Copeland MP Jamie Reed said he quit as Labour's shadow health secretary because of new leader Jeremy Corbyn's stance over nuclear power.

Mr Reed, who supported Andy Burnham for the leadership, resigned minutes after Mr Corbyn was elected last Saturday on social networking website Twitter.

He said: "Over 10 years I have managed to secure funding for new hospitals and schools and to establish new nuclear policy, the implementation of which I am immensely proud and which will enable my community to be one of the fastest-growing economies in the UK.

"This will help rebalance the economy, enable us to better secure our energy supplies, help us achieve our international climate change objectives and reduce nuclear proliferation. 

"Your opposition to this is poorly informed and fundamentally wrong.

"To be clear, I will not let anything or anyone from any party stand in the way of the ambitions of my community."

Workington MP Sue Hayman said: “I am pleased that it was such a decisive result.

"I supported Yvette Cooper but completely accept the result. As far as I am concerned, the Labour Party membership has spoken and we need to get behind the leader and start forming an opposition to the Tories."

Her choice for deputy leader, Tom Watson, landed the victory and she said she was sure she would continue to work well with Mr Reed.