Deputy Labour leadership contenders.
Ben Bradshaw. 54.
Son of former Anglican vicar. Ex-BBC journalist. MP for Exeter since 1997. Served as Culture Secretary in Brown Government. Blairite centrist. Promoting “big tent” approach. Wants to widen Labour’s appeal.
Stella Creasy. 38.
Aristocratic ancestry. Cambridge-educated. Ex-PR consultant. MP for Walthamstow. 2010 intake. Former speech writer to Douglas Alexander, ex-Shadow Foreign Secretary. Shadow Business Minister. Strong on social media. Campaigned for better regulation of pay-day loans.
Angela Eagle. 54.
Oxford-educated. Worked for health trade union. MP for Wallasey on Merseyside since 1992. Ex-Treasury Minister. Shadow Commons Leader. Famously target of David Cameron’s “calm down dear” remark. Strong on minority rights. Was Britain’s first openly gay female MP.
Caroline Flint. 53.
Joined Labour at 17. MP for Don Valley in South Yorkshire since 1997. Former equal opportunities officer for Lambeth Council. Shadow Energy Secretary. Held several ministerial posts. Resigned as Europe Minister from Brown’s Government, claiming he treated women as “window-dressing”.
Tom Watson. 48.
MP for West Bromwich since 2001. Ex-trade union officer. In 2006, resigned as Defence Minister after signing letter urging Tony Blair to step down as PM; day before letter, visited Gordon Brown’s Scottish home but claimed was delivering present for Chancellor’s son Fraser, insisting no politics were discussed. Was Labour’s campaign chief but quit over row about claims of Unite entryism in Falkirk candidate selection. Raised profile over stance on phone hacking and child sex abuse scandals.
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