2010 Labour Party leadership election (UK)

2010 Labour Party leadership election

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Turnout	127,330 (71.7%)
Candidate Ed Miliband David Miliband Ed Balls First round 34.3% 37.8% 11.8% Final round 50.7% 49.3% Eliminated   Candidate Andy Burnham Diane Abbott First round 8.7% 7.4% Final round Eliminated Eliminated
Leader before election Harriet Harman (interim) Gordon Brown Elected Leader Ed Miliband

The 2010 Labour Party leadership election was triggered on 10 May 2010 by incumbent leader Gordon Brown's resignation following the 2010 general election which resulted in a hung parliament; the first since 1974. Brown resigned as Leader of the Labour Party on 10 May and as Prime Minister on 11 May, following the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats forming a coalition government. ^[1] The National Executive Committee decided the timetable for the election the result of which would be announced at the annual party conference. ^{[2] [3]} On 25 September 2010, Ed Miliband became the new Leader of the Labour Party, narrowly defeating his older brother, David Miliband. ^[4]

Procedure

The rules of the Labour Party stated in 2010 that "each nomination [for leader] must be supported by 12.5 per cent of the Commons members of the Parliamentary Labour Party." ^[5] As the number of Labour MPs was 257 (the 258 returned at the general election ^[6] minus Eric Illsley, who had been suspended from the Parliamentary Labour Party) ^[7] 33 MPs were needed to support any nomination. Nominations opened on 24 May and closed on 27 May, ^[8] but the deadline was extended to 9 June after complaints from John McDonnell, Diane Abbott, and Ed Miliband that the short deadline had provided insufficient time to secure the 33 nominations from MPs needed for inclusion on the ballot. ^{[2] [9]} The ballot took place between 1 and 22 September, and the results were announced on the first day of the party's conference in Manchester, 25 September. ^[3] There were three distinct electorates, the electors of which cast their votes on a "one member, one vote" basis in each applicable category:

1. Labour members of the House of Commons and the European Parliament
2. Individual members of the party
3. Individual members of affiliated organisations, such as trade unions and socialist societies

Each of the three electorates or sections contributed one third (33.33 per cent) of the total votes and were counted using the alternative vote system ^[10] system. The election was run by the National Executive Committee, and the results were announced at the annual conference in September 2010. ^[5]

Union recommendation controversy

Under Labour Party rules, trade unions were allowed to make recommendations to their members, but were barred from doing this in the same envelope that contained the ballot paper. During the election, it emerged that both the GMB and Unite had included both an envelope containing the ballot paper, and an envelope containing promotional material for Ed Miliband, their favoured candidate, in the same communication. Though the promotional material was in a different envelope from the ballot paper, this nevertheless attracted criticism that they had breached the spirit of the rules. ^{[11] [12]}

Candidates

At a meeting of the Cabinet held on 10 May 2010, it was agreed that no one would announce their candidacy until after formal negotiations in regards to forming a government were resolved. ^[13] The Conservative Party and Liberal Democrats formed a coalition on 11 May, and David Miliband became the first person to announce his candidacy the following day. A total of six candidates emerged by 20 May:

• Diane Abbott, announced 20 May ^[14]
• Ed Balls, announced 19 May ^[15]
• Andy Burnham, announced 20 May ^[16]
• John McDonnell, announced 18 May; ^[17] withdrew 9 June ^[18]
• David Miliband, announced 12 May ^[19]
• Ed Miliband, announced 14 May ^[20]

On 9 June John McDonnell withdrew from the contest ^[21] in favour of Diane Abbott, ^[18] who eventually made the ballot paper. ^[22]

Nominations

Candidates must receive nominations from at least 12.5 per cent of the 257 Parliamentary Labour Party members (33) to appear on the ballot. John McDonnell had 16 nominations when he withdrew on 9 June, in favour of Diane Abbott. ^[23] The final nominations figures were as follows: ^[24]

Candidate	Constituency	Nominations	Share
Diane Abbott	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	33	12.84%
Ed Balls	Morley and Outwood	33	12.84%
Andy Burnham	Leigh	33	12.84%
David Miliband	South Shields	81	31.52%
Ed Miliband	Doncaster North	63	24.51%

The number of MPs next to the candidate's name below includes the actual candidate too, as they counted as one of the 33 MPs needed (except for David Miliband, as he nominated Diane Abbott to ensure her appearance on the ballot). Public nominations for candidates by MPs were as follows: ^[25]

• David Miliband (81): Bob Ainsworth, Douglas Alexander, Willie Bain, Gordon Banks, Hugh Bayley, Stuart Bell, Ben Bradshaw, Russell Brown, Richard Burden, Liam Byrne, David Cairns, Alan Campbell, Jenny Chapman, Ann Clwyd, Ann Coffey, Rosie Cooper, Mary Creagh, Stella Creasy, Alex Cunningham, Simon Danczuk, Alistair Darling, Gloria De Piero, Brian Donohoe, Gemma Doyle, Angela Eagle, Julie Elliott, Louise Ellman, Chris Evans, Jim Fitzpatrick, Caroline Flint, Paul Flynn, Mike Gapes, Barry Gardiner, Pat Glass, Mary Glindon, Fabian Hamilton, David Hanson, Tom Harris, Mark Hendrick, Margaret Hodge, George Howarth, Tristram Hunt, Alan Johnson, Tessa Jowell, Gerald Kaufman, Liz Kendall, Ivan Lewis, Michael McCann, Gregg McClymont, Siobhain McDonagh, Pat McFadden, Anne McGuire, Ian Mearns, Alun Michael, Jessica Morden, Meg Munn, Jim Murphy, Ian Murray, Pamela Nash, Fiona O'Donnell, Toby Perkins, Bridget Phillipson, Yasmin Qureshi, Nick Raynsford, Jamie Reed, Jonathan Reynolds, Frank Roy, Chris Ruane, Anas Sarwar, Virendra Sharma, Barry Sheerman, Angela Smith, Nick Smith, Peter Soulsby, Graham Stringer, Mark Tami, Gareth Thomas, Valerie Vaz, Phil Wilson, John Woodcock, Shaun Woodward
• Ed Miliband (63): Adrian Bailey, Margaret Beckett, Anne Begg, Hilary Benn, Luciana Berger, Roberta Blackman-Woods, Paul Blomfield, Karen Buck, Margaret Curran, Wayne David, Geraint Davies, John Denham, Frank Dobson, Jack Dromey, Maria Eagle, Clive Efford, Natascha Engel, Bill Esterson, Frank Field, Hywel Francis, Helen Goodman, Tom Greatrex, Lilian Greenwood, Peter Hain, David Hamilton, Jimmy Hood, Graham Jones, Susan Jones, Sadiq Khan, Ian Lavery, Mark Lazarowicz, Andy Love, Ian Lucas, Shabana Mahmood, John Mann, Gordon Marsden, Jim McGovern, Ann McKechin, Catherine McKinnell, Michael Meacher, Alan Meale, Madeleine Moon, Grahame Morris, Paul Murphy, Lisa Nandy, Sandra Osborne, Albert Owen, Stephen Pound, Rachel Reeves, Emma Reynolds, Lindsay Roy, Joan Ruddock, Alison Seabeck, Jim Sheridan, Andy Slaughter, Owen Smith, Emily Thornberry, Stephen Timms, Chuka Umunna, Alan Whitehead, Christopher Williamson, Rosie Winterton
• Ed Balls (33): David Anderson, Ian Austin, Tom Blenkinsop, Kevin Brennan, Lyn Brown, Vernon Coaker, Yvette Cooper, David Crausby, Jim Cunningham, Jim Dobbin, Mike Dugher, Andrew Gwynne, John Healey, Stephen Hepburn, Sharon Hodgson, Diana Johnson, Helen Jones, Eric Joyce, Barbara Keeley, Chris Leslie, Khalid Mahmood, Steve McCabe, Kerry McCarthy, Teresa Pearce, John Robertson, Geoffrey Robinson, Marsha Singh, Andrew Smith, John Spellar, Tom Watson, David Wright, Iain Wright
• Andy Burnham (33): Heidi Alexander, Kevin Barron, Joe Benton, Clive Betts, Hazel Blears, David Blunkett, Tom Clarke, Michael Connarty, Nic Dakin, Thomas Docherty, Frank Doran, Paul Farrelly, Rob Flello, Yvonne Fovargue, Paul Goggins, Kate Green, Julie Hilling, Lindsay Hoyle, Huw Irranca-Davies, Cathy Jamieson, Kevan Jones, Alan Keen, Alison McGovern, Andrew Miller, Austin Mitchell, Steve Rotheram, Gerry Sutcliffe, Karl Turner, Derek Twigg, Joan Walley, Dave Watts, Malcolm Wicks
• Diane Abbott (33): Rushanara Ali, Chris Bryant, Ronnie Campbell, Katy Clark, Jeremy Corbyn, Jon Cruddas, John Cryer, Ian Davidson, Sheila Gilmore, Nia Griffith, Harriet Harman, Meg Hillier, Kate Hoey, Kelvin Hopkins, Sian James, David Lammy, Tony Lloyd, Denis MacShane, Fiona MacTaggart, John McDonnell, George Mudie, Chi Onwurah, Linda Riordan, Gavin Shuker, Dennis Skinner, Jack Straw, Jon Trickett, Stephen Twigg, Keith Vaz, Mike Wood, Phil Woolas

Before dropping out of the race on 9 June 2010, John McDonnell had the following 16 nominations: Ronnie Campbell, Martin Caton, Katy Clark, Jeremy Corbyn, John Cryer, Ian Davidson, Jim Dowd, Frank Field, Dai Havard, Kate Hoey, Ian Lavery, Graeme Morrice, Linda Riordan, Dennis Skinner, Mike Wood ^[26]

Notable Labour politicians who declined to stand

Some members of parliament were seen as potential candidates but decided against running:

• Hazel Blears ^[27] – former Communities and Local Government Secretary; supported Andy Burnham
• Yvette Cooper ^[28] – former Work and Pensions Secretary; supported her husband Ed Balls ^[29]
• Jon Cruddas ^[28] – backbencher who stood for Deputy Leader in 2007; he nominated Diane Abbott ^[30] and supported David Miliband ^[31]
• Alistair Darling ^[28] – former Chancellor of the Exchequer; supported David Miliband ^{[32] [33]}
• Peter Hain ^[34] – former Wales Secretary, previously Northern Ireland and Work and Pensions Secretary; supported Ed Miliband ^[34]
• Harriet Harman ^[28] – acting leader following Gordon Brown's departure, former Leader of the House of Commons; neutral but nominated Diane Abbott ^[35]
• Alan Johnson ^[28] – former Home Secretary, previously Health Secretary and Education Secretary; supported David Miliband ^[36]
• Jack Straw ^[28] – former Justice Secretary and Lord Chancellor, previously Foreign and Home Secretary; nominated Diane Abbott ^[37] and supported David Miliband ^[38]

Televised debates

Title	Date	Moderator	Channel	Information
Newsnight	Tuesday 15 June; 22:30	Jeremy Paxman	BBC Two	As it happened: Newsnight Labour leader hustings
Channel 4 News	Wednesday 1 September; 19:00	Jon Snow	Channel 4	Labour leadership: live Channel 4 debate
Sky News	Sunday 5 September; 22:30	Adam Boulton	Sky News	Labour Leader Debate: Submit Your Question
Question Time	Thursday 16 September; 22:35	David Dimbleby	BBC One	Question Time Labour leadership special

Opinion polling

YouGov, 27–29 July 2010 1,102 eligible voters [lower-alpha 1] [39]
Candidate	Members	Affiliates [lower-alpha 2]	PLP	Total
First Round
David Miliband	32%	34%	37%	37%
Ed Miliband	38%	26%	29%	29%
Diane Abbott	13%	17%	5%	12%
Andy Burnham	10%	13%	12%	12%
Ed Balls	7%	11%	11%	11%
Final Round
David Miliband	50%	44%	55%	54%
Ed Miliband	50%	56%	45%	46%

YouGov, 7–10 September 2010 1,011 eligible voters [lower-alpha 3] [40]
Candidate	Members	Affiliates [lower-alpha 4]	PLP	Total
First Round
David Miliband	31%	29%	41%	36%
Ed Miliband	38%	36%	29%	32%
Andy Burnham	10%	14%	11%	12%
Ed Balls	9%	9%	14%	11%
Diane Abbott	11%	12%	4%	9%
Final Round
Ed Miliband	52%	57%	44%	51%
David Miliband	48%	43%	56%	49%

Results

Each of the three electorates or sections contributed one third (33.33 per cent) of the total votes and were counted using the Alternative Vote system ^[10] system. ^[41]

Overall result

First round

Candidate		MPs/MEPs (33.3%)		Labour Party members (33.3%)		Affiliated members (33.3%)		Overall result
		Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	%
	David Miliband	111	41.7	55,905	44.1	58,189	27.5	37.8
	Ed Miliband	84	31.6	37,980	29.9	87,585	41.5	34.3
	Ed Balls	40	15.0	12,831	10.1	21,618	10.2	11.8
	Andy Burnham	24	9.0	10,844	8.5	17,904	8.5	8.7
	Diane Abbott N	7	2.6	9,314	7.3	25,938	12.3	7.4

The combined total of first-round votes for Balls, Burnham, and Abbott (27.89%) was less than Ed Miliband's vote (34.33%). Thus, it was certain after the first round that Balls, Burnham, and Abbott would all be eliminated.

Second round

Candidate		MPs/MEPs (33.3%)		Labour Party members (33.3%)		Affiliated members (33.3%)		Overall result
		Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	%
	David Miliband	111	42.0	57,128	45.2	61,336	29.4	38.9
	Ed Miliband	88	33.3	42,176	33.4	95,335	45.7	37.5
	Ed Balls	41	15.5	14,510	11.5	26,441	12.7	13.2
	Andy Burnham N	24	9.1	12,498	9.9	25,528	12.2	10.4

Third round

Candidate		MPs/MEPs (33.3%)		Labour Party members (33.3%)		Affiliated members (33.3%)		Overall result
		Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	%
	David Miliband	125	47.3	60,375	48.2	66,889	32.6	42.7
	Ed Miliband	96	36.4	46,697	37.3	102,882	50.1	41.3
	Ed Balls N	43	16.3	18,114	14.5	35,512	17.3	16.0

Fourth round

Candidate		MPs/MEPs (33.3%)		Labour Party members (33.3%)		Affiliated members (33.3%)		Overall result
		Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	%
	Ed Miliband Y	122	46.6	55,992	45.6	119,405	59.8	50.7
	David Miliband	140	53.4	66,814	54.4	80,266	40.2	49.3

Turnout in the members section was 71.7%, with 127,330 votes cast of the 177,558 ballots distributed. ^[42] Amongst affiliated members, turnout was 9.0%, whilst amongst MPs/MEPs turnout was 98.5%. ^[41]

Labour MPs and MEPs

MP	First Choice	Second Choice	Third Choice	Fourth Choice	Fifth Choice
Diane Abbott	Diane Abbott	None	None	None	None
Bob Ainsworth	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	Andy Burnham	Ed Balls	Diane Abbott
Douglas Alexander	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	Ed Balls	Andy Burnham	Diane Abbott
Heidi Alexander	Andy Burnham	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	None	None
Rushanara Ali	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	Ed Balls	Andy Burnham	Diane Abbott
Graham Allen	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	None	None	None
Dave Anderson	Ed Balls	Ed Miliband	David Miliband	Andy Burnham	Diane Abbott
Ian Austin	Ed Balls	David Miliband	Andy Burnham	Ed Miliband	Diane Abbott
Adrian Bailey	Ed Miliband	David Miliband	Ed Balls	Andy Burnham	None
Willie Bain	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	Ed Balls	Andy Burnham	Diane Abbott
Ed Balls	Ed Balls	None	None	None	None
Gordon Banks	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	Ed Balls	Andy Burnham	None
Kevin Barron	Andy Burnham	Ed Miliband	David Miliband	Ed Balls	Diane Abbott
Hugh Bayley	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	Ed Balls	Andy Burnham	Diane Abbott
Margaret Beckett	Ed Miliband	None	None	None	None
Anne Begg	Ed Miliband	David Miliband	Ed Balls	Andy Burnham	Diane Abbott
Stuart Bell	David Miliband	Ed Balls	None	None	None
Hilary Benn	Ed Miliband	David Miliband	None	None	None
Joe Benton	Andy Burnham	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	Ed Balls	None
Luciana Berger	Ed Miliband	David Miliband	Ed Balls	Andy Burnham	Diane Abbott
Clive Betts	Andy Burnham	Ed Miliband	None	None	None
Roberta Blackman-Woods	Ed Miliband	Andy Burnham	None	None	None
Hazel Blears	Andy Burnham	David Miliband	Ed Balls	Ed Miliband	None
Tom Blenkinsop	Ed Balls	David Miliband	None	None	None
Paul Blomfield	Ed Miliband	None	None	None	None
David Blunkett	Andy Burnham	David Miliband	None	None	None
Ben Bradshaw	David Miliband	None	None	None	None
Kevin Brennan	Ed Balls	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	Andy Burnham	Diane Abbott
Gordon Brown	None	None	None	None	None
Lyn Brown	Ed Balls	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	None	None
Russell Brown	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	Ed Balls	Andy Burnham	None
Chris Bryant	David Miliband	Ed Balls	Andy Burnham	Ed Miliband	Diane Abbott
Karen Buck	Ed Miliband	None	None	None	None
Richard Burden	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	Ed Balls	None	None
Andy Burnham	Andy Burnham	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	Ed Balls	Diane Abbott
Liam Byrne	David Miliband	Ed Balls	None	None	None
David Cairns	David Miliband	None	None	None	None
Alan Campbell	David Miliband	Andy Burnham	None	None	None
Ronnie Campbell	Andy Burnham	Ed Miliband	None	None	None
Michael Cashman MEP	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	None	None	None
Martin Caton	Ed Miliband	Diane Abbott	Ed Balls	None	None
Jenny Chapman	David Miliband	None	None	None	None
Katy Clark	Diane Abbott	Ed Balls	Ed Miliband	Andy Burnham	David Miliband
Tom Clarke	David Miliband	Andy Burnham	Diane Abbott	Ed Miliband	Ed Balls
Ann Clwyd	David Miliband	None	None	None	None
Vernon Coaker	Ed Balls	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	Andy Burnham	None
Ann Coffey	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	Andy Burnham	Ed Balls	Diane Abbott
Michael Connarty	Andy Burnham	Ed Balls	Ed Miliband	David Miliband	Diane Abbott
Rosie Cooper	David Miliband	Ed Balls	None	None	None
Yvette Cooper	Ed Balls	None	None	None	None
Jeremy Corbyn	Diane Abbott	Ed Miliband	None	None	None
David Crausby	Ed Balls	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	Andy Burnham	Diane Abbott
Mary Creagh	David Miliband	Ed Balls	Ed Miliband	Andy Burnham	Diane Abbott
Stella Creasy	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	None	None	None
Jon Cruddas	David Miliband	Ed Balls	Ed Miliband	Diane Abbott	Andy Burnham
John Cryer	Ed Miliband	Ed Balls	David Miliband	Andy Burnham	Diane Abbott
Alex Cunningham	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	Ed Balls	Andy Burnham	Diane Abbott
Jim Cunningham	Ed Balls	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	Andy Burnham	Diane Abbott
Tony Cunningham	Ed Balls	Ed Miliband	David Miliband	Andy Burnham	None
Margaret Curran	Ed Miliband	David Miliband	Andy Burnham	Ed Balls	Diane Abbott
Nic Dakin	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	Ed Balls	Andy Burnham	Diane Abbott
Simon Danczuk	David Miliband	None	None	None	None
Alistair Darling	David Miliband	None	None	None	None
Wayne David	Ed Miliband	David Miliband	Ed Balls	Andy Burnham	Diane Abbott
Ian Davidson	Ed Balls	Ed Miliband	David Miliband	Andy Burnham	Diane Abbott
Geraint Davies	Ed Miliband	David Miliband	Ed Balls	None	None
Gloria De Piero	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	None	None	None
John Denham	Ed Miliband	None	None	None	None
Jim Dobbin	Ed Balls	Ed Miliband	None	None	None
Frank Dobson	Ed Miliband	Ed Balls	None	None	None
Thomas Docherty	Andy Burnham	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	Ed Balls	Diane Abbott
Brian Donohoe	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	Ed Balls	Andy Burnham	Diane Abbott
Frank Doran	Ed Miliband	David Miliband	Ed Balls	Andy Burnham	None
Jim Dowd	David Miliband	None	None	None	None
Gemma Doyle	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	Ed Balls	Diane Abbott	Andy Burnham
Jack Dromey	Ed Miliband	None	None	None	None
Michael Dugher	Ed Balls	Ed Miliband	None	None	None
Angela Eagle	David Miliband	Ed Balls	Ed Miliband	Andy Burnham	Diane Abbott
Maria Eagle	Ed Miliband	None	None	None	None
Clive Efford	Ed Miliband	David Miliband	Ed Balls	Andy Burnham	Diane Abbott
Julie Elliott	David Miliband	Andy Burnham	Ed Miliband	None	None
Louise Ellman	David Miliband	Andy Burnham	None	None	None
Natascha Engel	Ed Miliband	None	None	None	None
Bill Esterson	Ed Miliband	Andy Burnham	David Miliband	Ed Balls	Diane Abbott
Chris Evans	Ed Balls	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	Andy Burnham	None
Paul Farrelly	Ed Miliband	David Miliband	Andy Burnham	Ed Balls	Diane Abbott
Frank Field	Ed Miliband	Andy Burnham	None	None	None
Jim Fitzpatrick	David Miliband	None	None	None	None
Rob Flello	Andy Burnham	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	None	None
Caroline Flint	David Miliband	None	None	None	None
Paul Flynn	David Miliband	Andy Burnham	Diane Abbott	Ed Balls	Ed Miliband
Yvonne Fovargue	Andy Burnham	David Miliband	None	None	None
Hywel Francis	Ed Miliband	Ed Balls	None	None	None
Mike Gapes	David Miliband	Andy Burnham	Ed Balls	Ed Miliband	Diane Abbott
Barry Gardiner	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	None	None	None
Sheila Gilmore	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	Andy Burnham	Diane Abbott	Ed Balls
Pat Glass	David Miliband	Ed Balls	Andy Burnham	Ed Miliband	Diane Abbott
Mary Glindon	David Miliband	Andy Burnham	Ed Miliband	Ed Balls	Diane Abbott
Roger Godsiff	Ed Miliband	David Miliband	Andy Burnham	Ed Balls	Diane Abbott
Paul Goggins	Andy Burnham	David Miliband	None	None	None
Helen Goodman	Ed Miliband	None	None	None	None
Tom Greatrex	Ed Miliband	David Miliband	Andy Burnham	Ed Balls	None
Kate Green	Ed Balls	Ed Miliband	Andy Burnham	David Miliband	Diane Abbott
Lilian Greenwood	Ed Miliband	David Miliband	Ed Balls	Andy Burnham	Diane Abbott
Nia Griffith	Ed Balls	Ed Miliband	David Miliband	None	None
Andrew Gwynne	Ed Balls	Ed Miliband	David Miliband	Andy Burnham	Diane Abbott
Peter Hain	Ed Miliband	David Miliband	None	None	None
David Hamilton	Ed Miliband	Ed Balls	Andy Burnham	David Miliband	None
Fabian Hamilton	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	Andy Burnham	Ed Balls	None
David Hanson	David Miliband	Andy Burnham	Ed Miliband	Ed Balls	Diane Abbott
Harriet Harman	None	None	None	None	None
Tom Harris	David Miliband	None	None	None	None
Dai Havard	Ed Miliband	Ed Balls	None	None	None
John Healey	Ed Balls	Ed Miliband	None	None	None
Mark Hendrick	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	Andy Burnham	Ed Balls	Diane Abbott
Stephen Hepburn	Ed Balls	David Miliband	None	None	None
David Heyes	Andy Burnham	Ed Miliband	David Miliband	Ed Balls	Diane Abbott
Meg Hillier	David Miliband	Ed Balls	Andy Burnham	None	None
Julie Hilling	Andy Burnham	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	Ed Balls	Diane Abbott
Margaret Hodge	David Miliband	None	None	None	None
Sharon Hodgson	Ed Balls	Andy Burnham	Ed Miliband	David Miliband	Diane Abbott
Kate Hoey	Andy Burnham	Ed Miliband	David Miliband	None	None
Mary Honeyball MEP	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	Ed Balls	Andy Burnham	Diane Abbott
Jimmy Hood	Ed Miliband	Ed Balls	David Miliband	Andy Burnham	Diane Abbott
Kelvin Hopkins	Diane Abbott	Ed Miliband	Ed Balls	Andy Burnham	David Miliband
George Howarth	David Miliband	Ed Balls	None	None	None
Richard Howitt MEP	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	None	None	None
Lindsay Hoyle	Ed Balls	Ed Miliband	David Miliband	None	None
Stephen Hughes	Ed Miliband	David Miliband	Andy Burnham	None	None
Tristram Hunt	David Miliband	Ed Balls	Ed Miliband	Andy Burnham	Diane Abbott
Huw Irranca-Davies	David Miliband	Andy Burnham	Ed Miliband	Ed Balls	None
Glenda Jackson	Ed Miliband	Ed Balls	None	None	None
Siân James	Ed Miliband	Ed Balls	None	None	None
Cathy Jamieson	Ed Miliband	Andy Burnham	David Miliband	Ed Balls	Diane Abbott
Alan Johnson	David Miliband	None	None	None	None
Diana Johnson	Ed Balls	David Miliband	None	None	None
Graham Jones	Ed Miliband	Ed Balls	Andy Burnham	David Miliband	None
Helen Jones	Ed Balls	Ed Miliband	David Miliband	None	None
Kevan Jones	David Miliband	Andy Burnham	None	None	None
Susan Elan Jones	Ed Miliband	David Miliband	None	None	None
Tessa Jowell	David Miliband	Andy Burnham	Ed Miliband	Diane Abbott	Ed Balls
Eric Joyce	Ed Balls	Ed Miliband	Andy Burnham	David Miliband	Diane Abbott
Gerald Kaufman	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	Andy Burnham	Ed Balls	None
Barbara Keeley	Ed Balls	Ed Miliband	David Miliband	Andy Burnham	Diane Abbott
Alan Keen	Andy Burnham	Ed Miliband	David Miliband	Ed Balls	Diane Abbott
Liz Kendall	David Miliband	None	None	None	None
Sadiq Khan	Ed Miliband	None	None	None	None
David Lammy	David Miliband	Diane Abbott	Ed Balls	Ed Miliband	Andy Burnham
Ian Lavery	Ed Miliband	Andy Burnham	None	None	None
Mark Lazarowicz	Ed Miliband	None	None	None	None
Chris Leslie	Ed Balls	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	Andy Burnham	Diane Abbott
Ivan Lewis	David Miliband	None	None	None	None
Tony Lloyd	None	None	None	None	None
Andy Love	Ed Miliband	David Miliband	Ed Balls	Andy Burnham	Diane Abbott
Ian Lucas	Ed Miliband	Ed Balls	David Miliband	Andy Burnham	Diane Abbott
Denis MacShane	David Miliband	None	None	None	None
Fiona Mactaggart	David Miliband	Ed Balls	None	None	None
Khalid Mahmood	Ed Balls	Ed Miliband	Diane Abbott	David Miliband	Andy Burnham
Shabana Mahmood	Ed Miliband	None	None	None	None
John Mann	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	None	None	None
Gordon Marsden	Ed Miliband	David Miliband	Andy Burnham	Ed Balls	None
David Martin MEP	David Miliband	None	None	None	None
Linda McAvan MEP	Ed Miliband	None	None	None	None
Steve McCabe	Ed Balls	Ed Miliband	David Miliband	None	None
Michael McCann	David Miliband	None	None	None	None
Arlene McCarthy MEP	Ed Miliband	David Miliband	Andy Burnham	None	None
Kerry McCarthy	Ed Balls	David Miliband	None	None	None
Gregg McClymont	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	Ed Balls	Andy Burnham	Diane Abbott
Siobhain McDonagh	David Miliband	None	None	None	None
John McDonnell	Diane Abbott	None	None	None	None
Pat McFadden	David Miliband	None	None	None	None
Alison McGovern	David Miliband	Andy Burnham	Ed Miliband	Ed Balls	Diane Abbott
Jim McGovern	Ed Miliband	None	None	None	None
Anne McGuire	David Miliband	Ed Balls	Ed Miliband	Andy Burnham	Diane Abbott
Ann McKechin	Ed Miliband	Ed Balls	None	None	None
Catherine McKinnell	Ed Miliband	None	None	None	None
Michael Meacher	Ed Miliband	Diane Abbott	None	None	None
Alan Meale	Ed Miliband	David Miliband	Ed Balls	Andy Burnham	Diane Abbott
Ian Mearns	David Miliband	Ed Balls	Ed Miliband	Andy Burnham	Diane Abbott
Alun Michael	David Miliband	Ed Balls	Ed Miliband	Andy Burnham	Diane Abbott
David Miliband	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	None	None	None
Ed Miliband	Ed Miliband	David Miliband	None	None	None
Andrew Miller	Andy Burnham	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	Ed Balls	None
Austin Mitchell	Ed Miliband	David Miliband	Ed Balls	Diane Abbott	Andy Burnham
Madeleine Moon	Ed Miliband	Ed Balls	None	None	None
Claude Moraes MEP	David Miliband	None	None	None	None
Jessica Morden	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	Andy Burnham	Ed Balls	Diane Abbott
Graeme Morrice	Ed Miliband	None	None	None	None
Grahame Morris	Ed Miliband	Andy Burnham	Ed Balls	Diane Abbott	David Miliband
George Mudie	Ed Balls	Ed Miliband	None	None	None
Meg Munn	David Miliband	None	None	None	None
Jim Murphy	David Miliband	None	None	None	None
Paul Murphy	Ed Miliband	David Miliband	None	None	None
Ian Murray	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	Ed Balls	Andy Burnham	Diane Abbott
Lisa Nandy	Ed Miliband	Ed Balls	None	None	None
Pamela Nash	David Miliband	None	None	None	None
Fiona O'Donnell	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	Andy Burnham	Ed Balls	Diane Abbott
Chi Onwurah	Ed Miliband	David Miliband	Diane Abbott	None	None
Sandra Osborne	Ed Miliband	None	None	None	None
Albert Owen	Ed Miliband	Andy Burnham	David Miliband	Ed Balls	None
Teresa Pearce	Ed Balls	Ed Miliband	David Miliband	None	None
Toby Perkins	David Miliband	Ed Balls	Ed Miliband	Andy Burnham	Diane Abbott
Bridget Phillipson	David Miliband	None	None	None	None
Stephen Pound	Ed Miliband	Andy Burnham	David Miliband	Ed Balls	None
Dawn Primarolo	Ed Miliband	None	None	None	None
Yasmin Qureshi	David Miliband	None	None	None	None
Nick Raynsford	David Miliband	None	None	None	None
Jamie Reed	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	Andy Burnham	Ed Balls	None
Rachel Reeves	Ed Miliband	David Miliband	Ed Balls	Andy Burnham	Diane Abbott
Emma Reynolds	Ed Miliband	David Miliband	Ed Balls	Andy Burnham	Diane Abbott
Jonathan Reynolds	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	None	None	None
Linda Riordan	Diane Abbott	Ed Miliband	None	None	None
John Robertson	Ed Balls	Ed Miliband	David Miliband	Andy Burnham	Diane Abbott
Geoffrey Robinson	Ed Balls	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	Andy Burnham	Diane Abbott
Steve Rotheram	Andy Burnham	Ed Miliband	None	None	None
Frank Roy	David Miliband	None	None	None	None
Lindsay Roy	Ed Miliband	Ed Balls	David Miliband	None	None
Chris Ruane	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	Ed Balls	Andy Burnham	Diane Abbott
Joan Ruddock	Ed Miliband	None	None	None	None
Anas Sarwar	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	None	None	None
Alison Seabeck	Ed Miliband	None	None	None	None
Virendra Sharma	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	Ed Balls	Andy Burnham	Diane Abbott
Barry Sheerman	David Miliband	None	None	None	None
Jim Sheridan	Ed Miliband	None	None	None	None
Gavin Shuker	Ed Miliband	Ed Balls	None	None	None
Brian Simpson MEP	Andy Burnham	Ed Miliband	None	None	None
Marsha Singh	Ed Miliband	David Miliband	Ed Balls	None	None
Dennis Skinner	David Miliband	None	None	None	None
Peter Skinner MEP	David Miliband	None	None	None	None
Andy Slaughter	Ed Miliband	None	None	None	None
Andrew Smith	Ed Balls	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	Andy Burnham	None
Angela Smith	David Miliband	Andy Burnham	None	None	None
Nick Smith	David Miliband	Ed Balls	Ed Miliband	Andy Burnham	Diane Abbott
Owen Smith	Ed Miliband	Ed Balls	David Miliband	Andy Burnham	Diane Abbott
Peter Soulsby	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	Andy Burnham	Ed Balls	Diane Abbott
John Spellar	Ed Balls	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	Andy Burnham	None
Catherine Stihler MEP	Ed Miliband	David Miliband	Andy Burnham	Ed Balls	Diane Abbott
Jack Straw	David Miliband	Andy Burnham	Ed Balls	None	None
Graham Stringer	David Miliband	Andy Burnham	None	None	None
Gisela Stuart	David Miliband	None	None	None	None
Gerry Sutcliffe	Andy Burnham	David Miliband	Ed Balls	Ed Miliband	Diane Abbott
Mark Tami	David Miliband	Ed Balls	Andy Burnham	Ed Balls	Diane Abbott
Gareth Thomas	David Miliband	None	None	None	None
Emily Thornberry	Ed Miliband	None	None	None	None
Stephen Timms	Ed Miliband	David Miliband	Andy Burnham	Ed Balls	None
Jon Trickett	Ed Balls	Ed Miliband	David Miliband	Diane Abbott	None
Karl Turner	Andy Burnham	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	Ed Balls	Diane Abbott
Derek Twigg	Andy Burnham	David Miliband	Ed Balls	Ed Miliband	Diane Abbott
Stephen Twigg	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	None	None	None
Chuka Umunna	Ed Miliband	David Miliband	None	None	None
Derek Vaughan MEP	Ed Miliband	David Miliband	None	None	None
Keith Vaz	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	Ed Balls	Diane Abbott	Andy Burnham
Valerie Vaz	David Miliband	Diane Abbott	Ed Miliband	None	None
Joan Walley	Ed Miliband	Andy Burnham	None	None	None
Tom Watson	Ed Balls	Ed Miliband	Andy Burnham	David Miliband	Diane Abbott
Dave Watts	Andy Burnham	Ed Balls	Ed Miliband	Diane Abbott	David Miliband
Alan Whitehead	Ed Miliband	Andy Burnham	David Miliband	None	None
Malcolm Wicks	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	Andy Burnham	Ed Balls	Diane Abbott
Chris Williamson	Ed Miliband	Ed Balls	David Miliband	Andy Burnham	Diane Abbott
Glenis Willmott MEP	Ed Miliband	David Miliband	None	None	None
Phil Wilson	David Miliband	Andy Burnham	None	None	None
David Winnick	David Miliband	None	None	None	None
Rosie Winterton	Ed Miliband	None	None	None	None
Mike Wood	Diane Abbott	Ed Miliband	Ed Balls	None	None
John Woodcock	David Miliband	Andy Burnham	Ed Miliband	Ed Balls	None
Shaun Woodward	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	Ed Balls	Andy Burnham	Diane Abbott
Phil Woolas	David Miliband	None	None	None	None
David Wright	Ed Balls	David Miliband	Ed Miliband	Andy Burnham	None
Iain Wright	Ed Balls	Ed Miliband	Andy Burnham	David Miliband	Diane Abbott

^[43]

Constituency Labour Parties

The map below shows the results of the Constituency Labour Parties first round preferences in the leadership election by constituency, before votes were transferred due to eliminations. David Miliband took the most constituencies, winning 577 in total. He was followed by Ed Miliband who took sixty-seven constituencies. Andy Burnham won eight seats, all in north-west England, Ed Balls took two constituencies (his own, Morley & Outwood, and that of his wife, Yvette Cooper, Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford), and Diane Abbott won no constituencies. All ties with the exception of Wigan (Burnham and David Miliband) were between David and Ed Miliband. Northern Ireland was counted as one constituency. ^[42]

Green indicates constituencies won by David Miliband, light blue for Ed Miliband, pink for Andy Burnham, yellow for Ed Balls and white for a tie. (Click to enlarge)

Trade Unions and Socialist Societies

Name	Diane Abbott	Ed Balls	Andy Burnham	David Miliband	Ed Miliband
ASLEF	1,791	228	246	626	665
BECTU	588	194	210	715	697
BFAWU	178	152	154	484	231
Community	205	184	151	1,292	332
CWU	1,786	7,101	1,417	3,370	2,047
GMB	3,213	2,548	3,119	9,746	18,128
Musicians' Union	925	221	210	805	865
TSSA	898	285	296	923	544
UCATT	177	185	229	630	2,471
UNISON	2,910	2,141	2,343	6,665	9,652
Unite the Union	11,129	6,995	7,993	21,778	47,439
USDAW	1,279	788	881	8,264	1,661
BAME Labour	20	4	2	200	29
CSM	79	57	80	194	279
Fabian Society	308	313	281	1,461	1,321
LHG	16	15	16	33	41
LPDMG	5	4	2	11	20
Irish Society	11	5	2	20	16
Labour Students	117	86	116	402	379
LGBT Labour	55	17	29	193	136
Scientists for Labour	9	5	10	21	24
SERA	77	22	32	86	209
SEA	57	28	28	63	138
SHA	75	26	36	87	172
Labour Lawyers	25	14	15	83	66
Jewish Labour	5	0	6	37	24

Turnout in the affiliates section was 9.0%, with 247,339 votes cast of the 2,747,030 ballots distributed. ^[44]

See also

• 2007 Labour Party leadership election (UK)
• 2007 Labour Party deputy leadership election
• Labour Party Rule Book

Notes

1. Labour Party members, MPs, MEPs, members of Socialist Societies and members of affiliated Trade Unions.
2. Members of Socialist Societies and Trade Unions that are affiliated to the Labour Party.
3. Labour Party members, MPs, MEPs, members of Socialist Societies and members of affiliated Trade Unions.
4. Members of Socialist Societies and Trade Unions that are affiliated to the Labour Party.

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External links

News

• Factbox – Rules governing Labour leadership elections Reuters, 10 May 2010
• Labour party leadership The Guardian

Party websites

• Labour Party
• Labour Party Rule Book 2008 (PDF)

Candidates' leadership campaign websites

• Diane Abbott: Diane 4 Leader – Turn the page, change the party
• Andy Burnham – Re-connecting Labour
• Ed Balls for Labour Leader
• David Miliband – Bringing Labour together leading Labour to power Archived 17 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine
• Ed Miliband for Labour Leader