Owen Smith has been nominated by more than 70% of Labour MPs, and half of the Labour party's MEPs in his leadership bid.

Former leadership rival Angela Eagle, who pulled out of the contest, was among the 162 MPs who backed the former shadow work and pensions secretary.

Here it the full list of MPs who nominated Mr Smith:

Heidi Alexander

Rushanara Ali

Rosena Allin-Khan

Ian Austin

Adrian Bailey

Kevin Barron

Dame Margaret Beckett

Hilary Benn

Clive Betts

Roberta Blackman-Woods

Tom Blenkinsop

Paul Blomfield

Ben Bradshaw

Kevin Brennan

Lynn Brown

Karen Buck

Richard Burden

Chris Byrant

Liam Byrne

Ruth Cadbury

Jenny Chapman

Vernon Coaker

Ann Coffey

Julie Cooper

Yvette Cooper

Neil Coyle

Mary Creagh

Stella Creasy

Jon Cruddas

Judith Cummins

Alex Cunningham

Jim Cunningham

Nic Dakin

Wayne David

Gloria de Piero

Thangam Debbonaire

Stephen Doughty

Jim Dowd

Jack Dromey

Michael Dugher

Angela Eagle

Maria Eagle

Clive Efford

Julie Elliott

Louise Ellman

Chris Elmore

Bill Esterson

Chris Evans

Paul Farrelly

Jim Fitzpatrick

Rob Flello

Colleen Fletcher

Caroline Flint

Yvonne Fovargue

Vicky Foxcroft

Mike Gapes

Pat Glass

Mary Glindon

Roger Godsiff

Helen Goodman

Kate Green

Lilian Greenwood

Nia Griffith

Andrew Gwynn

Louise Haigh

David Hanson

Harriet Harman

Carolyn Harris

Helen Hayes

Sue Hayman

John Healey

Meg Hillier

Dame Margaret Hodge

Sharon Hodgson

Kate Hollern

George Howarth

Tristram Hunt

Rupa Huq

Dan Jarvis

Alan Johnson

Diana Johnson

Gerald Jones

Graham Jones

Helen Jones

Kevan Jones

Susan-Elan Jones

Mike Kane

Barbara Keeley

Liz Kendall

Stephen Kinnock

Peter Kyle

Chris Leslie

Emma Lewell-Buck

Ian Lucas

Holly Lynch

Justin Madders

Khalid Mahmood

Shabana Mahmood

Seema Malhotra

John Mann

Rob Marris

Steve McCabe

Chris Matheson

Kerry McCarthy

Siobhain McDonagh

Pat McFadden

Conor McGinn

Alison McGovern

Liz McInnes

Catherine McKinnell

Jim McMahon

Ed Miliband

Madeleine Moon

Jessica Morden

Ian Murray

Lisa Nandy

Melanie Onn

Chi Onwurah

Albert Owen

Theresa Pearce

Matthew Pennycook

Toby Perkins

Jess Phillips

Bridget Phillipson

Stephen Pound

Lucy Powell

Jamie Reed

Steve Reed

Christina Rees

Rachel Reeves

Emma Reynolds

Jonathan Reynolds

Marie Rimmer

Joan Ryan

Barry Sheerman

Paula Sheriff

Gavin Shuker

Andy Slaughter

Ruth Smeeth

Andrew Smith

Angela Smith

Jeff Smith

Nick Smith

Owen Smith

John Spellar

Sir Keir Starmer

Jo Stevens

Wes Streeting

Karin Smyth

Gareth Thomas

Nick Thomas-Symonds

Stephen Timms

Anna Turley

Karl Turner

Stephen Twigg

Chuka Umunna

Keith Vaz

Alan Whitehead

Phil Wilson

John Woodcock

Iain Wright

Daniel Zeichner

Owen Smith is the sole challenger to Jeremy Corbyn for Labour leader Credit: Reuters

The following MEPs nominated Mr Smith: