Results of the Shadow Cabinet elections

By Jonathan Isaby

8.30pm update:

Sky News reports the figures for the successful candidates as:

• Yvette Cooper - 232
• John Healey - 192
• Ed Balls - 179
• Andy Burnham - 165
• Angela Eagle - 165
• Alan Johnson - 163
• Douglas Alexander - 160
• Jim Murphy - 160
• Tessa Jowell - 152
• Caroline Flint - 139
• John Denham - 129
• Hilary Benn - 128
• Sadiq Khan - 128
• Mary Creagh - 119
• Ann McKechin - 117
• Maria Eagle - 107
• Meg Hillier - 106
• Ivan Lewis - 104
• Liam Byrne - 100

...and the unsuccessful ones (figures courtesy of Paul Waugh):

• Emily Thornberry - 99
• Peter Hain - 97
• Fiona Mactaggart - 88
• Barbara Keeley - 87
• Vernon Coaker - 85
• Pat McFadden - 84
• Helen Goodman - 80
• David Lammy - 80
• Stephen Timms - 79
• Chris Bryant - 77
• Shaun Woodward - 72
• Gareth Thomas - 71
• Kevan Jones - 68
• Kevin Brennan - 64
• Roberta Blackman-Woods - 63
• Diane Abbott - 59
• Stephen Twigg - 55
• Tom Harris - 54
• Ben Bradshaw - 53
• Iain Wright - 43
• Barry Gardiner - 41
• David Hanson - 38
• Ian Lucas - 34
• Wayne David - 30
• Huw Irranca-Davies - 28
• Chris Leslie - 26
• Rob Flello - 15
• Mike Gapes - 12
• Alun Michael - 11
• Eric Joyce - 10

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Sky News reports that the following have been elected by Labour MPs to serve in the Shadow Cabinet (# denotes newcomer to Shadow Cabinet rank):

• Douglas Alexander
• Ed Balls
• Hilary Benn
• Andy Burnham
• Liam Byrne
• Yvette Cooper
• Mary Creagh#
• John Denham
• Angela Eagle#
• Maria Eagle#
• Caroline Flint#
• John Healey
• Meg Hillier#
• Alan Johnson
• Tessa Jowell
• Sadiq Khan
• Ivan Lewis#
• Ann McKechin#
• Jim Murphy

Elections were conducted on a first past the post basis, with MPs getting 19 votes, with the proviso that at least 6 women needed to be elected (in the event the quota was not required as eight women were successful).

The following were unsuccessful (* denotes outgoing Cabinet minister)

• Diane Abbott
• Ben Bradshaw*
• Roberta Blackman-Woods
• Kevin Brennan
• Chris Bryant
• Vernon Coaker
• Wayne David
• Rob Flello
• Mike Gapes
• Barry Gardiner
• Helen Goodman
• Peter Hain*
• David Hanson
• Tom Harris
• Huw Irranca-Davies
• Eric Joyce
• Kevan Jones
• Barbara Keeley
• David Lammy
• Chris Leslie
• Ian Lucas
• Pat McFadden
• Fiona Mactaggart
• Alun Michael
• Gareth Thomas
• Emily Thornberry
• Stephen Timms
• Stephen Twigg
• Shaun Woodward*
• Iain Wright