2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK)

2020 Labour Party leadership election

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Turnout	490,731 (62.58%)[1]
Candidate Keir Starmer Rebecca Long-Bailey Lisa Nandy Popular vote 275,780 135,218 79,597 Percentage 56.2% 27.6% 16.2%
Leader before election Jeremy Corbyn Elected Leader Keir Starmer

The 2020 Labour Party leadership election was held between (21 February – 4 April 2020) to elect a leader to replace Jeremy Corbyn. On 13 December 2019, Corbyn announced that he would not lead the Labour Party into the next general election, following the party's poor performance in the December 2019 election.^[2]

It was won by Keir Starmer who received 56.2 per cent of the vote on the first round. It was held alongside the 2020 Labour Party deputy leadership election.

1. ↑ Labour Party. "Leadership and Deputy Leadership election 2020 - Results". Retrieved 4 April 2020.
2. ↑ "Jeremy Corbyn: 'I will not lead Labour at next election'". BBC News. 13 December 2019.