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
|
Turn out | 77.6% |
Spoilt ballots | 1,042 |
Ballot distributed | 654,006 |
Valid votes cast | 506,438 |
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