Hard Labour

2 September 2010 By Neil Collins

Two Eds, two Milibands, and about half a policy between five candidates. One will lead Britain’s opposition Labour party, but only David Miliband, front runner ahead of his younger brother Ed, appears to have grasped the scale of the UK’s problems.

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Ballot papers for the Labour party leadership election are sent out at the beginning of September. New members must join by Sept. 8 to be eligible. Voting ends on Sept. 22, with the winner announced at the party conference on Sept. 25.

The votes are split three ways, with MPs and MEPs, affiliated members (essentially unions), and individuals accounting for onethird of the votes each.

Voting is by transferrable eliminating ballot, transferring the second preferences for the candidate with the smallest number of votes until one candidate has an overall majority.

The five candidates are David Miliband, Ed Miliband, Ed Balls, Andy Burnham and Diane Abbott.

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