Mary Creagh declares Labour leadership bid

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Mary Creagh

The shadow international development secretary announces she is standing in an article for the Mail Online.

The Labour MP for Wakefield becomes the fifth MP to declare for the leadership since Ed Miliband stepped down after the party’s defeat in last week’s election.

Yvette Cooper, Andy Burnham, Chuka Umunna and Liz Kendall have already declared their intention to stand.

She writes: “On election morning I received an email from a small business owner in Hove. ‘If your lot do win today, please don’t annihilate the private sector and economy’.”

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 31: Labour leader Ed Miliband (R) and Shadow Transport Secretery Mary Creagh (L) speak to members of the public on their way to a meeting with UK council leaders at the Town Hall on October 31, 2014 in Manchester, England. A recent poll has predicted that Labour could lose it's Scottish seats to the Scottish National party next year. (Photo by Nigel Roddis/Getty Images)

Then Shadow Transport Secretery Mary Creagh stands with Ed Miliband last year