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Richard Burgon has written to Labour colleagues explaining why he is standing to be the next deputy leader of the party and outlining his approach to the role. In the letter sent to other members of the parliamentary Labour party today, the…
Ian Murray, who became Labour's only Scottish MP at the general election last month, has thrown his hat into ring for the deputy leadership in a bid to replace Tom Watson. He will join Rosena Allin-Khan, Dawn Butler, Richard Burgon, Khalid…
Rosena Allin-Khan, a Labour MP who still works shifts as an A&E doctor in her local hospital, has confirmed her candidacy for the role of deputy leader. Unveiling her bid, the Tooting MP and Labour frontbencher emphasised that she is a…
Angela Rayner launched her Labour deputy leadership bid with a speech in Stockport today that included a stark warning – as she claimed the choice faced by her party is "win or die". The education spokesperson and MP for Ashton-under-Lyne…
Labour's Richard Burgon has announced that he will be putting himself forward to become the party's next deputy leader. The Shadow Secretary of State for Justice tweeted this afternoon to say that after discussions with others in the party…
Lesley Laird, who lost her Westminster seat in the general election last week, is stepping down as Scottish Labour's deputy leader. The former MP for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath, whose constituency was won by a suspended SNP candidate, said…
Who will replace Tom Watson as Labour’s deputy leader? The decision to announce his resignation on the first day of the official general election campaign, and to make it effective on December 12th, means a half-hearted parallel campaign is…
The attempt by Momentum's Jon Lansman to abolish the deputy leadership post was an “embarrassing mess” caused by a “hitman who shot himself in the foot”, Tom Watson told a Progress rally tonight. On Friday evening, Lansman – a member of the…
Labour conference has kicked off with a dramatic start. Last night, the national executive committee (NEC) held its first meeting of the year in Brighton and Jon Lansman – a representative of local parties on the ruling body – put forward a…
Jon Lansman tried to scrap the post of deputy leader – currently held by Tom Watson – at the latest meeting of Labour's ruling body tonight, LabourList can reveal. As a representative of local parties on Labour's national executive…
Welcome to our latest LabourList survey. Share your thoughts on the motions going to Labour Party conference, the Tory leadership contest and the shadow cabinet. Answer the four questions below or click here to open the survey in a new…
Labour deputy leader Tom Watson set out his own proposed strategy for Labour's European elections campaign at the second meeting of his new Future Britain Group tonight. Introducing the evening event in parliament, attended by 80 MPs and…
