Shadow cabinet to remain elected, with quota set for women

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk

The Press Association are reporting that the shadow cabinet will continue to be elected by the PLP, with elections held every two years (instead of every year as was previously the case).

The quota for women in the shadow cabinet rises to 6 (out of 19), but MPs rejected calls to raise the quota to 40 or 50%.

The PLP also voted to directly elect the chief whip to serve a whole parliament, in what some have suggested could be an alternative power base to whoever is elected as leader.

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