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10 May 2015updated 25 Jul 2021 4:53am

How will the Labour leadership election work?

Labour is looking to elect a new leader. What’s the process?

By Anoosh Chakelian

Who is running to be leader?

Liz Kendall has declared, David Lammy has said he could be interested, Yvette Cooper’s aides have secured a domain name for her campaign site, but all the other likely candidates have merely made interventions so far, stopping short of declaring their intentions to run. Read up on the runners and riders here. Tom Watson will be running for deputy leader.

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