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Labour leadership: Emily Thornberry eliminated from race

Labour leadership: Emily Thornberry eliminated from race
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Emily Thornberry has been eliminated from the Labour leadership race after failing to secure enough nominations.

At the midnight Friday deadline, the shadow foreign secretary had 31 nominations from local constituency parties – two short of the 33 needed.

She did not get any nominations from Labour Party affiliates – the other route onto the ballot paper.

It leaves Sir Keir Starmer, Rebecca Long-Bailey and Lisa Nandy in the running for the top job.

All three had already qualified with the support of unions and affiliate groups.

Ms Thornberry tweeted that it was a “shame to miss out on the rest of the race, but good luck to the three superb remaining candidates”.

‘Monolithic’ campaigns

The shadow foreign secretary had struggled for support throughout the contest.

She only scraped through the first round of nominations by Labour MPs and MEPs with 23 votes – one more than the 22 required – after Clive Lewis dropped out.

Ms Thornberry admitted to suffering from a “squeeze” by the “monolithic” campaigns of Sir Keir and Ms Long-Bailey.

Under party rules, candidates had to secure support from three unions or affiliates representing 5% of the membership, or 33 constituency Labour parties.

Labour members will begin voting on the remaining candidates from Monday 24 February. Voting closes on 2 April, with the result announced two days later.

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Current leader Jeremy Corbyn confirmed he would step down at his election count in December as his party faced its worst performance in terms of seats since 1935.

There is also a contest running for the next deputy leader of the party, following Tom Watson’s resignation in December.

All five candidates who put themselves forward made the ballot: shadow education secretary Angela Rayner, shadow justice secretary Richard Burgon, shadow equalities minister Dawn Butler, Scotland’s only remaining Labour MP Ian Murray and Tooting MP Rosena Allin-Khan.


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