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
| 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 Thomas-Symonds | Stephen... |
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