2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK) facts for kids
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| Turnout | 506,438 (77.6%) |
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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.
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.
Candidates
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| Candidate | Born | Constituency | Most recent position | Announced | Campaign website (Slogan) |
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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 | (People powered politics) |
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| 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 | (Labour's Future) |
18/19 July: 90 | 35.86% | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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172 / 251
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68.53% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Undeclared | 18/19 July: 89 | 35.46% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 July: 79 | 31.47% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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