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		</div><p>Front-runner in the Labour leadership contest Keir Starmer has thanked his rivals for showing “positivity and unity” as voting closed in the race to replace Jeremy Corbyn.</p>
<p>Those eligible to vote had until midday on Thursday to make their choice before the new leader is revealed on Saturday.</p>
<p>Mr Corbyn announced he was quitting after leading the party to its worst election showing since the 1930s in the December snap general election.</p>
<p>Shadow cabinet member Mr Starmer has held a steady lead over rival candidates Rebecca Long-Bailey and Lisa Nandy in polls during the contest.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">As polls close for the Labour leadership election, I want to say a huge thank you to everyone who has taken part in this campaign.</p>
<p>I honestly believe that we have come out of the other end of this contest as a better party: more united and ready to build another future. <a href="https://t.co/Ff1SS6D3By">pic.twitter.com/Ff1SS6D3By</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Keir Starmer (@Keir_Starmer) <a href="https://twitter.com/Keir_Starmer/status/1245667476609908739?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 2, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Mr Starmer said: <em>“I just want to say a massive thank you to each and every one of our supporters who have been with us in this leadership campaign.</em></p>
<p><em>“It’s been a long campaign and it’s ending in circumstances that none of us could have predicted.</em></p>
<p><em>“But we have kept it positive. We have demonstrated unity, and people have gone over and beyond, and I am genuinely so thankful for everything you have put in.</em></p>
<p><em>“With the campaigns that Rebecca and Lisa have run, and we have run, I think we have demonstrated to our party, to our movement, and, hopefully, to the country, that real good can come out of this election.”</em></p>
<p>The latter stage of the leadership race was overshadowed by the coronavirus outbreak.</p>
<p>The campaign saw shadow business secretary Ms Long-Bailey dubbed the “continuity Corbyn” candidate, while Mr Starmer struck a more centrist approach, but also tried to appeal to the left of the party.</p>
<p>The winner of the contest to become Labour’s deputy leader will also be unveiled on Saturday.</p>
<p>Shadow education secretary Angela Rayner has been seen as the favourite to take the post of deputy leader.</p>
<p>Ms Rayner is in a race against Dawn Butler, Ian Murray, Dr Rosena Allin-Khan and Richard Burgon.</p>
<p>On February 21 the ballot opened, with voting papers sent out to party members, members of affiliated trade unions and groups and 14,700 “registered supporters” who paid £25 to take part on a one-off basis.</p>
<p>Because of the coronavirus emergency the winners of the two contests will no longer be unveiled at a “special conference” as originally planned.</p>
<p>Instead, the winners will be announced at a scaled-back event with candidates having pre-recorded victory speeches.</p>
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