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Deputy Leadership contest: how the MPs stack up

By Mark Pack | Published 28th May 2010 - 9:32 pm

The following list of MPs backing different Deputy Leader candidates only lists those who have declared their support in public so far. If you spot any more, please do post up a comment along with the source of the information and I’ll update this post as news comes in.

Tim Farron (7)
Gordon Birtwistle
Ming Campbell
John Hemming
Greg Mulholland
Tessa Munt
Dan Rogerson
Ian Swales

Simon Hughes (16)
Alan Beith
Tom Brake
Vince Cable
Ed Davey
Don Foster
Andrew George
Mike Hancock
Nick Harvey
John Pugh
Bob Russell
Adrian Sanders
Sarah Teather
Steve Webb
Roger Williams
Stephen Williams
Simon Wright

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9 Comments

  • Martin
    Posted 29th May 2010 at 12:36 am | Permalink

    Adrian Sanders has backed Hughes too- check his facebook page, status 28th May 10.09

  • Duncan
    Posted 29th May 2010 at 1:23 am | Permalink

    There’ll be no Lembit effect in this election :(

  • Bernard Salmon
    Posted 29th May 2010 at 11:43 am | Permalink

    John Hemming is also backing Tim Farron.

  • Jonathan Barnes
    Posted 29th May 2010 at 3:27 pm | Permalink

    And Simon Wright is backing Simon Hughes.

  • rantersparadise
    Posted 29th May 2010 at 9:14 pm | Permalink

    Hughes all the way!

  • matt severn
    Posted 30th May 2010 at 12:09 pm | Permalink

    farron all the way!

  • Martin F.
    Posted 30th May 2010 at 8:52 pm | Permalink

    It would be good if David Laws now stood.

    M.

  • Gary
    Posted 31st May 2010 at 11:05 pm | Permalink

    I think an older figure to balance things is good – in the vein of Russell Johnston, Alan Beith, Ming Campbell and Vince Cable.

  • Sesenco
    Posted 31st May 2010 at 11:21 pm | Permalink

    “Adrian Sanders has backed Hughes”

    Now, there’s a turnaround! I recall those two getting a little bit catty with each other during the 1997/2001 Parliament.

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