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2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK)

2016 Labour Party leadership election
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Turnout506,438 (77.6%) Increase 1.3 pp[1]
 
Candidate Jeremy Corbyn Owen Smith
Popular vote 313,209 193,229
Percentage 61.8% 38.2%
Leader before election

Jeremy Corbyn

 Elected Leader

Jeremy Corbyn

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 on membership of the European Union and questions about his leadership of the party.[2]

Following a period of tension over Corbyn's leadership, the immediate trigger to events was the Leave result of the referendum. Hilary Benn, the Shadow Foreign Secretary, was dismissed by Corbyn on 25 June after Benn expressed no confidence in him.[3] More than two dozen members of the Shadow Cabinet resigned over the following two days,[4] and a no-confidence vote was supported by 172 MPs in the Parliamentary Labour Party, against 40 supporting Corbyn.[5] It was reported that Tom Watson, the Deputy Leader, told Corbyn that he would face a challenge to his position as leader.[6] Corbyn stated that he would not resign.[7]

By the end of June, Angela Eagle and Owen Smith were being promoted as intending to contest the leadership. Eagle announced her candidacy on 11 July,[8][9] and Smith did likewise on 13 July.[10] The National Executive Committee decided that, as the incumbent, Corbyn would be automatically included on the ballot without requiring nominations from the parliamentary party;[11] some political analysts had previously predicted that Corbyn would struggle to obtain the requisite number of signatures had that been required.[12]

Eagle pulled out of the race on 19 July, leaving Smith to challenge Corbyn for the leadership in a head-to-head race;[13] Eagle said that she would back Smith after she had attracted fewer nominations. Smith told the BBC that Eagle was a "star" and that she would be "at [his] right hand" if he won the leadership.[14][15]

The result was announced 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.

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  9. ^ "Labour leadership: Angela Eagle says she can unite the party". BBC News. 11 July 2016. Archived from the original on 11 July 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  10. ^ "Labour leadership: Owen Smith to enter contest". BBC News. 13 July 2016. Archived from the original on 13 July 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  11. ^ "Jeremy Corbyn wins vote on Labour leadership rules", BBC News, 12 July 2016, archived from the original on 12 July 2016, retrieved 12 July 2016
  12. ^ Wilkinson, Michael (12 July 2016). "Jeremy Corbyn to be automatically included on the ballot in Labour's leadership contest following NEC vote". The Telegraph. London, UK. Archived from the original on 15 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016. If Corbyn had not been automatically allowed to stand, he may have struggled to obtain the 51 nominations necessary from Labour MPs or MEPs to stand.
  13. ^ Grice, Andrew (19 July 2016). "Labour leadership election: Angela Eagle pulls out of contest to allow Owen Smith straight run at Jeremy Corbyn". The Independent. London, UK. Archived from the original on 20 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  14. ^ Asthana, Anushka; Elgot, Jessica (19 July 2016). "Owen Smith to face Corbyn in Labour leadership challenge". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 19 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  15. ^ Sparrow, Andrew; Phipps, Claire (19 July 2016). "Afternoon summary". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 24 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.

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