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Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to lead Labour ‘into a new era with confidence and hope’ after being named leader of the party in a ballot.
Comprehensively gaining more votes than both Lisa Nandy and Rebecca Long-Bailey in a ballot of party members and other supporters, the former lawyer, said he has spoken to Prime Minister Boris Johnson and agreed to meet to discuss the coronavirus crisis.
Having become an MP in 2015 for Holborn and St Pancras, Starmer won on the first round of voting, with more than 50 per cent of ballots cast. Equating to 275,780 votes, the victory was the result of just over 490,000 votes. Rebecca Long-Bailey received 135,218 votes, while Lisa Nandy gained 79,597 votes.
Starmer has vowed to keep key policies from Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership, such as nationalising rail, mail and water and repealing anti-union laws. Lisa Nandy has been appointed Shadow Foreign Secretary in Starmer's new shadow cabinet, with Nick Thomas-Symonds named as Shadow Home Secretary and Anneliese Dodds as Shadow Chancellor
The Labour Party has also revealed that Shadow Education Secretary Angela Rayner has been elected deputy leader, replacing Tom Watson, who stood down as an MP before the election.
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