Dame Emily Thornberry has dropped out of the race to switch Angela Rayner as Labour Celebration deputy chief.
It comes after she secured simply 13 backers amongst Labour MPs – needing at the least 80 to get to the following spherical of the competition.
On Wednesday, solely Training Secretary Bridget Phillipson had handed that watermark, with 116, though former Home of Commons chief Lucy Powell is barely three quick at 77.
Dame Emily, Bell Ribeiro-Addy and Paula Baker, the opposite three candidates, had simply 42 supporters between them as of the final tally.
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