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Your January MP of the month is…

February 10, 2012 12:00 pm

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Your LabourList MP of the month – for the second time in a row is Chuka Umunna. He was the MP of the month last time we asked you to vote back in November (December was MP of the year) and he’s won you over again this month.

Umunna was instrumental in Labour’s handling of “banker’s bonuses”, and as shadow business secretary, he’s leading on many issues that are crucial to Labour at present – not least Ed Miliband’s “responsible capitalism” agenda. He’s also been a strong, confident and regular media performer since his elevation to the shadow team, and whilst may still be new to the shadow cabinet, here’s much more than just “one to watch”.

Other MPs who ran Umunna close this month included Andy Burnham (your most highly rated shadow cabinet member this month), as well as fellow 2010 intake high flyers Rachel Reeves and Stella Creasy. It seems that LabourList readers are keen on the new generation of Labour MPs but can anyone stop Umunna’s hot streak? Or will someone stop him making it three in a row?

That, LabourList readers, is entirely up to you…

Anonymous

I voted for him and I do see him as a future leader of the labour party, say like next week
- Anonymous
  
  He completely endorses Ed’s views, policies, etc; so why not stick with Ed?
  - Anonymous
    
    Most of the Labour party will agree with Ed it’s how you get on in political life, be it as a minister or carrying bags for Ed or whom ever.
    
    Does not mean you cannot have a leader who at least thinks for themselves does it, right now it’s like Kindergarten with both Miliband’s slapping each other for who will ride on the toy car.
    
    Right now the way it’s going it’s the Thatcher period all over again it took Twelve months for labour to decide should they fight the NHS or sit back and wait for the public response.
    
    Under Miliband labour is spending to much time waiting for the Public response be it in the Daily mail or the sun, seem Murdoch hold over the Labour party is still present
Duncan

I’m not quite sure why. Nothing against him, but he’s not remarkable.
- Anonymous
  
  Lets be honest who is out standing, you would hardly put anyone on the opposition benches as real leadership contenders, at least Chuka can string a few words together he has made up himself.
Duncan

Also – it’s strange that he’s everybody’s favourite MP, but not their favourite Shadow Cabinet member?
Dave Postles

Where were the Labour members of the Innovation and Skills Select Committee for the interviewing of Les Ebdon to head up OFFA? In their absence, the four Tories present at the final presentation were in a position to block Les’s appointment. The Tory MPs were, it appears: Rebecca Harris; Margot James ; Simon Kirby; and Nadhim Zahawi; who seem to have an unmitigated desire to protect elite HE institutions from forthright arrangements for access. Les, IMHO, is the most appropriate person, with the most valuable experience, to implement policies for social access at OFFA. Graciously, he is ‘still interested’ in the position, but it now depends on Cable and Willetts confirming their choice against the opposition of the backwoods Tories members of the SC.
Anonymous

He has just got a bit more airtime in the last few months than a lot of other MPs. He strikes me as symptomatic of too many MPs, looks right, says the right things, but behind that I’ve yet to be struck by anything that suggests a real passion or distinctive vision for the country.

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