Show Hide image The Staggers 15 June 2015 Who nominated who for the 2015 Labour leadership election? The leadership candidates needed the signatures of 35 MPs to make the ballot. Here's who backed whom. Print HTML Andy Burnham, Liz Kendall, Yvette Cooper and Jeremy Corbyn have all made it onto the ballot paper for the Labour leadership race. Burnham, the bookies' favourite, squares off against Liz Kendall, from the party's modernising tendency, Cooper, from the party's centre, and Corbyn, from the party's left flank. The Labour leadership hopefuls needed 35 MPs to nominate them in order to run. Mary Creagh was unable to secure the support she needed and dropped out. Neither the departed leader, Ed Miliband, or the acting leader, Harriet Harman, nominated a candidate. The Chief Whip, Rosie Winterton, and the chair of the PLP, Jon Cryer, also stayed out of the race, as did Lindsay Hoyle, the deputy speaker of the Commons, and Ian Murray, the shadow secretary of state for Scotland. A further 22 MPs also refrained from nominating anyone. Who nominated who? Andy Burnham (68) Debbie Abrahams MP for Oldham East and Saddleworth Heidi Alexander MP for Lewisham East Dave Anderson MP for Blaydon Hilary Benn MP for Leeds Central Luciana Berger MP for Liverpool, Wavertree Clive Betts MP for Sheffield South East Paul Blomfield MP for Sheffield Central Kevin Brennan MP for Cardiff West Andrew Burnham MP for Leigh Julie Cooper MP for Burnley David Crausby MP for Bolton North East Alex Cunningham MP for Stockton North Wayne David MP for Caerphilly Peter Dowd MP for Bootle Michael Dugher MP for Barnsley East Bill Esterson MP for Sefton Central Paul Farrelly MP for Newcastle-Under-Lyme Rob Flello MP for Stoke-On-Trent South Yvonne Fovargue MP for Makerfield Pat Glass MP for North West Durham Mary Glindon MP for North Tyneside Lilian Greenwood MP for Nottingham South Margaret Greenwood MP for Wirral West Nia Griffith MP for Llanelli Andrew Gwynne MP for Denton and Reddish Harry Harpham MP for Sheffield Brightside & Hillsborough Carolyn Harris MP for Swansea East Stephen Hepburn MP for Jarrow Kate Hoey MP for Vauxhall Kate Hollern MP for Blackburn Dan Jarvis MP for Barnsley Central Graham Jones MP for Hyndburn Gerald Jones MP for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney Barbara Keeley MP for Worsley and Eccles South Ian Lavery MP for Wansbeck Emma Lewell-Buck MP for South Shields Ian Lucas MP for Wrexham Holly Lynch MP for Halifax Justin Madders MP for Ellesmere Port and Neston Rachael Maskell MP for York Central Chris Matheson MP for City of Chester Kerry McCarthy MP for Bristol East Andy McDonald MP for Middlesbrough Conor McGinn MP for St Helens North Liz McInnes MP for Heywood and Middleton Alan Meale MP for Mansfield Ian Mearns MP for Gateshead Lisa Nandy MP for Wigan Albert Owen MP for Ynys Mon Teresa Pearce MP for Erith and Thamesmead Lucy Powell MP for Manchester Central Yasmin Qureshi MP for Bolton South East Angela Rayner MP for Ashton-Under-Lyne Jamie Reed MP for Copeland Christina Rees MP for Neath Rachel Reeves MP for Leeds West Steve Rotheram MP for Liverpool, Walton Owen Smith MP for Pontypridd Jeff Smith MP for Manchester Withington Keir Starmer MP for Holborn and St Pancras Jo Stevens MP for Cardiff Central Nick Thomas-Symonds MP for Torfaen Anna Turley MP for Redcar Karl Turner MP for Kingston Upon Hull East Derek Twigg MP for Halton Valerie Vaz MP for Walsall South Alan Whitehead MP for Southampton Test Iain Wright MP for Hartlepool Yvette Cooper (59) Jon Ashworth MP for Leicester South Ian Austin MP for Dudley North Adrian Bailey MP for West Bromwich West Roberta Blackman-Woods MP for City of Durham Lyn Brown MP for West Ham Nick Brown MP for Newcastle Upon Tyne East Chris Bryant MP for Rhondda Karen Buck MP for Westminster North Richard Burden MP for Birmingham, Northfield Liam Byrne MP for Birmingham, Hodge Hill Ruth Cadbury MP for Brentford and Isleworth Ann Clwyd MP for Cynon Valley Vernon Coaker MP for Gedling Yvette Cooper MP for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford Judith Cummins MP for Bradford South Jim Cunningham MP for Coventry South Nic Dakin MP for Scunthorpe Geraint Davies MP for Swansea West Thangam Debbonaire MP for Bristol West Jack Dromey MP for Birmingham, Erdington Maria Eagle MP for Garston and Halewood Jim Fitzpatrick MP for Poplar and Limehouse Coleen Fletcher MP for Coventry North East Vicky Foxcroft MP for Lewisham, Deptford Helen Goodman MP for Bishop Auckland Kate Green MP for Stretford and Urmston Fabian Hamilton MP for Leeds North East David Hanson MP for Delyn Sue Hayman MP for Workington John Healey MP for Wentworth and Dearne Sharon Hodgson MP for Washington and Sunderland West George Howarth MP for Knowsley Diana Johnson MP for Hull North Kevan Jones MP for North Durham Helen Jones MP for Warrington North Stephen Kinnock MP for Aberavon Chris Leslie MP for Nottingham East Khalid Mahmood MP for Birmingham, Perry Barr Shabana Mahmood MP for Birmingham, Ladywood Seema Malhotra MP for Feltham and Heston John Mann MP for Bassetlaw Stephen McCabe MP for Birmingham, Selly Oak Catherine McKinnell MP for Newcastle Upon Tyne North Madeleine Moon MP for Bridgend Melanie Onn MP for Great Grimsby Matthew Pennycook MP for Greenwich and Woolwich Jess Phillips MP for Birmingham Yardley Bridget Phillipson MP for Houghton and Sunderland South Stephen Pound MP for Ealing North Marie Rimmer MP for St Helens South and Whiston Geoffrey Robinson MP for Coventry North West Naz Shah MP for Bradford West Virendra Sharma MP for Ealing, Southall Paula Sherriff MP for Dewsbury Andrew Slaughter MP for Hammersmith Ruth Smeeth MP for Stoke-on-Trent North Karin Smyth MP for Bristol South John Spellar MP for Warley Daniel Zeichner MP for Cambridge Jeremy Corbyn (36) Diane Abbott MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington Rushanara Ali MP for Bethnal Green and Bow Margaret Beckett MP for Derby South Richard Burgon MP for Leeds East Dawn Butler MP for Brent Central Ronnie Campbell MP for Blyth Valley Sarah Champion MP for Rotherham Jeremy Corbyn MP for Islington North Jo Cox MP for Batley and Spen Neil Coyle MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark Jon Cruddas MP for Dagenham Clive Efford MP for Eltham Frank Field MP for Birkenhead Louise Haigh MP for Sheffield, Heeley Kelvin Hopkins MP for Luton North Rupa Huq MP for Ealing Central and Acton Imran Hussain MP for Bradford East Huw Irranca-Davies MP for Ogmore Sadiq Khan MP for Tooting David Lammy MP for Tottenham Clive Lewis MP for Norwich South Rebecca Long-Bailey MP for Salford and Eccles Gordon Marsden MP for Blackpool South John McDonnell MP for Hayes and Harlington Michael Meacher MP for Oldham West and Royton Grahame Morris MP for Easington Chi Onwurah MP for Newcastle Upon Tyne Central Kate Osamor MP for Edmonton Tulip Siddiq MP for Hampstead and Kilburn Dennis Skinner MP for Bolsover Cat Smith MP for Lancaster and Fleetwood Andrew Smith MP for Oxford East Gareth Thomas MP for Harrow West Emily Thornberry MP for Islington South and Finsbury Jon Trickett MP for Hemsworth Catherine West MP for Hornsey and Wood Green Liz Kendall (41) Kevin Barron MP for Rother Valley Tom Blenkinsop MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland Jenny Chapman MP for Darlington Ann Coffey MP for Stockport Simon Danczuk MP for Rochdale Gloria De Piero MP for Ashfield Stephen Doughty MP for Cardiff South and Penarth Jim Dowd MP for Lewisham West & Penge Julie Elliott MP for Sunderland Central Louise Ellman MP for Liverpool, Riverside Chris Evans MP for Islwyn Paul Flynn MP for Newport West Mike Gapes MP for Ilford South Mark Hendrick MP for Preston Margaret Hodge MP for Barking Tristram Hunt MP for Stoke-On-Trent Central Mike Kane MP for Wythenshawe and Sale East Liz Kendall MP for Leicester West Peter Kyle MP for Hove Ivan Lewis MP for Bury South Fiona Mactaggart MP for Slough Siobhain McDonagh MP for Mitcham and Morden Pat McFadden MP for Wolverhampton South East Alison McGovern MP for Wirral South Jessica Morden MP for Newport East Toby Perkins MP for Chesterfield CLP Steve Reed MP for Croydon North Johnny Reynolds MP for Stalybridge and Hyde Emma Reynolds MP for Wolverhampton North East Joan Ryan MP for Enfield North Barry Sheerman MP for Huddersfield Gavin Shuker MP for Luton South Nick Smith MP for Blaenau Gwent Angela Smith MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge Wes Streeting MP for Ilford North Gisela Stuart MP for Birmingham, Edgbaston Stephen Timms MP for East Ham Stephen Twigg MP for Liverpool, West Derby Chuka Umunna MP for Streatham Phil Wilson MP for Sedgefield John Woodcock MP for Barrow and Furness Did not nominate (25) Susan Elan Jones MP for Clwyd South Helen Hayes MP for Dulwich and West Norwood Alan Campbell MP for Tynemouth Alan Johnson MP for West Hull and Hessle Rosie Cooper MP for West Lancashire Angela Eagle MP for Wallasey Barry Gardiner MP for Brent North Ben Bradshaw MP for Exeter Caroline Flint MP for Don Valley David Winnick MP for Wallsall North Ed Miliband MP for Doncaster North Gerald Kaufman MP for Manchester Gorton Graham Allen MP for Nottingham North Graham Stringer MP for Blackley and Broughton Harriet Harman MP for Camberwell and Peckham Stella Creasy MP for Walthamstow Rob Marris MP for Wolverhampton South West John Cryer MP for Leyton and Wanstead Rosie Winterton MP for Doncaster Central Keith Vaz MP for Leicester East Lindsay Hoyle MP for Chorley Roger Godsiff MP for Birmingham Hall Green Mark Tami MP for Alyn and Deeside Meg Hillier MP for Hackney South and Shoreditch Natascha Engel MP for North East Derbyshire Tom Watson MP for West Bromwich East *** Now listen to the NS team discussing the Labour leadership contest on the NS podcast: listen to ‘NS #97: What makes us bored?’ on audioBoom › No members, no money: why "going it alone" is a more difficult route for Scottish Labour than you might think More Related articles Why George Osborne feels "comfortable" about his tax credits decision Awards are a serious business – as my garden gnome reminds me The Returning Officer: Winchester II
Show Hide image UK 22 October 2015 Why George Osborne feels "comfortable" about his tax credits decision The Tories feel unthreatened by Labour and believe they can ride out any unpopularity. Print HTML The most revealing moment of George Osborne's appearance before the Treasury select committee came when he declared that he was "comfortable" with the "judgement call" that he had made over tax credit cuts. As with David Cameron saying that he was "delighted" when MPs backed the measure, the choice of word was unwise (inviting Labour MPs to quip about just how "comfortable" the Chancellor is). But it was a sincere reflection of Osborne's mood. The pressure on the Conservatives over the cuts, which will cost 3.2m families an average of £1,300 a year, has significantly increased this week. Tory backbenchers, such as Heidi Allen and London mayoral candidate Zac Goldsmith, Boris Johnson, work and pensions select commitee chair Frank Field, the Sun and the Adam Smith Institute are among those demanding that Osborne modify or abandon his plans. But the Tories are comforted by what they regard as Labour's weakness. One No.10 strategist said of the pressure on the government: "Corbyn has not created any of it". The Tories believe that an alternative opposition leader, such as Yvette Cooper, would have made this week's PMQs far tougher for Cameron. Under Corbyn, they expect Labour to struggle to land blows, and to struggle to exploit those landed by others. The Tories do not dismiss the possibility that they could fall into mid-term unpopularity, and some expect to. But they are comforted by the experience of the last parliament, when the double-digit leads that Labour enjoyed became a seven-point Conservative advantage. The opposition has highlighted the 71 Tory seats in which the number of families facing significant losses outweighs the party's majority. But of the 60 constituencies it similarly identified in 2012, it won just five. Even if Osborne does soften the cuts for the lowest-paid in his Autumn Statement on 25 November, as some expect him to, there is now no easy way to avoid major reductions. As Resolution Foundation director Torsten Bells notes in a forensic analysis, even with the immediate introduction of a living wage of £9.35 (which won't happen), a couple with children and one full-time worker would still lose £620 (down from £1,500). Were this coupled with an increase in the personal tax allowance to £12,500, from £10,500, the loss would be £320. Osborne's pledge to eliminate the deficit by 2019-20, to avoid rises in general taxation and to protect spending on the NHS, schools, defence and international development has left him with little room for manoeuvre (unless he once again allows his targets to slip). It is the inevitability of the cuts that makes the Chancellor's "comfortable" position all the more striking. George Eaton is political editor of the New Statesman. More Related articles Awards are a serious business – as my garden gnome reminds me The Returning Officer: Winchester II How worried should Labour be about the Oldham West and Royton by-election?