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Shadow cabinet election results in full

Yvette Cooper Votes 232 Age 41 Constituency Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford Experience Former work and pensions secretary as well as chief secretary to the Treasury. Married to Ed Balls John Healey Votes 192 Age 50 Constituency Wentworth and Dearne Experience Former housing minister and prominent Balls supporter Ed Balls Votes 179 Age 43 Constituency Morley and Outwood Experience: Former children's secretary who failed in his bid to become Labour leader, partly because of his very close association with Gordon Brown Andy Burnham Vote 165 Age 40 Constituency Leigh Experience Former health secretary who stood for the leadership as the non-metropolitan candidate Angela Eagle Votes 165 Age 49 Constituency Wallasey Experience Treasury minister and pensions minister under Brown. Twin sister, Maria, is also in the shadow cabinet Alan Johnson Votes 163 Age 60 Constituency Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle Experience Former leader of the postal workers union, CWU, who held various cabinet posts, culminating in home secretary Douglas Alexander Votes 160 Age 42 Constituency Paisley and Renfrewshire South Experience Former international development secretary, Labour's general election co-ordinator and co-chair of David Miliband's leadership campaign Jim Murphy Votes 160 Age 43 Constituency East Renfrewshire Experience: Former Scottish secretary and co-chair of David Miliband's leadership campaign. Tessa Jowell Votes 152 A ge 63 Constituency Dulwich and West Norwood Experience Former culture secretary who was minister for the Olympics and for the Cabinet Office before the election Caroline Flint Votes 139 Age 49 Constituency Don Valley Experience Blairite former health minister who resigned from Brown's government when the PM declined to put her in cabinet John Denham Votes 129 Age 57 Constituency Southampton Itchen Experience Former communities secretary who resigned from Blair's government over Iraq but who was appointed to the cabinet by Brown Hilary Benn Votes 128 Age 57 Constituency Leeds Central Experience Former environment secretary and son of the veteran Labour leftwinger Tony Benn Sadiq Khan Votes 128 Age 40 (today) Constituency Tooting Experience Former transport minister, with right to attend cabinet, who ran Ed Miliband's campaign Mary Creagh Votes 119 Age 42 Constituency Wakefield Experience Former whip who used lead the Labour group on Islington council Ann McKechin Votes 117 Age 49 Constituency Glasgow North Experience Solicitor elected to parliament in 2001 and Scotland Office minister under Brown Maria Eagle Votes 107 Age 49 Constituency Garston and Halewood Experience Former equalities minister who entered parliament in 1997, five years after her twin sister Meg Hillier Votes 106 Age 41 Constituency Hackney South and Shoreditch Experience Journalist elected to parliament in 2005 and Home Office minister under Brown Ivan Lewis Votes 104 Age 43 Constituency Bury South Experience Former Foreign Office minister who has also done various junior ministerial jobs in other departments Liam Byrne Votes 100 Age 40 Constituency Birmingham Hodge Hill Experience As chief secretary to the Treasury before the election left a joke note for his successor about the government running out of money, which may have almost cost him a shadow cabinet place Not elected Former cabinet ministers and leadership contenders in bold: Emily Thornberry (99 votes), Peter Hain (97), Fiona Mactaggart (88), Barbara Keeley (87), Vernon Coaker (85), Pat McFadden (84), Helen Goodman (80), David Lammy (80), Stephen Timms (79), Chris Bryant (77), Shaun Woodward (72), Gareth Thomas (71), Kevan Jones (68), Kevin Brennan (64), Roberta Blackman-Woods (63), Diane Abbott (59), Stephen Twigg (55), Tom Harris (54), Ben Bradshaw (53), Iain Wright (43), Barry Gardiner (41), David Hanson (38), Ian Lucas (34), Wayne David (30), Huw Irranca-Davies (28), Chris Leslie (26), Rob Flello (15), Mike Gapes (12) Alun Michael (11) Eric Joyce (10).

Source: The Guardian ↗

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