Those who wish to follow in Angela Rayner’s fashionable footsteps must obtain the support of 80 Members of Parliament by 17:00 on Thursday. This strict deadline has drawn criticism from certain Labour members.
At the end of Tuesday, Phillipson had 44 backers, Lucy Powell, a former Commons leader, had 35, and Bell Ribeiro-Addy, a Labour member from the Socialist Campaign Group, had eight.
Housing Minister Alison McGovern had only two supporters, backbencher Paula Barker had three, and Foreign Affairs Committee chair Dame Emily Thornberry had seven.
