The Shadow Cabinet elections are good news for Ed Miliband – half the members will be female if one of the two Lords members is a woman (Jan Royall is currently Leader in the Lords), and he should be able to command a majority (just about) even on the most contentious issues. Four sitting members were defeated (Peter Hain – by 3 votes, Pat McFadden, Shawn Woodward, and Ben Bradshaw -by a mile). Diane Abbott failed to be elected — so much for inclusiveness — but with 59 votes, she won support way beyond the Campaign Group.
The Shadow Cabinet comprises 25 members — the Leader, Deputy Leader (Harriet Harman), Chief Whip (Rosie Winterton), the PLP Chair(Tony Lloyd), 19 elected by the parliamentary party and 2 from the Lords. Ten elected members voted for David Miliband, at least one of whom (Angela Eagle) has never been regarded as a Blairite. Since Rosie Winterton voted for Ed Miliband, Harriet Harman and Tony Lloyd supported him but did not vote,and the Leader appoints the remaining two, he can count on a majority.
The elected members are (sitting members in bold, Leadership votes in brackets):
1 Yvette Cooper (Balls) 232
2 John Healey (Balls) 192
3 Ed Balls (Balls) 179
4=Andy Burnham (Burnham) 165
4= Angela Eagle (David M) 165
6 Alan Johnson (David M) 163
7= Douglas Alexander(David M) 160
7= Jim Murphy (David M) 160
9 Tessa Jowell(David M) 152
10 Caroline Flint (David M) 139
11 John Denham(Ed M) 129
12= Hilary Benn(Ed M) 128
12= Sadiq Khan(Ed M) 128
14 Mary Creagh (David M) 119
15 Ann McKechin (Ed M) 117
16 Maria Eagle (Ed M) 107
17 Meg Hillier (David M) 106
18 Ivan Lewis (David M) 104
19 Liam Byrne (David M) 100
Full results (in order of election) are as follows
Yvette | Cooper | 232 | ELECTED |
John | Healey | 192 | ELECTED |
Ed | Balls | 179 | ELECTED |
Andy | Burnham | 165 | ELECTED |
Angela | Eagle | 165 | ELECTED |
Alan | Johnson | 163 | ELECTED |
Douglas | Alexander | 160 | ELECTED |
Jim | Murphy | 160 | ELECTED |
Tessa | Jowell | 152 | ELECTED |
Caroline | Flint | 139 | ELECTED |
John | Denham | 129 | ELECTED |
Hilary | Benn | 128 | ELECTED |
Sadiq | Khan | 128 | ELECTED |
Mary | Creagh | 119 | ELECTED |
Ann | McKechin | 117 | ELECTED |
Maria | Eagle | 107 | ELECTED |
Meg | Hillier | 106 | ELECTED |
Ivan | Lewis | 104 | ELECTED |
Liam | Byrne | 100 | ELECTED |
Emily | Thornberry | 99 | |
Peter | Hain | 97 | |
Fiona | Mactaggart | 88 | |
Barbara | Keeley | 87 | |
Vernon | Coaker | 85 | |
Pat | McFadden | 84 | |
Helen | Goodman | 80 | |
David | Lammy | 80 | |
Stephen | Timms | 79 | |
Chris | Bryant | 77 | |
Shaun | Woodward | 72 | |
Gareth | Thomas | 71 | |
Kevan | Jones | 68 | |
Kevin | Brennan | 64 | |
Roberta | Blackman-Woods | 63 | |
Diane | Abbott | 59 | |
Stephen | Twigg | 55 | |
Tom | Harris | 54 | |
Ben | Bradshaw | 53 | |
Iain | Wright | 43 | |
Barry | Gardiner | 41 | |
David | Hanson | 38 | |
Ian | Lucas | 34 | |
Wayne | David | 30 | |
Huw | Irranca-Davies | 28 | |
Chris | Leslie | 26 | |
Rob | Flello | 15 | |
Mike | Gapes | 12 | |
Alun | Michael | 11 | |
Eric | Joyce | 10 |