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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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