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From @LabourList This is the first LabourList ShortList, bringing you a weekly digest of the best content on the site over the last week and keeping you up to date with some of the current thinking in the Labour movement: The Ken…

Full Name: James Martin Alexander Age: 27 From: Born in Hammersmith, West London in 1982. Lived in York since 2001. PPC for: York Outer Website: www.time-4-change.org.uk Selection Result: I genuinely don't know what the figures were. I was…

By Rachel Reeves Charlie Bean, Deputy Governor at the Bank of England was in Leeds at lunchtime today talking about the impact of quantitative easing. Not everyone's idea of a lunch-break, I expect, but I was very impressed. It's now just…

By Rachel Reeves Charlie Bean, Deputy Governor at the Bank of England was in Leeds at lunchtime today talking about the impact of quantitative easing. Not everyone's idea of a lunch-break, I expect, but I was very impressed. It's now just…

Full Name: Lucy Maria Powell Age: 34 From: South Manchester PPC for: Manchester Withington Website: http://www.lucypowell.net/home Selection Result: 168 votes Lucy Powell; 32 Jenny Lennox; 31 Nargis Khan; 22 Yogesh Varmani Member of the…

Full Name: Stephen Twigg Age: 42 From: Enfield PPC for: Liverpool West Derby http://twigg4westderby.com/ Selection Result: 77-58 (for Roz Gladden) on the final ballot Member of the Labour Party since: 1982 CV: I grew up in Enfield where I…

Full Name: Ruth Smeeth Age: 29 PPC for: Burton & Uttoxeter Selection Result: 70-41 Member of the Labour Party since: 1995 CV: I have the privilege of having a job I love. I work for a charity, which seeks to fight racism and antisemitism…

Full Name: Swatantra Dhanraj Nandanwar Age: Leave it out! From: Basildon Essex PPC for: Maldon Essex Selection Result: A win! Member of the Labour Party Since: The early 70's I was inspired to get into politics because: I came from a very…

Full Name: Emma Reynolds www.emmareynolds.org.uk Age: 31 From: Wolverhampton PPC for: Wolverhampton North East Selection Result: I actually can't remember the exact figures but I won by about 15 votes on an open-shortlist. It was tough!…

From @LabourList Tom Watson has posted his resignation letter to Gordon Brown on his blog. The letter is reprinted here in full: Dear Gordon, The sense of privilege I have felt as one of your Ministers since 2007 hardly needs stating. But I…

Full Name: Chuka Umunna Age: 30 From: Streatham, South London PPC for: Streatham, www.streathamlabour.org.uk Selection Result: 175 -162 Member of the Labour Party since: 1997 CV: I have practiced as a solicitor specialising in employment…

Full Name: Cath Arakelian Age: 47 From: Born and educated in London. Family in Kidlington, Oxfordshire PPC for: Chingford and Woodford Green Selection Result: 16th March 2008. Open Selection with 5 candidates, 3 M and 2F, 80% of first votes…