Ann  Stockport
Cooper MP, Yvette  Pontefract and Castleford
Curtis-Thomas MP, Claire  Crosby
Darling MP, Rt Hon Alistair  Edinburgh South West
Dismore MP, Andrew  Hendon
Doran MP, Frank  Aberdeen North
Eagle MP, Angela  Wallasey
Follett MP, Barbara  Stevenage
Foster MP, Michael Jabez  Hastings and Rye
George MP, Rt Hon Bruce  Walsall South
Gilroy MP, Linda  Plymouth, Sutton
Goodman MP, Helen  Bishop Auckland
Griffiths MP, Nigel  Edinburgh South
Harman MP, Rt Hon Harriet  Camberwell and Peckham
Hewitt MP, Rt Hon Patricia  Leicester West
Hodge MP, Rt Hon Margaret  Barking
Hoon MP, Rt Hon Geoff  Ashfield
Jones MP, Kevan  North Durham
Keeble MP, Sally  Northampton North
Kidney MP, David  Stafford
Mackinlay MP, Andrew  Thurrock
MacShane MP, Rt Hon Denis  Rotherham
Mactaggart MP, Fiona  Slough
Martlew MP, Eric  Carlisle
McCarthy-Fry MP, Sarah  Portsmouth North
McFall MP, Rt Hon John  West Dunbartonshire
Miliband MP, Ed Doncaster North
Mole MP, Chris  Ipswich
Moon MP, Madeleine  Bridgend
Moran MP, Margaret  Luton South
Morgan MP, Julie  Cardiff North
Osborne MP, Sandra  Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
Purchase MP, Ken  Wolverhampton North East
Riordian MP, Linda  Halifax
Ruddock MP, Joan  Lewisham, Deptford
Sarwar MP, Mohammad  Glasgow Central
Seabeck MP, Alison  Plymouth, Devonport
Sheridan MP, Jim  Paisley and Renfrewshire North
Smith MP, Angela C.  Sheffield, Hillsborough
Smith MP, Angela E.  Basildon
Starkey MP, Dr Phyllis  Milton Keynes South West
Stoate MP, Dr Howard  Dartford
Stuart MP, Gisela  Birmingham, Edgbaston
Thornberry MP, Emily  Islington South and Finsbury
Vaz MP, Rt Hon Keith  Leicester East
Walley MP, Joan  Stoke-on-Trent North
Williams MP, Betty  Conwy
Wright MP, Iain  Hartlepool
Wyatt MP, Derek  Sittingbourne and Sheppey

Johnson

Ainsworth MP, Rt Hon Bob  Coventry North East
Balls MP, Ed  Normanton
Barron MP, Rt Hon Kevin  Rother Valley
Bell MP, Sir Stuart  Middlesbrough
Blackman MP, Liz  Erewash
Bradshaw MP, Ben  Exeter
Byrne MP, Liam  Birmingham, Hodge Hill
Cairns MP, David  Inverclyde
Campbell MP, Alan  Tynemouth
Cawsey MP, Ian  Brigg and Goole
Chapman MP, Ben  Wirral South
Creagh MP, Mary  Wakefield
Cunningham MP, Jim  Coventry South
Dhanda MP, Parmjit  Gloucester
Fitzpatrick MP, Jim  Poplar and Canning Town
Grogan MP, John  Selby
Hall MP, Mike  Weaver Vale
Hanson MP, Rt Hon David  Delyn
Harris MP, Tom  Glasgow South
Hepburn MP, Stephen  Jarrow
Hoey MP, Kate  Vauxhall
Hope MP, Phil  Corby
Hughes MP, Rt Hon Beverley  Stretford and Urmston
Iddon MP, Dr Brian  Bolton South East
Ingram MP, Rt Hon Adam  East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
Johnson MP, Diana R.  Kingston upon Hull North
Johnson MP, Rt Hon Alan  Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
Kemp MP, Fraser  Houghton and Washington East
Kennedy MP, Rt Hon Jane  Liverpool, Wavertree
Khan MP, Sadiq  Tooting
Knight MP, Jim  South Dorset
Laxton MP, Bob  Derby North
Lewis MP, Ivan  Bury South
Malik MP, Shahid  Dewsbury
Mann MP, John  Bassetlaw
McCarthy MP, Kerry  Bristol East
McFadden MP, Pat  Wolverhampton South East
McIsaac MP, Shona  Cleethorpes
McNulty MP, Tony  Harrow East
Merron MP, Gillian  Lincoln
Michael MP, Rt Hon Alun  Cardiff South and Penarth
Miliband MP, Rt Hon David  South Shields
Moffat MP, Anne  East Lothian
Moffatt MP, Laura  Crawley
O'Brien MP, Mike  North Warwickshire
O'Hara MP, Edward  Knowsley South
Pearson MP, Ian  Dudley South
Plaskitt MP, James  Warwick and Leamington
Prescott MP, Rt Hon John  Kingston upon Hull East
Purnell MP, James  Stalybridge and Hyde
Rammell MP, Bill  Harlow
Raynsford MP, Rt Hon Nick  Greenwich and Woolwich
Reed MP, Andy  Loughborough
Reed MP, Jamie  Copeland
Robertson MP, John  Glasgow North West
Sheerman MP, Barry  Huddersfield
Simon MP, Siôn  Birmingham, Erdington
Stewart MP, Ian  Eccles
Sutcliffe MP, Gerry  Bradford South
Twigg MP, Derek  Halton
Wicks MP, Malcolm  Croydon North
Winterton MP, Rt Hon Rosie  Doncaster Central
Wright MP, Anthony  Great Yarmouth
Wright MP, David  Telford

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I can make some maps if anyone wants

[Democratic Hawk]

I can make some maps if anyone wants

Go on then Al. You know you want to

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I hope they choose McDonnell, but I'm sure Brown would be a significant improvement over right-wing Bush lapdog Blair as well.

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Deputy Leader Map:



Colours are semi-random. Mistakes may have been made. This map will be completed on Thursday.
Still, some of the patterns are interesting. Seems as though it's mostly big names and the Hard Left that haven't signed no one's papers. Exceptions in both cases though (Prescott, Cohen etc).

[Democratic Hawk]

I hope they choose McDonnell, but I'm sure Brown would be a significant improvement over right-wing Bush lapdog Blair as well.

I won't be voting for McDonnell

Dave

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I won't be voting for McDonnell

Dave

Shock of the year!

[Rural Radical]

Deputy Leader Map:



Colours are semi-random. Mistakes may have been made. This map will be completed on Thursday.
Still, some of the patterns are interesting. Seems as though it's mostly big names and the Hard Left that haven't signed no one's papers. Exceptions in both cases though (Prescott, Cohen etc).

Al

The map is great.

Could you do it with different colours for each candidate though (Blue, Yellow , Green) etc?

[Serenity Now]

Deputy Leader Map:
Still, some of the patterns are interesting. Seems as though it's mostly big names and the Hard Left that haven't signed no one's papers. Exceptions in both cases though (Prescott, Cohen etc).

Although my MP, (Lepper, Brighton Pavilion) hasn't nominated anyone and is neither of those..

[Peter]

He has now.

Hilary Benn is up to 42 and Cruddas is past the line too. So far 320 MPs have nominated for deputy leader, leaving just 34 to nominate a candidate. Hopefully Benn gets there.

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The list of those who've not nominated in the Leadership election is:

Charles Clarke
Andrew Dismore
Jim Dowd
Frank Field
Dai Havard
Kate Hoey
Piara Khabra
Peter Kilfoyle
Andrew MacKinlay
Siobhan McDonagh
Fiona Mactaggart
Alan Meale
Graham Stringer
David Winnick
Tony Wright (Cannock Chase)
Tony Wright (Gt Yarmouth)

Doesn't look good for McDonnell. At all. He needs all of them to nominate him, and the idea of (say) Mactaggart or McDonagh doing so is laughable. And Dai Havard isn't happy with the way McDonnell acted over Meacher's candidacy.

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The cover of McDonnell's manifesto sort of demonstrates why he be in trouble:



It's the red star that does it...

[merseysider]

I think it is a crying shame that Labour Party members will not be getting the chance to choose their leader.

It is utterly ridiculous that we have the world and his wife standing for the deputy leadership - a position with no powers or responsibilities, but only one person going for the big prize. The people chasing around after the deputy leadership should have had the guts to go for the top spot; I think they would have found there was more support in the party than the parliamentary party and the media think. They might even have won.

Although McDonnell's politics are the polar opposite of my own, and I am repelled by his political agenda, I would have seriously considered nominating him if I were a Labour MP.

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The list of those who've not nominated in the Leadership election is:

Charles Clarke
Andrew Dismore
Jim Dowd
Frank Field
Dai Havard
Kate Hoey
Piara Khabra
Peter Kilfoyle
Andrew MacKinlay
Siobhan McDonagh
Fiona Mactaggart
Alan Meale
Graham Stringer
David Winnick
Tony Wright (Cannock Chase)
Tony Wright (Gt Yarmouth)

Doesn't look good for McDonnell. At all. He needs all of them to nominate him, and the idea of (say) Mactaggart or McDonagh doing so is laughable. And Dai Havard isn't happy with the way McDonnell acted over Meacher's candidacy.

A few of them might've a decade or two ago..

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The cover of McDonnell's manifesto sort of demonstrates why he be in trouble:



It's the red star that does it...

They could have used a candidate who wasn't buddies with Blair or stupid.

[Serenity Now]

I think it is a crying shame that Labour Party members will not be getting the chance to choose their leader.

It is utterly ridiculous that we have the world and his wife standing for the deputy leadership - a position with no powers or responsibilities, but only one person going for the big prize. The people chasing around after the deputy leadership should have had the guts to go for the top spot; I think they would have found there was more support in the party than the parliamentary party and the media think. They might even have won.

Although McDonnell's politics are the polar opposite of my own, and I am repelled by his political agenda, I would have seriously considered nominating him if I were a Labour MP.

Can a centrist have a polar opposite to their own views?

The funny thing is many commentators seemed to think McDonnell running would help Brown, as it would make him seem much closer to the centre in comparison.. I think Johnson should've run, he seems pretty likeable and could've won..

[Serenity Now]

The cover of McDonnell's manifesto sort of demonstrates why he be in trouble:



It's the red star that does it...

A red heart would've been much nicer

[minionofmidas]

The cover of McDonnell's manifesto sort of demonstrates why he be in trouble:



It's the red star that does it...

It's beautiful.

So, knowing Britain, there won't even be a yes/no vote? Shame about it.

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It's beautiful.

I thought you'd think that

Not exactly very helpful (in so far as it's reflective of his campaigning style) in getting cross-factional support though.

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I think that idea was proposed, but rejected by the NEC (and I agree that that's a shame).
In practice this has been a little like leadership elections before the Bennite surge; with Brown winning 313 to 29. An odd little irony is that the tough ballot access rules (which also did for Ken Livingstone in '92) are a product of Benn's challenge to Kinnock in '88 (which also had the effect of making divisions within the Left of the party permanent).

[Јas]

Any predictions on the Dep. Leadership contest?