He was hoping to get the backing of all those who had been backing Michael Meacher, but did not do so; with 29 nominations he was 16 short of the minimum required number and was not successfully nominated.
他期望取得之前Michael Meacher支持者的支持，但未能成功，並最終只能取得29個提名，尚欠缺至少16個提名，最終未被成功提名。