LabourList leadership poll: The results

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982

David Miliband remains the preferred candidate for the Labour leadership amongst LabourList readers, according to our poll this week. The gap between David Miliband and his brother Ed has reduced by 0.9% since last week, but the elder Miliband remains 10.8% ahead of his brother.

David Miliband received 31% of the vote, while Ed Miliband received 20.2%. John McDonnell was in third, with 14.2% of the vote. Diane Abbott, who only announced her intention to stand for the leadership on Thursday morning, received 6% of the vote through write-ins yesterday. Ed Balls received 5.8% of the vote, while Andy Burnham was on 4.5%. 691 people took part in the survey this week.

The poll was conducted on Wednesday and Thursday, and the full results, with changes on last week’s poll, are:

Diane Abbott 6% (+6%)
Douglas Alexander 0% (-0.5%)
Ed Balls 5.8% (-1.4%)
Ben Bradshaw 0.6% (-1.2%)
Hilary Benn 0.7% (-1.3%)
Andy Burnham 4.5% (+1.6%)
Yvette Cooper 3.6% (-0.1%)
Jon Cruddas 3.6% (-7.5%)
Alistair Darling 0.6% (-1.6%)
John Denham 0.9% (+0.5%)
Harriet Harman 1.9% (-2.7%)
Alan Johnson 2.8% (-0.3%)
Tesssa Jowell 0.3% (-1%)
John McDonnell 14.2% (+7.5%)
David Miliband 31% (+3.3%)
Ed Miliband 20.2% (+4.2%)
Jack Straw 0.3% (-0.7%)
Shaun Woodwood 0.3% (-1.1%)

Respondents in the north west favour David Miliband over his brother Ed by 32.8% to 17.2% – with John McDonnell also receiving 17.2% of the vote in that area. Ed Balls received 7.2% of the vote in the north west, while Andy Burnham and Diane Abbott both received 3.1%.

Amongst readers in London, David Miliband received 26.5% of the vote, while Ed Miliband received 23.3%, John McDonnell scored 16.9%, Diane Abbott received 7.9%, Ed Balls scored 6.3% and Andy Burnham scored 4.2%.

Respondents in Wales also prefer David Miliband, by 34.8% to Ed Miliband’s 21.7%.In Wales, John McDonnell received 17.4% of the vote, while Ed Balls got 4.3%. Diane Abbott and Andy Burnham received no votes in Wales.

In Scotland, David Miliband received 34.2% of the vote; Ed Miliband was on 26.3%; John McDonnell was on 18.4%; Ed Balls received 5.3%; Andy Burnham and Diane Abbott both got 2.6%.Â

The contest is much closer amongst union members, with each of the three leading candidates overall – David Miliband, Ed Miliband and John McDonnell – polling 22.4% of the vote in that category. Diane Abbott received 6.3% of union members’ votes, while Ed Balls and Andy Burnham both received 4.6%. A third (34%) of all respondents were members of a trade union.