The Labour leadership contest is in full swing, with Labour MPs announcing who will they be backing to be the next leader. Under new rules, each candidate requires the backing of 35 MPs to make it into the ballot paper. Four candidates have made it onto the ballot paper:
The candidates
MPs backing
Bookies’ odds
YouGov poll
Andy Burnham
68 (on the ballot)
4/5
10%
Yvette Cooper
59 (on the ballot)
11/4
4%
Liz Kendall
41 (on the ballot)
3/1
7%
Jeremy Corbyn
36 (on the ballot)
25/1
4%
Who’s backing who
Most popular
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Andy Burnham
Yvette Cooper
Liz Kendall
Jeremy Corbyn
Mary Creagh (dropped out)
Unknown
Alan Meale
Adrian Bailey
Alison McGovern
Andrew Smith
Helen Hayes
Alan Campbell
Alan Whitehead
Andy Slaughter
Angela Smith
Cat Smith
Susan Elan Jones
Alan Johnson
Albert Owen
Ann Clwyd
Ann Coffey
Catherine West
Rosie Cooper
Alex Cunningham
Bridget Phillipson
Barry Sheerman
Chi Onwurah
Angela Eagle
Andrew Gwynne
Catherine McKinnell
Christopher Evans
Clive Efford
Barry Gardiner
Andy Burnham
Chris Bryant
Chuka Umunna
Clive Lewis
Ben Bradshaw
Andy McDonald
Chris Leslie
Emma Reynolds
David Lammy
Caroline Flint
Angela Rayner
Colleen Fletcher
Fiona Mactaggart
Dawn Butler
David Winnick
Anna Turley
Daniel Zeichner
Gavin Shuker
Dennis Skinner
Ed Miliband
Barbara Keeley
David Hanson
Gisela Stuart
Diane Abbott
Gearld Kaufman
Bill Esterson
Diana Johnson
Gloria De Piero
Emily Thornberry
Graham Allen
Carolyn Harris
Fabian Hamilton
Jenny Chapman
Frank Field
Graham Stringer
Chris Matheson
Geoffrey Robinson
Ivan Lewis
Gareth Thomas
Harriet Harman
Christina Rees
George Howarth
Jessica Morden
Gordon Marsden
Stella Creasy
Clive Betts
Geraint Davies
Jim Dowd
Grahame Morris
Rob Marris
Conor McGinn
Helen Goodman
Joan Ryan
Huw Irranca-Davies
John Cryer
Dan Jarvis
Helen Jones
John Woodcock
Imran Hussain
Rosie Winterton
David Anderson
Ian Austin
Jonathan Reynolds
Jeremy Corbyn
Keith Vaz
David Crausby
Jack Dromey
Julie Elliott
Jo Cox
Lindsay Hoyle
Debbie Abrahams
Jess Phillips
Kevin Barron
John McDonnell
Roger Godsiff
Derek Twigg
Jim Cunningham
Liz Kendall
Jon Cruddas
Mark Tami
Emma Lewell-Buck
Jim Fitzpatrick
Louise Ellman
Jon Trickett
Meg Hillier
Gerald Jones
John Healey
Margaret Hodge
Kate Osamor
Natascha Engel
Graham Jones
John Mann
Mark Hendrick
Kelvin Hopkins
Harry Harpham
John Spellar
Mike Gapes
Louise Haigh
Heidi Alexander
Jon Ashworth
Mike Kane
Margaret Beckett
Hilary Benn
Judith Cummins
Nick Smith
Michael Meacher
Holly Lynch
Karen Buck
Pat McFadden
Neil Coyle
Iain Wright
Karin Smyth
Paul Flynn
Rebecca Long-Bailey
Ian Lavery
Kate Green
Peter Kyle
Richard Burgon
Ian Lucas
Kevan Jones
Phil Wilson
Ronnie Campbell
Ian Mearns
Khalid Mahmood
Simon Danczuk
Rupa Huq
Jamie Reed
Liam Byrne
Siobhain McDonagh
Rushanara Ali
Jeff Smith
Lyn Brown
Stephen Doughty
Sadiq Khan
Jo Stevens
Madeleine Moon
Stephen Timms
Sarah Champion
Julie Cooper
Maria Eagle
Stephen Twigg
Tulip Siddiq
Justin Madders
Marie Rimmer
Steve Reed
Karl Turner
Matthew Pennycook
Toby Perkins
Kate Hoey
Melanie Onn
Tom Blenkinsop
Kate Hollern
Naseem Shah
Tristram Hunt
Keir Starmer
Nic Dakin
Wes Streeting
Kerry McCarthy
Nick Brown
Kevin Brennan
Paula Sherriff
Lilian Greenwood
Richard Burden
Lisa Nandy
Roberta Blackman-Woods
Liz McInnes
Ruth Cadbury
Luciana Berger
Ruth Smeeth
Lucy Powell
Seema Malhotra
Margaret Greenwood
Shabana Mahmood
Mary Glindon
Sharon Hodgson
Michael Dugher
Stephen Kinnock
Nia Griffith
Steve McCabe
Nick...
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