Supported Davey rather than Miliband? (8)
I believe the answer is:
seconded
'supported' is the definition.
(seconding is a kind of supporting)
'davey rather than miliband?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'miliband?' could be 'ed' (politician Ed Miliband) and 'ed' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'second' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for seconded that I've seen before include "given support" , "Transferred temporarily to another post or area" .)