2015 Labour Party leadership election (UK)

Labour Party leadership election, 2015
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Turnout422,871
(76.3%)
 
Candidate Jeremy Corbyn Andy Burnham
Popular vote 251,417 80,462
Percentage 59.5% 19.0%
 
Candidate Yvette Cooper Liz Kendall
Popular vote 71,928 18,857
Percentage 17.0% 4.5%

Leader before election

Harriet Harman (acting)
Ed Miliband (elected)

Elected Leader

Jeremy Corbyn

The 2015 Labour Party leadership election was election to choose the leader of the Labour Party in the United Kingdom. It won by Jeremy Corbyn. The election was held because Ed Miliband resigned on 8 May 2015, after the party's defeat at the 2015 general election. Harriet Harman, the Deputy Leader, became Acting Leader but announced that she would resign after the leadership election.[1]

  1. Cathy Owen, General Election 2015: Harriet Harman announces that she will be standing down as deputy leader of the Labour Party Wales Online (8 May 2015).

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