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Jeremy Corbyn has emerged victorious from the Labour leadership contest, beating off a challenge from his former frontbencher Owen Smith.
Corbyn was re-elected today in another landslide win, replicating his success in last year’s contest and winning over 60 per cent of the vote.
The result was announced in a special leadership conference in Liverpool ahead of the party’s annual conference.
Jeremy Corbyn won 313,209 votes (61.8 per cent) to Owen Smith’s 193,229 votes (38.2%).
The full breakdown of votes is as follows:
| Total votes | Percentage | |
| Jeremy Corbyn | 313,209 | 61.80% |
| Owen Smith | 193,229 | 38.20% |
| Jeremy Corbyn | Owen Smith | |
| Members | 168,216 | 116,960 |
| Registered supporters | 84,918 | 36,599 |
| Affiliated supporters | 60,075 |
39,670
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| Turn out | 77.6% |
| Spoilt ballots | 1,042 |
| Ballot distributed | 654,006 |
| Valid votes cast | 506,438 |
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