Sir Keir is priced at 10/11 to win the race with Long-Bailey at 7/2, but with months of campaigning these odds are likely to move.
The result will be announced on April 4th, the NEC has confirmed.
It follows reports that Mr Johnson’s ministers are split over how best to negotiate a new trade deal with the EU.
Shadow education secretary Angela Rayner said Labour needed to build a new coalition of voters.
Former deputy Labour leader Tom Watson said Rebecca Long-Bailey is the "continuity candidate".
Reflecting on a record "stained by a litany of blunders and poor diplomacy" as the Iran crisis intensifies.
Mr Johnson warned that all calls for reprisals ‘will simply lead to more violence in the region and they are in no one’s interest’.
Several candidates appeared on Sunday’s political shows as the party looks to regroup following its election defeat.
Shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry accused Mr Johnson of ‘sunning himself drinking vodka martinis somewhere else and not paying attention’.
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