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Phillipson and Powell in deputy leadership battle
The Journal
|September 12, 2025
EDUCATION Secretary Bridget Phillipson and former Commons leader Lucy Powell will fight it out for Labour's deputy leadership after both secured enough support to make it through to the second round of the contest.
Backbencher Bell Ribeiro-Addy was knocked out of the race after she failed to get the 80 nominations from Labour MPs required to advance to the next stage.
Ms Phillipson, the MP for Houghton and Sunderland South, picked up 175 nominations, Ms Powell 117 and Ms Ribeiro-Addy 24, according to the final tally after yesterday’s 5pm deadline.
The three other MPs who had initially thrown their hat in the ring to succeed Angela Rayner - who quit after a row over her tax affairs -
This story is from the September 12, 2025 edition of The Journal.
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