Milibands face challenge with ‘mainstream’ voters
A new poll from Demos and YouGov reveals the scale of the challenge facing the new leader of the Labour Party, Richard Darlington, head of Open Left, explains.
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Voting over – but will the race come down to MPs’ second preferences?
With voting now over, it looks like the Labour leadership race will be neck-and-neck – and could come down to Abbott/Balls/Burnham supporters’ 2nd preferences.
The unity ticket? A quarter of party members are voting for both Milibands
While the Labour leadership election is likely to remain too close to call definitively until the day of the result, there is good evidence that the party will be able to unite around the winner.
Mili-D team is “also increasingly confident” of victory
David Miliband’s team have hit back at comments by Mili-E on the Today programme. His team claim that they are “also increasingly confident” of victory.
Sun’s false claim Ed M’s in the pocket of the unions
Ed Miliband’s leadership campaign may not have the money that his older brother David’s does, but he is sure that the support of 4,500 volunteers has made up for it. Figures released by the Electoral Commission today show that Ed’s fundraising last month overtook David’s by nearly £21,500.
Exclusive: David leads Ed 57:43 overall among Labour councillors
A new poll of 265 Labour councillors for today’s Daily Politics will show David Miliband to be the favoured candidate over his brother by 57 per cent to 43 per cent, Left Foot Forward can reveal.
What’s the difference, Mili-brothers?
As voting commences, Labour leadership front runners David and Ed Miliband have answered a series of policy questions for Left Foot Forward – read their answers in full here.
Ed leads David in poll of gay Labour Party members 42%:31%
Ed Miliband leads his brother in a poll of LGBT members of the Labour Party for the Pink News website; of the 680 sample, Ed polls 42 per cent, David 31 per cent, Diane Abbott 16 per cent, Andy Burnham 7 per cent and Ed Balls 4 per cent.
Caroline Lucas: Ed and David should support more options for AV referendum
Green Party leader Caroline Lucas has called on Labour leadership frontrunners David and Ed Miliband to support her amendment to the AV referendum bill on Monday to allow people to choose from a wider range of voting systems.
Labour leader battle enters final phase
With one week to go before Labour Party members and affiliates receive their ballot papers, all is still to play for before the new leader is announced on September 25.