Breaking: Jeremy Corbyn steps down as Labour leader following a disastrous loss to Boris Johnson's Conservatives
Credit:, Chairman of the Labour party, with a majority of 10,000. It's gone to a recount, suggesting the result is extremely close.Among other names mentioned as a possible successor to Corbyn.The shadow Brexit secretary was a human rights lawyer before becoming an MP, and co-founded Doughty Street Chambers in 1990.He worked as human rights adviser to the Policing Board in Northern Ireland, monitoring compliance of the Police Service of Northern Ireland with the Human Rights Act.
Her web page also says she rose through the ranks of the trade union movement to become the most senior elected official of Unison in the North West.The shadow business secretary grew up by Old Trafford football ground in Manchester and began her working life serving at the counter of a pawn shop, according to her website.
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