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| Tom Watson elected deputy leader of the Labour party | Tom Watson elected deputy leader of the Labour party |
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| Tom Watson has been elected deputy leader of the Labour party after a three month contest. | Tom Watson has been elected deputy leader of the Labour party after a three month contest. |
| The MP, who made his name pursuing allegations of phone hacking in the tabloid press, beat the other candidates, gaining 39.4 per cent of first preferences votes. | The MP, who made his name pursuing allegations of phone hacking in the tabloid press, beat the other candidates, gaining 39.4 per cent of first preferences votes. |
| He gained 198,962 votes or 50.7 per cent of the votes in the final round of voting after the elimination of two candidates. | He gained 198,962 votes or 50.7 per cent of the votes in the final round of voting after the elimination of two candidates. |
| "Only Labour can speak for the real Britain – we haven’t always, but that’s what we have to do again. We can and we will, I promise," Mr Watson told assembled Labour supporters at the Queen Elizabeth conference centre in central London. | "Only Labour can speak for the real Britain – we haven’t always, but that’s what we have to do again. We can and we will, I promise," Mr Watson told assembled Labour supporters at the Queen Elizabeth conference centre in central London. |
| "To those who feel alarmed by the scale of difference between the old world and the new, I say this: there is only one Labour, and it’s bigger than leaders and deputy leaders, bigger even than its members and supporters." | "To those who feel alarmed by the scale of difference between the old world and the new, I say this: there is only one Labour, and it’s bigger than leaders and deputy leaders, bigger even than its members and supporters." |
| "At our best we articulate and embody the common sense compassion of the British people – the no-nonsense belief that things ought to be fair. If you put in when you can you should get out when you need. " | "At our best we articulate and embody the common sense compassion of the British people – the no-nonsense belief that things ought to be fair. If you put in when you can you should get out when you need. " |
| Jeremy Corbyn started off as the rank outsider in the race to replace Ed Miliband and admitted he was only standing to ensure the left of the party was given a voice in the contest. But the Islington North MP, who first entered Parliament in 1983, is now the firm favourite to be elected Labour leader on September 12 after a surge in left-wing supporters signing up for a vote. | |
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| Andy Burnham started out as the front-runner in the leadership election, seen as the candidate of the left until Jeremy Corbyn entered the race. The former Cabinet minister has found himself squeezed between the growing populism of Corbyn’s radical agenda and the moderate, centre-left Yvette Cooper, not knowing which way to turn. It has attracted damaging labels such as ‘flip-flop Andy’, most notably over his response to the Government’s Welfare Bill. He remains hopeful he can win enough second preference votes to take him over the 50 per cent threshold ahead of Corbyn. | |
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| He added, on the Labour leadership election: "I have a very real sense that this leadership election has been as much a referendum on the political culture of the Labour party than it has on the policies of any of the candidates. | He added, on the Labour leadership election: "I have a very real sense that this leadership election has been as much a referendum on the political culture of the Labour party than it has on the policies of any of the candidates. |
| He told the Conservative party "watch your backs". | He told the Conservative party "watch your backs". |
| MP for Walthamstow Stella Creasy came second. The other candidates were Angela Eagle, Ben Bradshaw and Caroline Flint. | MP for Walthamstow Stella Creasy came second. The other candidates were Angela Eagle, Ben Bradshaw and Caroline Flint. |
| Mr Watson, who has strong links to the party’s affiliated trade unions, has a reputation as a robust political operator. | Mr Watson, who has strong links to the party’s affiliated trade unions, has a reputation as a robust political operator. |
| He also served on the front bench of the last Labour government and in a campaign planning role under Ed Miliband. | He also served on the front bench of the last Labour government and in a campaign planning role under Ed Miliband. |
| Mr Watson has said he would work with whoever won the Labour leadership. | Mr Watson has said he would work with whoever won the Labour leadership. |