Labour leadership candidates need nominations from 10% of MP and MEPs in their party – a total of 22 – in order to progress to the next stage of the election. Each Labour MP has received nomination papers and those choosing to participate must cast their vote by 2.30pm on Monday, January 13th.
Candidates are allowed to nominate themselves and this will contribute to their total number of nominations. Nominations are valid once submitted unless the candidate in question formally withdraws from the race by writing to Labour’s general secretary. Those who have nominated the MP who has withdrawn can then submit a new nomination (before the deadline).
Those candidates who secure enough nominations to enter the second stage of the contest will then have to gain nominations from either 5% of local parties – 33 – or 5% of affiliated members including three affiliated organisations of which two must be trade unions. If candidates meet both of these requirements, they will be included on the ballot paper.
Rebecca Long-Bailey, Lisa Nandy, Jess Phillips and Keir Starmer all reached the threshold for MP/MEP nominations, and Emily Thornberry eventually scraped through too. Clive Lewis withdrew from the race.
Below is the list of candidates and the MPs nominating them. The non-italicised names have already nominated that particular candidate. The italicised names have not yet cast their ballots but have declared support for that candidate. They are numbered but listed in alphabetical order.
Clive Lewis – 5 nominations
Clive LewisRachael MaskellLloyd Russell-MoyleJulie WardNadia Whittome
Rebecca Long-Bailey – 33 nominations
- Diane Abbott
- Tahir Ali
- Paula Barker
- Apsana Begum
- Olivia Blake
- Richard Burgon
- Ian Byrne
- Dan Carden
- Peter Dowd
- Mary Foy
- Barry Gardiner
- Margaret Greenwood
- Rachel Hopkins
- Imran Hussain
- Kim Johnson
- Ian Lavery
- Rebecca Long-Bailey
- Andy McDonald
- John McDonnell
- Ian Mearns
- Navendu Mishra
- Grahame Morris
- Kate Osborne
- Angela Rayner
- Bell Ribeiro-Addy
- Lloyd Russell-Moyle
- Cat Smith
- Zarah Sultana
- Sam Tarry
- Jon Trickett
- Claudia Webbe
- Mick Whitley
- Beth Winter
Lisa Nandy – 31 nominations
- Jon Ashworth
- Kevin Brennan
- Feryal Clark
- Rosie Cooper
- Stella Creasy
- Jon Cruddas
- Tan Dhesi
- Jack Dromey
- Yvonne Fovargue
- Vicky Foxcroft
- Gill Furniss
- Kate Green
- Lilian Greenwood
- Louise Haigh
- Mark Hendrick
- Sharon Hodgson
- Dan Jarvis
- Ruth Jones
- Mike Kane
- Stephen Kinnock
- Emma Lewell-Buck
- Tony Lloyd
- Justin Madders
- Lisa Nandy
- Alex Norris
- Abena Oppong-Asare
- Taiwo Owatemi
- Sarah Owen
- Stephanie Peacock
- Graham Stringer
- Derek Twigg
Jess Phillips – 23 nominations
- Tonia Antoniazzi
- Chris Bryant
- Liam Byrne
- Ruth Cadbury
- Neil Coyle
- Seb Dance
- Rosie Duffield
- Julie Elliott
- Colleen Fletcher
- Margaret Hodge
- John Howarth
- Darren Jones
- Liz Kendall
- Peter Kyle
- Holly Lynch
- Siobhan McDonagh
- Pat McFadden
- Alison McGovern
- Catherine McKinnell
- Ian Murray
- Jess Phillips
- Rachel Reeves
- Wes Streeting
Keir Starmer – 88 nominations
- Debbie Abrahams
- Rushanara Ali
- Mike Amesbury
- Fleur Anderson
- Margaret Beckett
- Hilary Benn
- Clive Betts
- Paul Blomfield
- Tracy Brabin
- Ben Bradshaw
- Nicholas Brown
- Karen Buck
- Alan Campbell
- Bambos Charalambous
- Yvette Cooper
- Richard Corbett
- Judith Cummins
- Alex Cunningham
- Janet Daby
- Wayne David
- Geraint Davies
- Thangam Debbonaire
- Marsha de Cordova
- Anneliese Dodds
- Stephen Doughty
- Angela Eagle
- Maria Eagle
- Clive Efford
- Chris Elmore
- Flo Eshalomi
- Bill Esterson
- Chris Evans
- Neena Gill
- Preet Gill
- Mary Glindon
- Theresa Griffin
- Andrew Gwynne
- Emma Hardy
- Carolyn Harris
- Helen Hayes
- John Healey
- Mike Hill
- Kate Hollern
- George Howarth
- Rupa Huq
- Diana Johnson
- Sarah Jones
- Kevan Jones
- Jackie Jones
- Barbara Keeley
- David Lammy
- Seema Malhotra
- Chris Matheson
- Steve McCabe
- Kerry McCarthy
- Conor McGinn
- Jim McMahon
- Anna McMorrin
- Ed Miliband
- Claude Moraes
- Jessica Morden
- Stephen Morgan
- Rory Palmer
- Matthew Pennycook
- Toby Perkins
- Bridget Phillipson
- Luke Pollard
- Steve Reed
- Christina Rees
- Ellie Reeves
- Jonathan Reynolds
- Marie Rimmer
- Virendra Sharma
- Barry Sheerman
- Tulip Siddiq
- Andrew Slaughter
- Jeff Smith
- Nick Smith
- Karin Smyth
- Jo Stevens
- Mark Tami
- Nick Thomas-Symonds
- Stephen Timms
- Karl Turner
- Valerie Vaz
- Alan Whitehead
- Mohammad Yasin
- Daniel Zeichner
Emily Thornberry – 23 nominations
- Dawn Butler
- Alex Davies-Jones
- Nia Griffith
- Fabian Hamilton
- Meg Hillier
- Gerald Jones
- Afzal Khan
- Khalid Mahmood
- Rachael Maskell
- James Murray
- Charlotte Nichols
- Chi Onwurah
- Yasmin Qureshi
- Matt Rodda
- Naz Shah
- Alex Sobel
- Gareth Thomas
- Emily Thornberry
- Liz Twist
- Julie Ward
- Catherine West
- Matthew Western
- Nadia Whittome
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