The 2015 Labour Party deputy leadership election was triggered on 8 May 2015 by the resignation of

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as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party of the United Kingdom following the party's defeat at the 2015 General Election. Harman, the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, became Acting Leader following

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's resignation. Harman announced on the same day that she would step down as Deputy Leader, with her resignation taking effect when the new Leader and Deputy Leader are elected. Five candidates were successfully nominated to stand in the deputy leadership election: Ben Bradshaw, Stella Creasy, Angela Eagle,

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, and Tom Watson. The voting process began on Friday 14 August 2015 and closed on Thursday 10 September 2015, with the results being announced on Saturday 12 September 2015. Voting was by Labour Party members and registered and affiliated supporters, using the

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system. Tom Watson was elected deputy leader with 50.7% of the vote on the third ballot. Coterminous with the deputy leadership election, in the 2015 Labour Party leadership election,

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was elected as leader.

Procedure

The leadership election, triggered by Harman's resignation, took place under the reformed rules adopted from the proposals of the February 2014 Collins Report, which was led by Ray Collins. The plan entailed a shorter election than the one that took place in

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, with a new deputy leader in place before Labour's party conference in September 2015. The review changed the way in which Labour elects leaders. Under the former system, a three-way

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chose the leader, with one-third weight given to the votes of the

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(i.e. Labour members of the

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) and Labour

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; one-third to individual Labour Party members, and one third to the trade union and affiliated societies sections.

famously won following a large victory in the third of these colleges. Following the Collins review, this system was replaced by a "

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" (OMOV) system. Candidates were elected by members and registered and affiliated supporters, who all received a maximum of one vote. This meant that, for example, members of Labour-affiliated trade unions needed to register as Labour supporters in order to vote. In order to stand, candidates needed to have been nominated by at least 15% of the

(PLP) – 35 MPs. The vote, as in previous elections, was held by the

(instant-runoff) system. The

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was held under the same rules. A meeting of Labour's National Executive Committee took place on 13 May 2015 to set a timetable and procedure for the two elections. * Tuesday 9 June 2015 – Nominations open * Monday 15 June 2015 (12:00) – Nominations for the

close * Wednesday 17 June 2015 (12:00) – Nominations for the Deputy Leader close * Wednesday 17 June 2015 (12:00) – Hustings period open * Friday 31 July 2015 (12:00) – Supporting nominations close * Wednesday 12 August 2015 (12:00) – Last date to join as member, affiliated support or registered supporter and be able to vote * Friday 14 August 2015 – Ballot papers sent out * Thursday 10 September 2015 (12:00) – Ballot closes * Saturday 12 September 2015 – Special Conference announce the results

Candidates for Deputy Leader

Declared

* Ben Bradshaw, former Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, former

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and MP for

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* Stella Creasy, Shadow Business Minister and MP for

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* Angela Eagle,

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, former Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury and MP for

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, Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, former

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and MP for Don Valley * Tom Watson, former Deputy Chair of the Labour Party, former Parliamentary secretary for the

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and MP for

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Withdrawn

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, former

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, former

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and MP for Wentworth and Dearne *

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, former Shadow Minister for Education and MP for Bethnal Green and Bow

Declined

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, MP for

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(endorsed

) * Gloria De Piero,

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and MP for Ashfield (endorsed Tom Watson) Flint was viewed as a

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, while Watson was viewed as having close links to the trade unions. One party source was anonymously quoted in the ''Financial Times'' as comparing a potential contest between Flint and Watson to the hotly contested 1981 deputy leadership election between

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and the leftist

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MP nominations for candidates

To be placed on the ballot, candidates for deputy leader must have obtained the nominations of 35 MPs. The number of MPs next to the candidate's name includes the actual candidate too, as they can count as one of the 35 MPs needed. Members with bold numbers succeeded to get the 35 nominations needed to make the ballot. Nominations for candidates by MPs were:Labour’s leadership contest
, Labour Party, 9 June 2015 * Tom Watson (62): Dave Anderson, Jonathan Ashworth, Ian Austin,

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, Kevin Brennan,

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, Richard Burgon,

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, Vernon Coaker,

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, Judith Cummins, Jim Cunningham, Gloria De Piero, Michael Dugher,

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, Rob Flello, Colleen Fletcher,

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, Roger Godsiff,

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, Harry Harpham,

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, Stephen Hepburn, Imran Hussain,

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, Emma Lewell-Buck, Clive Lewis, Rebecca Long-Bailey,

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, Khalid Mahmood,

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, Rob Marris, Chris Matheson, Stephen McCabe, Andy McDonald, Conor McGinn, Alan Meale, Ian Mearns,

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, Kate Osamor, Jess Phillips,

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, Geoffrey Robinson,

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, Virendra Sharma,

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, Ruth Smeeth, Jeff Smith, Nick Smith,

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, Iain Wright *

(43):

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, Tom Blenkinsop,

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, Nic Dakin,

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, Jim Dowd,

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, Jim Fitzpatrick,

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, Barry Gardiner,

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, David Hanson,

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, George Howarth, Graham Jones,

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, Siobhain McDonagh,

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, Joan Ryan,

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, Angela Smith,

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, Karl Turner, Alan Whitehead, Phil Wilson * Angela Eagle (38):

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, Roberta Blackman-Woods, Paul Blomfield,

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, Dawn Butler, Ann Clwyd, Julie Cooper,

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, Pat Glass,

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, Margaret Greenwood,

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, Mark Hendrick,

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, Kelvin Hopkins, Seema Malhotra, Rachael Maskell,

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, Stephen Pound,

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, Christina Rees,

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, Cat Smith,

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* Ben Bradshaw (37):

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, Lyn Brown,

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, Geraint Davies, Thangam Debbonaire,

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, John Woodcock Before dropping out of the race on 17 June,

had the following 24 nominations: Roberta Blackman-Woods, Paul Blomfield, Lyn Brown, Dawn Butler, Julie Cooper,

, Rupa Huq,

, Seema Malhotra, John Mann,

, Andy Slaughter,

Before dropping out of the race on 11 June,

had the following 20 nominations: Sarah Champion,

, Andy Slaughter,

, Harry Harpham, Madeleine Moon, Paula Sherriff,

, Paul Blomfield, Ivan Lewis,

''New Statesman''
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Opinion polling

Result

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