When I tipped John Healey as a possible shadow chancellor this morning it might have seemed outlandish to some, given his relatively low profile compared to the likes of Alan Johnson and Andy Burnham. But Healey has come in second in the Labour PLP vote for the shadow cabinet, just behind Yvette Cooper, proving that among his own MPs he is very highly regarded. Meanwhile Liam Byrne just scrapes through, 19th out of 19.
Here is the list in full, provided by a friendly MP:
1] Yvette Cooper (232 votes)
2] John Healey (192 votes)
3] Ed Balls (179 votes)
4=] Andy Burnham and Angela Eagle
6] Alan Johnson
7=] Jim Murphy and Douglas Alexander
9] Tessa Jowell
10] Caroline Flint
11] John Denham
12=] Hilary Benn and Sadiq Khan
14] Mary Creagh
15 Ann McKechin
16] Maria Eagle
17] Meg Hillier
18] Ivan Lewis
19] Liam Byrne (100 votes)
They join these others already in the shadow cabinet:
Ed Miliband MP, Leader of the Labour Party
Harriet Harman MP, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
Tony Lloyd MP, Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party
Rosie Winterton MP, Labour’s Chief Whip
Baroness Jan Royall, Shadow Leader of the House of Lords
Lord Steve Bassam, Labour’s Chief Whip in the House of Lords
UPDATE: See who’s who in the shadow cabinet in our interactive graphic
Jim Pickard
Kiran Stacey