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The MP Stephen Kinnock, who held his Aberavon seat comfortably for Labour, endorses Lisa Nandy to be the new Labour leader, saying she understands how to lead the party forward.

Earlier, Wigan MP Ms Nandy told Andrew Marr she was "seriously thinking" of standing for the leadership, as she urged her party to concentrate on winning support in smaller towns.

Mr Kinnock says Ms Nandy talks "very convincingly" about Labour needing to be rooted in the communities that voted against Labour in this election.

"I think she understands that there are millions of voters in the so-called red wall seats who lent their votes to the Tories this time," he says.

"We can win that vote back."

Labour's "red wall" across the Midlands and the north of England - the bedrock of the party's support for generations - crumbled in this election as the Conservatives claimed key marginal seats.