In an interview published today with the Guardian’s Andrew Sparrow, Labour shadow minister Andy Burnham says Labour MPs should have only one vote in the leadership election.

He calls for a full “one member, one vote” electoral system for future leadership contests.

He is the first MP to call for MPs to lose their special privilege since the election of Ed Miliband.

If all ‘one member one vote’ was in operation before the Labour leadership election, Ed Miliband would have still won the leadership battle.

Burnham said he would like to see a system similar to the one used by the Conservative party, with MPs in charge of selecting a shortlist of candidates, but the leader being chosen in a “one member, one vote” election involving the entire party.

Burnham told Andrew Sparrow he wanted the electoral college abolished system abolished. Ed Miliband has tasked Peter Hain to conduct a review of how Labour elects leaders.

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