2016 Labour Party leadership election

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The 2016 Labour Party leadership election was a contest within the UK Labour Party, triggered by internal dissent against leader Jeremy Corbyn and resulting in his re-election against challenger Owen Smith.

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instanceOf Labour Party leadership election ⓘ
United Kingdom internal party leadership election ⓘ
ballotClosingDate 2016-09-21 ⓘ
ballotOpeningDate 2016-08-22 ⓘ
ballotsCast 506438 ⓘ
campaignPositionOfOwenSmith soft Brexit and opposition to austerity ⓘ
campaignSloganOfJeremyCorbyn Straight talking, honest politics ⓘ
cause mass resignations from the Shadow Cabinet ⓘ
vote of no confidence in Jeremy Corbyn ⓘ
challenger Owen Smith ⓘ
context aftermath of the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
electoralCollegeUsed no ⓘ
electorate Labour Party affiliated supporters ⓘ
Labour Party members ⓘ
Labour Party registered supporters ⓘ
endDate 2016-09-24 ⓘ
followedBy 2020 Labour Party leadership election ⓘ
follows 2015 Labour Party leadership election ⓘ
hasCandidate Jeremy Corbyn ⓘ
Owen Smith ⓘ
incumbentLeaderDuringElection Jeremy Corbyn ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locationOfResultAnnouncement Liverpool ⓘ
loser Owen Smith ⓘ
mainOpponentOfJeremyCorbyn Owen Smith ⓘ
mediaCoverageBy BBC News ⓘ
linked to: BBC

The Daily Telegraph ⓘ
The Guardian ⓘ
opposedByMajorityOfParliamentaryLabourParty true ⓘ
organisedBy Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
partyWingAssociatedWithJeremyCorbyn Labour left ⓘ
partyWingAssociatedWithOwenSmith Labour soft left ⓘ
linked to: Labour left
percentageForJeremyCorbyn 61.8% ⓘ
percentageForOwenSmith 38.2% ⓘ
predecessorLeader Jeremy Corbyn ⓘ
reaffirmedMandateFor Jeremy Corbyn ⓘ
relatedEvent 2016 vote of no confidence in Jeremy Corbyn ⓘ
resultAnnouncedAt Labour Party special conference in Liverpool ⓘ
resultDate 2016-09-24 ⓘ
startDate 2016-07-11 ⓘ
successorLeader Jeremy Corbyn ⓘ
triggeredBy internal dissent against Jeremy Corbyn ⓘ
turnout 77.6% ⓘ
typeOfElection party leadership contest ⓘ
votingMethod preferential ballot ⓘ
votingSystem one member one vote ⓘ
winner Jeremy Corbyn ⓘ

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2015 Labour Party leadership election → followedBy → 2016 Labour Party leadership election ⓘ