Chesterfield MP 'so happy' after Sir Keir Starmer announced as new Labour Party leader

Mr Perkins has been a vocal supporter of Sir Keir’s campaign, describing him as ‘fiercely intelligent, passionate and forensic’ with a career prior to Westminster which gives him ‘real world experience’.

Mr Perkins tweeted this morning: “So,so happy that @UKLabour members have so overwhelmingly backed@Keir_Starmer to re-unite our party. His acceptance speech showed exactly why he is right person for the job.”

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He was elected leader this morning after winning 56.2 per cent of the vote of Labour Party members to defeat Rebecca Long-Bailey (27.6 per cent) and Lisa Nandy (16.2 per cent).

In his acceptance speech, he said that ‘in times like this, we need good government - a government that saves lives and protects our country’.

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