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| Labour leadership: Gordon Brown backs Yvette Cooper | Labour leadership: Gordon Brown backs Yvette Cooper |
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| Gordon Brown has voted for Yvette Cooper as his first preference in the Labour leadership contest. | Gordon Brown has voted for Yvette Cooper as his first preference in the Labour leadership contest. |
| The former prime minister's office confirmed he believed Ms Cooper was the best of the four contenders to succeed Ed Miliband. | The former prime minister's office confirmed he believed Ms Cooper was the best of the four contenders to succeed Ed Miliband. |
| His second preference was Andy Burnham with Liz Kendall his third choice. | His second preference was Andy Burnham with Liz Kendall his third choice. |
| Mr Brown recently made a speech warning against Labour becoming a "party of protest," which was seen as a swipe at left-wing frontrunner Jeremy Corbyn. | Mr Brown recently made a speech warning against Labour becoming a "party of protest," which was seen as a swipe at left-wing frontrunner Jeremy Corbyn. |
| Mr Brown will set out his choice at the Edinburgh Book Festival at the weekend. | Mr Brown will set out his choice at the Edinburgh Book Festival at the weekend. |
| Ballot concerns | |
| Meanwhile, Mr Burnham has warned "big figures from the past" against intervening in the Labour leadership contest. | Meanwhile, Mr Burnham has warned "big figures from the past" against intervening in the Labour leadership contest. |
| In the latest in a series of BBC News interviews with each of the candidates, he said former leaders risked being seen as "lecturing" the party's members and supporters. | |
| He said ex-leaders "needed to be listened to" but added: "If lots of people come out, the party members begin to feel they are being lectured by the higher echelons of the party." | He said ex-leaders "needed to be listened to" but added: "If lots of people come out, the party members begin to feel they are being lectured by the higher echelons of the party." |
| Earlier, Mr Corbyn rejected claims by Ms Cooper and other senior figures that he would split the party. | |
| Ms Kendall said she intended to fight on despite trailing in fourth place in the polls, saying many voters were still undecided. | |
| The four leadership teams are due to meet Labour officials on Tuesday to discuss concerns about the ballot being hijacked by Conservative and hard-left infiltrators. | |
| All party members, registered supporters and affiliated supporters have a vote. | |
| More than 160,000 people signed up to vote in the final days before the registration deadline, bringing the total size of the electorate to 610,000. | |
| New regulations allow members of the public to sign up to vote as a registered supporter for £3. | |
| Labour leadership contest |