Labour deputy leadership contest: Who could stand to replace Angela Rayner?

While caller section cars stone up astatine houses contiguous to prime up caller ministers giddy to get into government, different Labour MPs volition person their minds elsewhere arsenic different large contention for a large relation successful the Labour Party gets nether way.

After Angela Rayner's abrupt departure from the authorities for failing to wage capable stamp duty, she present leaves a spread astatine the apical of the enactment arsenic lawman person - an elected presumption by the rank which means a afloat enactment contention volition person to begin, and fast.

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Candidates volition astir apt person to determine contiguous whether they are going to enactment their names successful the mix.

So, who could propulsion their chapeau into the ring?

David Lammy - the 'makes sense' candidate

This would beryllium a neat small mode to lick the occupation for the authorities and an effort to effort to footwear it backmost to the presumption quo.

Sir Keir Starmer appointed the erstwhile overseas caput arsenic lawman premier minister successful the authorities during his reshuffle astatine the weekend, and if helium won, helium would efficaciously inhabit the aforesaid relation Ms Rayner had, being some the PM's elected deputy, arsenic good arsenic the members' choice.

He is London-born to Guyanese parents successful Tottenham, wherever helium is inactive an MP. He went connected to beryllium the archetypal achromatic Briton to be Harvard Law School, and successful a Tony Blair authorities helium was seen arsenic a rising prima erstwhile helium became a inferior minister.

From the backbenches, helium past became outspoken connected issues astir contention and societal justice, but since returning to the beforehand bench, has softened his connection astir Trump, and helium apologised for nominating Jeremy Corbyn arsenic Labour person backmost successful 2015. In 2016, helium was commissioned to pb a reappraisal into radical disparities successful the justness system.

Dame Emily Thornberry

The Foreign Affairs Committee seat has lived galore lives. Born to an world and teacher, she moved into a assembly location astatine 7 years aged erstwhile her parents divorced.

She aboriginal became a lawyer specialising successful quality rights law, and became an MP successful 2005 - elected initially from an all-women shortlist. That mightiness beryllium helpful, arsenic wrong the Labour Party, it's wide thought that Ms Rayner's replacement should beryllium a woman.

While she's had galore roles successful absorption - shadiness vigor minister, shadiness lawyer general, shadiness defence secretary, and shadiness overseas caput - she is astir apt astir known for a arguable tweet. Whilst serving successful Ed Miliband's shadiness cabinet, she was forced to resign successful 2014 pursuing a representation she posted of an England emblem portion campaigning successful the Rochester and Stroud by-election.

Richard Burgon - the near candidate

With Sir Keir faring severely successful the polls, immoderate successful the enactment deliberation this member-led ballot could beryllium a mode to amusement their discontent with the premier curate and his authorities by selecting a staunchly left-wing candidate. Richard Burgon has already been making noises astir a imaginable bid, tweeting however helium sees the relation of lawman playing out.

The Leeds MP has been a changeless symptom for the government. A steadfast left-wing candidate, helium has been vocal implicit Gaza, the wintertime substance U-turn, the government's payment bill, and helium temporarily mislaid the Labour whip aft voting against the authorities implicit the two-child payment cap.

His assignment would beryllium a coup for the left, who person been crushed by Sir Keir since helium came to powerfulness successful 2020. But retrieve - Rayner's powerfulness came from the information that she wasn't conscionable lawman leader, but besides lawman premier minister, and had a long-established enactment into No 10, meaning she had genuine influence.

If the victor is not from the leader's faction of the party, past the caller lawman could beryllium sidelined again.

Who other could propulsion their chapeau successful the ring?

Other names being touted (some without their knowledge) are erstwhile improvement curate Anneliese Dodds, Dawn Butler, and Miatta Fahnbulleh.

Ms Dodds has bolstered her integrity credentials wrong the enactment since resigning implicit principles and not successful disgrace aft the planetary assistance fund was cut. She besides has a forensic cognition of the interior workings of the Labour Party and, arsenic a erstwhile women and equalities minister, has wide entreaty wrong the party.

Dawn Butler has antecedently expressed an involvement successful replacing Sadiq Khan arsenic London mayor, but she's already tweeted contiguous astir however she could pivot to different positions - truthful 1 to watch.

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The 2024 intake is besides a ample and unpredictable group. They've flexed their muscles earlier implicit the payment rebellion, proving not lone their ambitions, but their brushed near leaning credentials too, adjacent astonishing the premier minister. Could they galvanise and organise a campaigner betwixt themselves successful the clip to nominate?

The lawman presumption is an elected presumption that volition yet spell retired to the wide membership, but MPs request to archetypal get 80 nominations from their ain MPs.

At midday today, the Labour Party's National Executive Committee (NEC) volition person a afloat gathering to hold a timetable and codification of behaviour for a lawman enactment contest. And due to the fact that of the London Tube strikes, it volition beryllium a integer meeting.

So expect tons of organised high-speed dating-style coffees successful Portcullis House, and hushed conversations successful corridors contiguous - oregon much apt the unending WhatsApp groups with disappearing messages.

The abrupt quality of this contest, coupled with the velocity astatine which it has to happen, means truly anyone present has a shot.