Diane Abbott - 1 (no change) - Just David 'Mastermind' Lammy, are you not going to nominate yourself Diane, not sure?
Ed Balls - 27 (up 2) - just three more today; running out of time and MPs Ed maybe you will need Gordon 'popular' Brown's nomination
Andy Burnham - 17 (up 3)
John McDonnell - 6 (up 1)
David Miliband - 54 (up 1) - keeping ahead of his younger, even smugger, brother
Ed Miliband - 45 (no change)
So who has fallen in behind Ed Balls today?
Stephen Hepburn - An ordinary backbench MP with no discernible links to Ed Balls or Gordon Brown
Khalid Mahmood - Ex PPS who resigned after signing a letter calling on Tony Blair to stand down as PM. I note that Wikipedia report that:
'In 2001, Mahmood was selected for the Perry Barr seat by an election of local Labour party members. In the election, over half the votes cast were postal votes, causing the Sandwell branch to pass a resolution of no confidence in Mahmood and organise a petition to Labour's National Executive Committee alleging "systematic abuse" of the postal ballot system.'
So one nominator unblemished by controversy and Khalid Mahmood. Ed Balls still needs six more nominations, will he get them without having to ask Gordon Brown to nominate him?
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