2020 Labour Party deputy leadership election

2020 Labour Party deputy leadership election

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Candidate Angela Rayner Rosena Allin-Khan Richard Burgon First pref. 192,168 (41.7%) 77,351 (16.8%) 80,053 (17.3%) Second round 209,968 (46.5%) 88,049 (19.5%) 88,664 (19.7%) Final round 228,944 (52.6%) 113,858 (26.1%) 92,643 (21.3%)   Candidate Ian Murray Dawn Butler First pref. 61,179 (13.3%) 50,255 (10.9%) Second round 64,560 (14.3%) Eliminated Final round Eliminated Eliminated

Deputy Leader before election Vacant[note 1] Elected Deputy Leader Angela Rayner

The 2020 Labour Party deputy leadership election was triggered on 6 November 2019 by the resignation of Tom Watson as deputy leader of the Labour Party of the United Kingdom. It was won by Angela Rayner on the third ballot. It was held jointly with the 2020 Labour Party leadership election, in which Keir Starmer was elected to succeed Jeremy Corbyn as leader after Corbyn resigned following the party's defeat at the 2019 general election.

To qualify for the ballot, candidates needed nominations from 10% (22) of the party's Members of Parliament (MPs) and Members of European Parliament (MEPs), followed by support from either 5% (33) of Constituency Labour Parties (CLPs), or from at least three affiliated groups, including two trades unions and representing at least 5% of affiliated members.

Five candidates—Rosena Allin-Khan, Richard Burgon, Dawn Butler, Ian Murray and Angela Rayner—received sufficient nominations from MPs and MEPs to proceed to the second round of nominations. Rayner achieved sufficient support from affiliates to qualify for the final ballot on 20 January, at which point she also had the greatest number of nominations from CLPs. Burgon achieved sufficient support from affiliates on 29 January, while Butler and Murray achieved sufficient support from CLPs on 2 and 7 February, respectively. Allin-Khan became the final candidate to reach the threshold when she received her 33rd CLP nomination on 8 February.

The results were announced on 4 April 2020, with Rayner announced as the winner and becoming deputy leader.
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