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
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