The race to replace Angela Rayner as deputy Labour leader has started.

She resigned on 5 September from government and from her party post after she was found to have breached the ministerial code for not paying enough stamp duty on a second home she purchased in Hove, East Sussex, earlier this year.

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Ms Rayner had been deputy leader of the Labour Party since 2020, when Sir Keir Starmer was voted in as leader.

There is now a battle to replace her, with nominations by MPs due by 5pm on 11 September and a result on 25 October.

A total of 80 MPs need to back a candidate for them to be nominated, before Constituency Labour Party members nominate, then members vote from 8-23 October.

Who has thrown their hat in the ring?

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