We weren’t expecting the shadow cabinet election results until 9pm, but Labour MP Barry Gardiner has just leaked them on Twitter. Below are the 19 MPs who have made the cut.
Notable casualties include former cabinet ministers Peter Hain, Ben Bradshaw, Shaun Woodward and Stephen Timms, as well as Diane Abbott, David Lammy and Stephen Twigg. Hain, who was a key Ed Miliband supporter, will be particularly disappointed not to have been elected. But Diane Abbott’s failure comes as no surprise. The right loath her socialist politics and the left haven’t forgiven her decision to send her son to private school. Elsewhere, Tessa Jowell, one of the few remaining Blairite ultras, will be pleased with her performance.
As widely predicted, Yvette Cooper topped the poll with 232 votes, putting her in pole position for the shadow chancellorship. In total, the shadow cabinet contains 11 women (out of 25), not far off Harriet Harman’s original target of a 50:50 split.
1. Yvette Cooper: 232 votes
2. John Healey: 192 votes
3. Ed Balls: 179 votes
4. Andy Burnham: 165 votes
5. Angela Eagle: 165 votes
6. Alan Johnson: 165 votes
7. Douglas Alexander: 160 votes
8. Jim Murphy: 160 votes
9. Tessa Jowell: 152 votes
10. Caroline Flint: 139 votes
11. John Denham: 129 votes
12. Hilary Benn: 128 votes
13. Sadiq Khan: 128 votes
14. Mary Creagh: 119 votes
15. Ann McKechin: 117 votes
16. Maria Eagle: 107 votes
17. Meg Hillier: 106 votes
18. Ivan Lewis: 104 votes
19. Liam Byrne: 100 votes
They join the following Labour MPs and Peers who are already members of the shadow cabinet:
Ed Miliband, Leader
Harriet Harman, Deputy Leader
Tony Lloyd , Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party
Rosie Winterton, Shadow Chief Whip
Baroness Jan Royall, Shadow Leader of the House of Lords
Lord Steve Bassam, Chief Whip in the House of Lords
The Defeated
Emily Thornberry: 99 votes
Peter Hain: 97 votes
Fiona MacTaggart: 88 votes
Barbara Keeley: 87 votes
Vernon Coaker: 85 votes
Patrick McFadden: 84 votes
Helen Goodman: 80 votes
David Lammy: 80 votes
Stephen Timms: 79 votes
Chris Bryant: 77 votes
Shaun Woodward: 72 votes
Gareth Thomas: 71 votes
Kevin Brennan: 64 votes
Roberta Blackman-Woods: 63 votes
Diane Abbott: 59 votes
Stephen Twigg: 55 votes
Tom Harris: 54 votes
Ben Bradshaw: 53 votes
Iain Wright: 43 votes
Barry Gardiner: 41 votes
David Hanson: 38 votes
Ian Lucas: 34 votes
Wayne David 30 votes
Huw Irranca-Davies 28 votes
Chris Leslie: 26 votes
Rob Flello: 15 votes
Mike Gapes: 12 votes
Alun Michael: 11 votes
Eric Joyce: 10 votes