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Voting within the contest to interchange Jeremy Corbyn as Labour chief ends later, forward of the end result on Saturday.
Labour members have till 12:00 BST to decide on between Rebecca Lengthy-Bailey, Lisa Nandy and Sir Keir Starmer.
The get together can be electing a brand new deputy chief, following Tom Watson’s resignation in December.
It’s understood members will hear the end result through e mail and the media after a particular convention was cancelled over the coronavirus outbreak.
Mrs Lengthy-Bailey confirmed earlier this week that the candidates had been requested to file a victory speech “so it may be despatched out over the airwaves as shortly as potential”.
Voting started on 24 February.
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Amongst these participating had been 114,000 new members who had joined since December’s election, the place Labour received its lowest variety of seats since 1935.
Members of affiliated trades unions and teams have additionally been voting, in addition to about 14,700 “registered supporters” who paid £25 to participate on a one-off foundation.
These eligible have been voting through e mail if they’ve registered an e mail handle with the get together, or through a postal poll delivered to their dwelling.
Voting works utilizing a preferential system, with members rating the candidates so as of desire.
If one fails to get greater than half the primary desire votes, the second desire votes of the lowest-ranked candidate are redistributed till the competition produces a winner.
The system is identical for the deputy management race, the place shadow training secretary Angela Rayner is thought to be the front-runner.
Shadow equalities minister Daybreak Butler, Scotland’s solely remaining Labour MP Ian Murray, Tooting MP Rosena Allin-Khan and shadow justice secretary Richard Burgon are additionally within the operating for the position.