Kendall demands full breakdown of leadership election results

Liz Kendall called today for a full breakdown of the Labour leadership results to be published by the party.

The party is currently not planning to publish a breakdown of how the vote split between party members, affiliated union supporters and registered £3 supporters. This means it will not be possible to see what impact Labour’s new election rules have on the outcome.

In an interview with LabourList, Kendall said: “I’ve defended the reforms to our electoral process before I was a candidate and during this campaign. I want to see us open up our politics to more people and I’m pleased so many people have wanted to be part of this decision.

“I think it is really important that the full breakdown of results in this leadership election is published openly for party members. And I’m going to be writing to Harriet Harman and Iain McNicol to make sure that happens.”

“I think members should get the breakdown of the result so that we can see the turnout in the different sections so that we know how well the process has worked overall. If we just get global figures in the results then we won’t know whether this new system has delivered what we all want it too.”

The party has traditionally published a breakdown of its leadership elections, so it was possible to see how each section of the electoral college voted. This meant that it was revealed that Ed Miliband was elected leader in 2010 despite losing to his brother in the Labour MPs and MEPs and party members’ sections. Ballot papers for the contest began arriving with members today.