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Friday 28 May 2010

How are the Labour leadership elections going (28.05.10 12:30 update)

As of 12:30 update today:
Diane Abbott - 1 (no change) - Just David 'Mastermind' Lammy, are you not going to nominate yourself Diane, not sure if you are the right candidate?
Ed Balls - 32 (up 5) - just three more today; running out of time and MPs Ed maybe you will need Gordon 'popular' Brown's nomination
Andy Burnham - 17 (no change)
John McDonnell - 6 (no change)
David Miliband - 54 (no change) - keeping ahead of his younger, even smugger, brother
Ed Miliband - 45 (no change)

So who has fallen in behind Ed Balls today? Dear oh dear, what a sorry crowd.
Geoffrey Robinson - Former Paymaster General (from May 1997 to January 1999) who had to resign after it was revealed that he had lent his government colleague Peter Mandelson £373,000 to buy a house. Another committed Gordon Brown supporter
Marsha Singh - Backbench Labour MP
Andrew Smith - Former Minister but also Chief Secretary to the Treasury when Gordon Brown was Chancellor
John Spellar - Former Minister and the third most senior whip in the Whips' Office between October 2008 and May 2010
Tom Watson - Former assistant labour whip and Minister but also... Read his Wikipedia entry for more detail...

So today's fantastic five comprise two ex Whips, one ex-Minister from Gordon Brown's department, a committed Gordon Brown supporter and one ordinary MP. Ed Balls now needs one more nomination to get through to the next stage; will it have to be Gordon Brown himself?

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