Editing Soft left (section)

==Labour politicians on the soft left==
People belonging to the soft left may be called soft leftists<ref>{{Cite book |last=Shaw |first=Eric |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TOaIAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA163 |title=The Labour Party Since 1979: Crisis and Transformation |date=22 January 2002 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=978-1-134-93545-1 |page=163 |language=en}}</ref> or Tribunites.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Derbyshire |first1=J. Denis |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nWFnAAAAMAAJ |title=Politics in Britain: From Callaghan to Thatcher |last2=Derbyshire |first2=Ian |publisher=[[Chambers (publisher)|Chambers]] |year=1988 |isbn=978-0-550-20742-5 |volume=2 |page=187 |language=en}}</ref> The following Labour politicians are often considered to have been on the soft left of the party for at least some of their careers, but may not identify themselves as such:

*[[Andy Burnham]]<ref name=ganesh>{{cite web |url=https://www.ft.com/content/a623fd1e-393b-11e5-8613-07d16aad2152 |title=The soft left is the real threat to Labour  |last=Ganesh |first=Janan |author-link=Janan Ganesh |date=3 August 2015|website=[[FT.com]]|access-date=2 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/staggers/2016/09/andy-burnham-quits-shadow-cabinet-lets-end-divisive-talk-deselections |title=Andy Burnham quits shadow cabinet: "Let's end divisive talk of deselections" |last=Rampen |first=Julia |date=28 September 2016 |website=[[New Statesman]] |access-date=2 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://labourlist.org/2018/08/blairs-legacy-is-toxic-thats-why-we-need-a-soft-left-revival/ |title=Blair's legacy is toxic. That's why we need a soft left revival |last=Fisher |first=Trevor |date=15 August 2018 |website=[[LabourList]]|access-date=2 June 2020}}</ref>
*[[John Denham (politician)|John Denham]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wintour |first=Patrick |date=19 March 2003 |title=Home Office minister leads handful of government resignations |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2003/mar/19/iraq.iraq3 |access-date=22 January 2023}}</ref>
*[[Anneliese Dodds]]<ref>{{cite news|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|title=New Shadow Chancellor Anneliese Dodds tasked with taking on Rishi Sunak|date=7 April 2020|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2020/04/07/former-mep-university-lecturer-tasked-taking-chancellor/}}</ref>
*[[Angela Eagle]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pickard |first1=Jim |title=Angela Eagle carries the hopes of Labour's soft left |url=https://www.ft.com/content/e33ce1d0-4690-11e6-8d68-72e9211e86ab |accessdate=14 July 2019 |work=[[Financial Times]] |date=11 July 2016}}</ref>
*[[Barry Gardiner]]<ref>{{cite news|work=[[New Statesman]]|title=Keir Starmer keeps his friends close and his enemies closer in astute first reshuffle|date=5 April 2020|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2020/04/keir-starmer-keeps-his-friends-close-and-his-enemies-closer-astute-first}}</ref>
*[[Kate Green]]<ref name="cowley"/>
*[[Nia Griffith]]<ref>{{cite news|work=[[Financial Times]]|title=Corbyn gives Labour defence brief to anti-Trident MP|date=6 October 2016|url=https://www.ft.com/content/787af24c-8be1-11e6-8aa5-f79f5696c731}}</ref>
*[[Louise Haigh]]{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}
*[[Emma Hardy]]{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}
*[[John Healey]]<ref name="cowley">{{cite book|title=The British General Election of 2017|page=84|first=Philip|last=Cowley|year=2018|publisher=Springer}}</ref>
*[[Sadiq Khan]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hill |first1=Dave |title=A Sadiq Khan win in London would expose the failings of Jeremy Corbyn |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/davehillblog/2016/feb/01/a-sadiq-khan-win-in-london-would-expose-the-failings-of-jeremy-corbyn |accessdate=14 July 2019 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=1 February 2016}}</ref>
*[[Anna McMorrin]]{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}
*[[Ed Miliband]]{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}
*[[Lisa Nandy]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stone |first1=Jon |title=Labour leadership contest abuse 'reminded me of far right', MP Lisa Nandy says |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-leadership-contest-abuse-reminded-me-of-far-right-mp-lisa-nandy-says-a7330316.html |accessdate=14 July 2019 |work=[[The Independent]] |date=26 September 2016}}</ref>
*[[Angela Rayner]]<ref name="raynerguardian">{{cite news |last1=Moss |first1=Stephen |title=Labour's Angela Rayner: 'Ideology never put food on my table' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jul/28/angela-rayner-shadow-education-secretary-interview |accessdate=14 July 2019 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=28 July 2017}}</ref>
*[[Alex Sobel]]{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}
*[[Paul Sweeney]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/aug/23/labour-is-coming-back-in-scotland-party-predicts-revival-as-corbyn-heads-north| work=The Guardian | title='Labour is coming back in Scotland': party predicts revival as Corbyn heads north| date=23 August 2017| accessdate=3 November 2020}}</ref>
*[[Neil Kinnock]]
*[[John Smith (Labour Party leader)|John Smith]]
*[[Emily Thornberry]]{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}