The 2016 Labour Party leadership election was called when a challenge to Jeremy Corbyn as Leader of the Labour Party arose following criticism of his approach to the Remain campaign in the referendum
Jeremy Corbyn, 2016 Labour Party Conference 5
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Corbyn with Deputy Leader of the Labour Party Tom Watson following re-election
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The 2015 Labour Party leadership election was triggered by the resignation of Ed Miliband as Leader of the Labour Party on 8 May 2015, following the party's defeat at the 2015 general election. Harrie
2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK)
…on 24 September 2016. Corbyn won the election with 313,209 votes, increasing his share of the vote from 59.5% to 61.8% compared with the result of the 2015 leadership election and receiving some 62,000 more votes than in 2015. Jeremy Corbyn was one of four candidates for the Labour Party leadership in the 2015 leadership…
Andy Burnham, 2016 Labour Party Conference 1
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