A Co-operative agenda: Labour's 42 Co-op candidates

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By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982

The Co-operative Party has launched a new campaigning manifesto, alongside profiles of the 42 Labour and Co-operative candidates who are standing for parliament in the election – the highest ever number of Co-op candidates fielded.

Candidates include ministers such as Ed Balls, and also new talent including Stella Creasy, Andrew Pakes and Luciana Berger. Gordon Brown is also a member of the Co-operative Party – the first PM ever to be so – but is not an official Co-op candidate.

To find out more about Labour’s Co-op candidates, click on the boxes below to enlarge, and download the campaign manifesto here.

Alex Smith

Alex is the founder and CEO of The Cares Family. He was editor and first director of LabourList in 2009-2010, during which time he established the site as the number one Labour blog, and later an aide to Ed Miliband.

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