Who is standing to replace Angela Rayner as deputy Labour leader?

The contention to regenerate Angela Rayner arsenic lawman Labour person has started.

She resigned connected 5 September from authorities and from her enactment station aft she was recovered to person breached the ministerial codification for not paying capable stamp work connected a 2nd location she purchased successful Hove, East Sussex, earlier this year.

Politics latest: Two large Labour names participate the race

Ms Rayner had been lawman person of the Labour Party since 2020, erstwhile Sir Keir Starmer was voted successful arsenic leader.

There is present a conflict to regenerate her, with nominations by MPs owed by 5pm connected 11 September and a effect connected 25 October.

A full of 80 MPs request to backmost a campaigner for them to beryllium nominated, earlier Constituency Labour Party members nominate, past members ballot from 8-23 October.

Who has thrown their chapeau successful the ring?

Bell Ribeiro-Addy

The Clapham and Brixton Hill MP volition beryllium fashionable with those connected the near of the enactment - however, the Socialist Campaign Group of MPs are lone astir 30-40 strong.

Several left-wing Labour MPs including Nadia Whittome, Richard Burgon and Andy McDonald, were speedy to publically backmost her aft she was the archetypal retired of the blocks to denote her volition to stand.

Known for lasting her ground, she said she was lasting due to the fact that she believes the authorities "urgently needs to spell backmost to the guiding values of our enactment and movement, and present an ambitious programme of popular, progressive policies".

The MP accused Sir Keir's authorities of being a "pale imitation of Reform" and of "blindly pursuing Treasury orthodoxy" alternatively of tackling poorness and inequality "through wealthiness taxes and scrapping the 2 kid payment cap".

She besides called the proscription of Palestine Action arsenic a panic radical "absurd and authoritarian" and said the 7 Labour MPs ousted from the enactment "for voting with their consciences" should beryllium allowed backmost in.

Her dense disapproval of the existent authorities whitethorn not triumph her capable enactment to beryllium nominated, but she could inactive summation backing from those who judge Labour has departed from its founding principles.

Bridget Phillipson

A Starmer loyalist and furniture member, who managed to support her presumption during the reshuffle, Ms Phillipson announced her volition to basal soon aft nominations opened.

She described herself arsenic "a arrogant working-class pistillate from the northbound east" who had gone from "a azygous genitor household connected a pugnacious assembly street" to the furniture table.

The acquisition caput has won enactment from crossed the Labour Party for removing taxation alleviation connected backstage schools, expanding escaped schoolhouse meals and funded childcare.

She added: "Make nary mistake: we are successful a fight. We each cognize the dangers Reform poses to our country.

"But not lone americium I acceptable for it: I've proven we tin bash it. I've shown we tin bushed Farage successful the northbound east, portion staying existent to the Labour Party's values of equality, fairness and societal justice."

As a furniture minister, those connected the near whitethorn beryllium suspicious of her closeness to Sir Keir, but she volition beryllium seen by backbench MPs arsenic Downing Street's de facto candidate.

Her roots arsenic a working-class northerner volition tick the boxes for galore MPs.

Emily Thornberry

The seat of the influential overseas affairs committee, Dame Emily did not marque it into Sir Keir's archetypal (or current) furniture contempt serving arsenic shadiness lawyer general.

In a excavation astatine Ms Rayner, she has promised to talk retired and "not conscionable motion along" with the enactment leadership.

Her apical issues, she said, would beryllium Gaza and welfare, and besides a wealthiness taxation and expected cuts to peculiar acquisition needs (SEND) - each subjects that could summation her enactment from the left.

Dame Emily said she would beryllium a "voice for the membership, unions, PLP (Parliamentary Labour Party) and our constituents - not conscionable motion along".

As a erstwhile barrister successful a neighbouring northbound London constituency to Sir Keir's, she whitethorn beryllium seen arsenic excessively akin to the premier minister.

Many members person besides called for a lawman from the northbound of England - thing she cannot assertion to be.

Lucy Powell

The erstwhile person of the Commons, who was sacked by Sir Keir Starmer during his large furniture reshuffle, said she had received "much encouragement" to stand.

Announcing her volition to stand, Ms Powell said surviving successful Manchester "has rooted my authorities successful an knowing of people's mundane hopes and fears".

She besides promised to "bring unneurotic each parts of the party" and "unite our team".

In 2010, Ms Powell managed Ed Miliband's palmy enactment campaign.

The Manchester Central MP acknowledged the "huge challenges" the Labour Party faces - and promised to assistance look them with "bold policies, rooted successful progressive Labour values."