Corbyn re-elected as Labour leader with bigger landslide than last year

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: