Clwyd vs LLoyd: Who will become Labour Party Chairman?

Two MPs with starkly opposing views on the war in Iraq are standing to be elected chairman of the Parliamentary Labour party, it was announced today.

Tony Lloyd, a prominent opponent of the war and former Foreign Office minister, will take on Ann Clwyd, a backer of the war who was appointed Tony Blair's human rights envoy in Iraq, said a PLP spokeswoman this afternoon.

All 356 Labour MPs, including ministers, have a vote in the secret ballot on May 24. The result will be announced that evening, after ballot papers have been counted.