2016 Labour Party leadership election Turnout 506,438 (77.6%)
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.
The two candidates (challenger nominated by the Parliamentary Labour Party and European Parliamentary Labour Party)
Candidate
Born
Constituency
Most recent position
Announced
Campaign website (Slogan)
PLP/EPLP Nominations
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Jeremy Corbyn
26 May 1949 (age 75)
MP for Islington North (1983–present)
Leader of the Labour Party ; Leader of the Opposition (2015–present)
Incumbent
"JeremyForLabour" . Archived from the original on 2015-06-07. (People powered politics)
N/A
N/A
Supporting nominations[2] [3]
Constituency Labour Parties (285)
Affiliated trade unions (8)
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (ASLEF)
Bakers, Food and Allied Workers' Union (BFAWU)
Communication Workers Union (CWU)
Fire Brigades Union (FBU)
Transport Salaried Staffs' Association (TSSA)
Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians (UCATT)
UNISON
Unite the Union
Socialist societies (1)
Other party units (1)
Owen Smith (campaign)
2 May 1970 (age 54)
MP for Pontypridd (2010–present)
Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (2015–2016)
13 July 2016[6]
"Owen2016" . Archived from the original on 20 July 2016. (Labour's Future)
18/19 July: 90
35.86%
68.53%
PLP and EPLP nominations[7] [8]
Members of Parliament (162)[a]
Members of the European Parliament (10)
Paul Brannen[b]
Richard Corbett[b]
Seb Dance[b]
Theresa Griffin[b]
Richard Howitt[b]
David Martin[b]
Linda McAvan
Catherine Stihler[b]
Derek Vaughan
Glenis Willmott[b]
Supporting nominations[2] [9]
Constituency Labour Parties (53)
Aberdeenshire West
Altrincham and Sale West
Ayr
Barnsley East
Basingstoke
Batley and Spen
Battersea
Blaenau Gwent
Bermondsey and Old Southwark
Bethnal Green and Bow
Charnwood
Chipping Barnet
Clydesdale
Darlington
Dartford
Derby South
Dumfriesshire (nominates jointly with Galloway and West Dumfries)[10]
Ealing Central and Acton
East Lothian
Finchley and Golders Green
Galloway and West Dumfries[10] (nominates jointly with Dumfriesshire)
Glasgow Cathcart
Great Grimsby
Greenock and Inverclyde
Heywood and Middleton
Hornsey and Wood Green
Inverness and Nairn
Leicester East
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
Mitcham and Morden
Moray
Morley and Outwood
Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Newcastle upon Tyne North
North East Fife
Nottingham South
Pontypridd
Reading East
Renfrewshire South
Richmond Park
Runnymede and Weybridge
Rutherglen
South Swindon
Stevenage
Strathkelvin and Bearsden
Streatham
Twickenham
Uddingston and Bellshill
Vauxhall
Warrington South
West Ham
Westminster North
Wimbledon
Wrexham
Affiliated trade unions (4)
Community
GMB
Musicians' Union
Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW)
Socialist societies (3)
Jewish Labour Movement
Labour Movement for Europe
Socialist Health Association
Undeclared
18/19 July: 89
35.46%
20 July: 79
31.47%