NEW: Andrew Gwynne, the ex-Labour MP, has been given a coveted parliamentary security pass despite still being subject to a sleaze probe.
He quit the Commons earlier this year on health grounds after agreeing an exit package said to worth around £1m.
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I'm deeply grateful to all the Labour members who have shared their support.
But I have decided to withdraw.
It has been a privilege to take part in this race with such brilliant women.
I will always be committed to this party and do everything I can to make it successful.
A nice moment in the Commons this morning as Commons leader Lucy Powell pays tribute to @richard_kaputt on his final day as Parliamentary Editor, after 12 years in the gallery for the Press Association. He'll be hugely missed.
He's a VERY blue Tory! Robert Jenrick mocked by leadership rivals after it emerges his 'Bobby J' campaign slogan is slang for a SEX ACT https://t.co/ECc9hoQh0S
Friends of Kemi Badenoch not impressed with Angela Rayner's 'deals with Daleks' joke re trans row with David 'Dr Who' Tennant in her #LabourConference24 speech. 'Whoever buys Angela's clothes must also be writing her speeches, they're both terrible.'
New MP Tim Roca notes in his maiden speech that he is the first Labour MP called Tim
(there have been Tim MPs for other parties including the Conservatives, Liberals/LibDems and Irish Parliamentary Party)
@JamesTapsfield@davidtorrance One that springs to mind is from 2015 when Hannah Bardell had to take it twice after making a mistake on her first attempt.
Although it's difficult to be certain, this might be the first time an MP has had to re-take their Parliamentary Oath in order to sit and vote in the House of Commons.