Keir Starmer’s new Labour shadow cabinet unveiled LIVE – with Jeremy Corbyn loyalists out

Keir Starmer is gearing up to unveil a “balanced” shadow cabinet after winning a landslide victory in the Labour leadership contest.

The new leader of the opposition is under pressure from many within the party to show a clear departure from the Jeremy Corbyn years as he begins appointing his top team.

 Starmer, who has promised to recruit a diverse team from across the country and party who “want to serve towards the future aim of winning that next general election “, is expected to announce the new shadow cabinet today. 

Sir Keir secured 56% of the 490,731 votes cast in the three-month contest – beating his rivals Rebecca Long-Bailey and Lisa Nandy to replace Jeremy Corbyn.

“I will have in my shadow cabinet those that want to serve towards the future aim of winning that next general election,” he told BBC One’s The Andrew Marr Show.

“It will be a talented, balanced shadow cabinet.”

Sir Keir, who entered Parliament in 2015, has said Labour will “make the argument for a better future” under his leadership – but will first need to restore people’s trust in the party as a “force for good and a force for change”.

Sir Keir won 275,780 votes out of 490,731 returned ballots – equivalent to 56.2% – while Ms Long-Bailey came second with 135,218 votes (27.6%) and Ms Nandy was last with 79,597 (16.2%).

He won more votes than Mr Corbyn, who in 2015 secured 251,417 of the 422,664 votes cast, but his predecessor secured a higher vote share (59.5%).