Labour’s ruling body, the National Executive Committee (NEC), will hold talks on Monday to draw up plans for a deputy leadership election as MPs consider whether to enter the race to replace Angela Rayner after she resigned from Government last week .

Jess Phillips, the Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley and former shadow minister, touted as a possible candidate for the party’s deputy leadership, has told The i Paper she will not be standing, citing personal reasons.

Here The i Paper looks at which of the party’s MPs are expected to run.

David Lammy

The former Foreign Secretary, who was appointed to the roles of Justice Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister in the Starmer’s Cabinet reshuffle, is thought to be in the running for the role.

But senior Labour MPs have also called for th

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