ED WON!

[pinkbasket]

There you go.

DM looks as if he's swallowed a bucket of wasps.

Just heard on Radio 4. Inevitable. Hope he's going to be good.

WOOOOHOOOO

It's Red Ed!!!!

David looks a bit ill!

Very very close though - 51 to 49.

Ed Balls looks really pissed off!

He LOST the MPs section 47 to 53.
He LOST the members section 46 to 54.
He WON the unions section 60 to 40.

Red Ed: Part(y) of the Union!

Yay for ed, far from red tho!

I assume Ed B thought he would win the unions section.

Methinks David Cameron is throwing a party right now!

I am going to have a glass of champagne tonight! The union barons managed to get RED ED elected!!!!

:o :o :o :o

I obviously have not been following this closely as it came as a surprise to me

just as long as it is not Cameron lite who was Blair lite who was Thatcher lite

LFN

Does that breakdown mean DM can challenge the result?
GMB breaks spirit of leadership contest

I'm very happy as a party member.

£500,000 was bet on EM on Friday (not one bet, total).

Both Tories and Labour supporters seem to be happy at Red Ed's selection. A strange state of affairs.

Then we shall have nothing left to debate lfn

I'm a party member, and happy with the result. Having said that, I would have been happy with DM too, so my opinion might not count for very much

I'm pretty happy as a Lib Dem member (just as long as he never actually gets to be PM).

jackstarbright

I don't think David Miliband will sue, sadly, as it seems quite obvious that the GMB broke the rules with their envelopes.

MarionCole I look forward to seeing Red Ed sitting alongside Bob Crowe on the M25.

hmmmm...the next labour leader will probably not be the next PM. Wonder if we are spoling a good pony by turning him into a race horse prematurely?

LFN - I expect you are right. But it may yet taint EM leadership.

Someone just posted the affiliates voting figures on Political Betting - look at the GMB and Unite figures. Lib Dems on Twitter are having a field day.