2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK)

2016 Labour Party leadership election

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Turnout	506,438 (77.6%)
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.^[1]

The result was announced on 24 September 2016. Jeremy 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.

1. ↑ McSmith, Andy (30 June 2016). "The Jeremy Corbyn leadership challenge is reducing the most senior members of Labour to tears". The Independent. Retrieved 24 September 2016.