US EditionLabour deputy leadership: Contest to replace Rayner set to become two-horse race
Bridget Phillipson secured endorsements from 116 MPs, surpassing the 80 needed; Lucy Powell needs three more nominations to join the deputy leadership ballot, Labour officials said.
- On Thursday, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson accepted nomination as Labour's deputy leader candidate at Westminster.
- The contest follows Angela Rayner's deputy leadership vacancy amid concerns about party direction and Keir Starmer's leadership.
- Phillipson leads with 116 MP nominations, surpassing the 80 needed to proceed, while rival Lucy Powell trails with 77 nominations.
- Phillipson vowed to unite Labour and challenge Reform, while Powell aims to gain three more nominations to force a member-run run-off vote.
- The two-candidate race could dominate Labour’s September conference and spotlight internal tensions over leadership and party values.
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The British Labour Party will choose between two women, the head of Education and a retired former minister less than a week ago, to resolve the succession of Angela Rayner, until last Friday number two of the formation and vice prime minister. Her resignation, precipitated by fiscal irregularities in the purchase of a home, has triggered a delicate internal process for acronyms that, after 14 months in power, have suffered a record decline in p…
Labour deputy leadership race: Two horse race likely after Emily Thornberry and Alison McGovern drop out
The Labour Party’s deputy leadership contest is increasingly looking like it will become a two-horse race, between Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson and former cabinet minister Lucy Powell, as the other candidates struggle to meet the required number of nominations. The latest official tally of deputy leadership nominations shows Bridget Phillipson clearing the 80 MP threshold to make it on to the ballot paper, with Powell on 77. The thresh…
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