The 2015 Labour Party leadership election was an internal Labour Party poll which was triggered by the resignation of
Ed Miliband
Edward Samuel "Ed" Miliband (born 24 December 1969) is a British politician serving as Shadow Secretary of State for Climate Change and Net Zero since 2021. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Doncaster North since 2005. Miliba ...
as
Leader of the Labour Party on 8 May 2015, following the party's defeat at the
2015 general election.
Harriet Harman, the
Deputy Leader, became Acting Leader but announced that she would stand down after the leadership election. It was won by
Jeremy Corbyn
Jeremy Bernard Corbyn (; born 26 May 1949) is a British politician who served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party from 2015 to 2020. On the political left of the Labour Party, Corbyn describes himself as a socialis ...
in the first round.
Four candidates were successfully nominated to stand in the election:
Andy Burnham,
Yvette Cooper,
Jeremy Corbyn
Jeremy Bernard Corbyn (; born 26 May 1949) is a British politician who served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party from 2015 to 2020. On the political left of the Labour Party, Corbyn describes himself as a socialis ...
, and
Liz Kendall. The voting process began on Friday 14 August 2015 and closed on Thursday 10 September 2015, and the results were announced on Saturday 12 September 2015. Voting was by
Labour Party members and registered and affiliated supporters, using the
alternative vote system.
Support for Corbyn, who entered the race as a
dark horse candidate, and the release of opinion polls which showed him leading the race, led to high-profile interventions by a number of prominent Labour figures including
Gordon Brown
James Gordon Brown (born 20 February 1951) is a British former politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in Tony ...
,
Tony Blair,
Jack Straw,
David Miliband, and
Alastair Campbell, among others, many of whom argued that Corbyn's election as leader would leave the party unelectable.
Despite these interventions, Corbyn was elected in the first round receiving 59.5% of the votes, winning in all three sections of the ballot. Less than a year later, a leadership challenge saw another
leadership election, where Corbyn again won, with an increased share of the vote.
Procedure
The leadership election, triggered by
Ed Miliband
Edward Samuel "Ed" Miliband (born 24 December 1969) is a British politician serving as Shadow Secretary of State for Climate Change and Net Zero since 2021. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Doncaster North since 2005. Miliba ...
's resignation, took place under the reformed rules adopted from the proposals of the February 2014 Collins Report, which was led by
Ray Collins, Baron Collins of Highbury
Ray Edward Harry Collins, Baron Collins of Highbury (born 21 December 1954) is a British politician and trade unionist serving as a Member of the House of Lords since 2011. A member of the Labour Party, he has been Shadow Deputy Leader of the H ...
, and was itself partly the result of calls for inquiry and reform relating to the
2013 Falkirk Selection Scandal. The plan entailed a shorter election than the one that took place in
2010, with a new leader being in place before
Labour's party conference in September 2015.
The review changed the way in which Labour elects leaders. Under the former system, a three-way
electoral college chose the leader, with one-third weight given to the votes of the
Parliamentary Labour Party (i.e., Labour members of the
House of Commons and Labour
members of the European Parliament), one-third to individual Labour Party members, and one third to the trade union and
affiliated societies sections. Following the Collins review, the electoral college was replaced by a pure "
one member, one vote" (OMOV) system. Candidates are elected by members and registered and affiliated supporters, who all receive a maximum of one vote and all votes are weighted equally.
This meant that, for example, members of Labour-affiliated trade unions needed to register as Labour supporters to vote.
To stand, candidates now needed to be nominated by at least 15% of the
Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP), i.e. 35
MPs, at that time. The vote, as in previous elections, was held under the
alternative vote (instant-runoff) system. The
deputy leadership election was held under the same rules.
The election itself was overseen by
Electoral Reform Services
The Electoral Reform Society (ERS) is an independent campaigning organisation based in the United Kingdom which promotes electoral reform. It seeks to replace first-past-the-post voting with proportional representation, advocating the single ...
.
In late August, the Labour Party reported that about 552,000 members and supporters were eligible to vote; about 292,000 full members, 148,000 affiliated supporters (members of trade unions and
socialist societies who opted to affiliate), plus 112,000 registered supporters.
Timetable
A meeting of Labour's
National Executive Committee took place on 13 May 2015 to set a timetable and procedure for the two elections.
* ''Tuesday 9 June 2015'' – Nominations open
* ''Monday 15 June 2015 (12:00)'' – Nominations for the Leader close
* ''Wednesday 17 June 2015 (12:00)'' – Nominations for the
Deputy Leader close
* ''Wednesday 17 June 2015 (12:00)'' –
Hustings period opens
* ''Friday 31 July 2015 (12:00)'' – Supporting nominations close
* ''Wednesday 12 August 2015 (15:00)'' – Last date to join as member, affiliated support or registered supporter and be able to vote
* ''Friday 14 August 2015'' – Ballot papers are sent out
* ''Thursday 10 September 2015 (12:00)'' – Ballot closes
* ''Saturday 12 September 2015'' –
Special Conference to announce the results
The deadline on 12 August 2015 to join as a member or supporter was extended by 3 hours due to heavy demand making the party website difficult to use.
Candidates
Nominated
To be placed on the ballot, candidates for leader had to obtain the nominations of 35 MPs. An MP who nominates a candidate does not have to subsequently support, or vote for, that candidate. Some MPs have stated that they nominated only to ensure that candidate got onto the ballot paper.
The number of MPs next to the candidate's name below includes the candidate, who can count as one of the 35 MPs needed. Public nominations for candidates by MPs were as follows:
*
Andy Burnham (68):
Debbie Abrahams,
Heidi Alexander,
David Anderson David Anderson may refer to:
People In academia or science
* David Anderson (academic) (born 1952), American college professor
* David Anderson (engineer) (1880–1953), Scottish civil engineer and lawyer
*David Anderson, 2nd Viscount Waverley (191 ...
,
Hilary Benn
Hilary James Wedgwood Benn (born 26 November 1953) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds Central since a by-election in 1999. He served in the Cabinet from 2003 to 2010, under both Tony Bla ...
,
Luciana Berger,
Clive Betts
Clive James Charles Betts (born 13 January 1950) is a British Labour Party politician and former economist, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield Attercliffe from 1992 to 2010 and is the current MP for the successor seat of She ...
,
Paul Blomfield,
Kevin Brennan,
Julie Cooper,
David Crausby,
Alex Cunningham
Alexander Cunningham (born 1 May 1955) is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Stockton North since 2010. A member of the Labour Party, he has been Shadow Minister for Courts and Sentencing since 2020.
Born in ...
,
Wayne David,
Peter Dowd,
Michael Dugher,
Bill Esterson,
Paul Farrelly
Christopher Paul Farrelly (born 2 March 1962) is a British Labour Party politician, banker and journalist, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle-under-Lyme from 2001 to 2019.
Early life
Farrelly was born in Newcastle-under-Lyme, ...
,
Rob Flello
Robert Charles Douglas Flello (born 14 January 1966) is a British Liberal Democrat politician who was Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Stoke-on-Trent South from 2005 to 2017. He lost his seat at the 2017 general election to Conserva ...
,
Yvonne Fovargue
Yvonne Helen Fovargue (born 29 November 1956) is a British Labour Party politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Makerfield since 2010.
Early life and career
Fovargue attended Sale Grammar School and obtained a Bachelor of Arts ...
,
Pat Glass,
Mary Glindon,
Lilian Greenwood,
Margaret Greenwood,
Nia Griffith
Dame Nia Rhiannon Griffith (born 4 December 1956) is a Welsh politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Llanelli since 2005. A member of the Labour Party, she has been a Shadow Minister for International Trade since 2021. Grif ...
,
Andrew Gwynne,
Harry Harpham
Robert Harry Harpham (21 February 1954 – 4 February 2016) was a British Labour Party politician and coal miner. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough from the May 2015 general election until he died n ...
,
Carolyn Harris
Carolyn Harris (born 18 September 1960) is a Welsh politician serving as Deputy Leader of Welsh Labour since 2018. She has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Swansea East since 2015.
Harris served as Shadow Minister for Safeguarding and Vul ...
,
Stephen Hepburn
Stephen Hepburn (born 6 December 1959) is a British politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Jarrow from 1997 to 2019. Hepburn was a member of the Labour Party until 7 October 2019, when he was suspended from the party following an ac ...
,
Kate Hoey,
Kate Hollern,
Dan Jarvis
Daniel Owen Woolgar Jarvis (born 30 November 1972) is a British Labour Party politician and former British Army officer who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Barnsley Central since 2011. He also served as the Mayor of South York ...
,
Gerald Jones,
Graham Jones,
Barbara Keeley,
Ian Lavery,
Emma Lewell-Buck,
Ian Lucas,
Holly Lynch,
Justin Madders,
Rachael Maskell,
Chris Matheson,
Kerry McCarthy,
Andy McDonald,
Conor McGinn
Conor Patrick McGinn (born 31 July 1984) is a British politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for St Helens North since 2015. He was the Labour Party Deputy National Campaign Coordinator from June 2021 and Shadow Minister without Port ...
,
Liz McInnes
Elizabeth Anne McInnes (born 30 March 1959) is a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Heywood and Middleton from 2014 to 2019. A member of the Labour Party, she was a Shadow Minister for Foreign and Commonwealth Aff ...
,
Alan Meale,
Ian Mearns,
Lisa Nandy,
Albert Owen,
Teresa Pearce
Teresa Pearce (born 1 February 1955) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Erith and Thamesmead from 2010 to 2019, who was appointed as a Shadow Minister for Housing and Planning in September 2015. In ...
,
Lucy Powell,
Yasmin Qureshi,
Angela Rayner,
Jamie Reed
Jamieson Ronald "Jamie" Reed (born 4 August 1973) is a British former politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Copeland from 2005 to 2017. A member of the Labour Party, he was a Shadow Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Mini ...
,
Christina Rees
Christina Rees (born 21 February 1954) is a Member of Parliament who served as Shadow Secretary of State for Wales in the Shadow Cabinet of Jeremy Corbyn from 2017 to 2020. She has been MP for Neath since 2015. Rees was elected as a Welsh La ...
,
Rachel Reeves,
Steve Rotheram,
Jeff Smith,
Owen Smith,
Keir Starmer,
Jo Stevens,
Nick Thomas-Symonds
Nicklaus Thomas-Symonds (born 26 May 1980) is a British academic, barrister and politician who has been Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade since 2021. A member of the Labour Party, he has been Member of Parliament (MP) for To ...
,
Anna Turley
Anna Catherine Turley (born 9 October 1978) is a British politician. She was the Labour and Co-operative Member of Parliament (MP) for Redcar from 2015 until 2019. Turley was chair of the Co-operative Party from 8 June 2019 until December 2019. ...
,
Karl Turner,
Derek Twigg,
Valerie Vaz,
Alan Whitehead
Alan Patrick Vincent Whitehead (born 15 September 1950) is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Southampton Test since 1997. A member of the Labour Party, he has been Shadow Minister for Green New Deal and Ener ...
,
Iain Wright
*
Yvette Cooper (59):
Jon Ashworth,
Ian Austin,
Adrian Bailey,
Roberta Blackman-Woods
Roberta Carol Blackman-Woods (' Woods; 16 August 1957) is a British academic and former Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the City of Durham from 2005 to 2019.
Early life and career
Blackman-Woods is from Nor ...
,
Lyn Brown,
Nick Brown,
Chris Bryant,
Karen Buck,
Richard Burden,
Liam Byrne,
Ruth Cadbury
Ruth Margaret Cadbury (born 14 May 1959) is a British politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brentford and Isleworth since 2015. A member of the Labour Party, she has been Shadow Minister for International Trade since 2021. A ...
,
Ann Clwyd
Ann Clwyd Roberts (; born 21 March 1937) is a Welsh Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Cynon Valley for 35 years, from 1984 until 2019. Although she had intended to stand down in 2015, she was re-elected in th ...
,
Vernon Coaker,
Judith Cummins,
Jim Cunningham,
Nic Dakin,
Geraint Davies,
Thangam Debbonaire,
Jack Dromey,
Maria Eagle,
Jim Fitzpatrick,
Colleen Fletcher,
Vicky Foxcroft,
Helen Goodman
Helen Catherine Goodman (born 2 January 1958) is a British former politician who served as Member of Parliament for Bishop Auckland from 2005 to 2019. A member of the Labour Party, she was Deputy Leader of the House of Commons from 2007 to 200 ...
,
Kate Green,
Fabian Hamilton,
David Hanson,
Sue Hayman
Susan Mary Hayman, Baroness Hayman of Ullock (''née'' Bentley; born 28 July 1962) is a British politician and life peer who served as Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 2017 to 2019. A member of the Labour P ...
,
John Healey,
Sharon Hodgson,
George Howarth,
Diana Johnson,
Helen Jones
Helen Mary Jones (born 24 December 1954) is a British Labour politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Warrington North from 1997 to 2019.
Jones has served as Shadow Minister for Communities and Local Government and Shadow Home Of ...
,
Kevan Jones,
Stephen Kinnock
Stephen Nathan Kinnock (born 1 January 1970) is a Welsh politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Aberavon since 2015. A member of the Labour Party, he has been Shadow Minister for Immigration since 2022.
Early life and educ ...
,
Chris Leslie,
Khalid Mahmood
Khalid Mahmood (also spelled Mahmud) may refer to:
* Allama Khalid Mahmood (1925–2020), Islamic scholar and former Justice of Supreme Court of Pakistan (Shariat Appellate Bench).
* Khaled Mahmud (born 1971), Bangladeshi cricketer
* Khalid Mahmo ...
,
Shabana Mahmood,
Seema Malhotra,
John Mann,
Steve McCabe
Stephen James "Steve" McCabe (born 4 August 1955) is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Selly Oak since 2010. A member of the Labour Party, he was previously MP for Birmingham Hall Green from 199 ...
,
Catherine McKinnell,
Madeleine Moon
Madeleine Moon (born 27 March 1950) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bridgend from 2005 to 2019, when she lost her seat to the Welsh Conservative candidate Jamie Wallis.
Early life
Born in North ...
,
Melanie Onn
Melanie Onn (born 19 June 1979) is a British former politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Great Grimsby from 2015 to 2019. A member of the Labour Party, she previously served as Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons from ...
,
Matthew Pennycook
Matthew Thomas Pennycook (born 29 October 1982) is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Greenwich and Woolwich since 2015. A member of the Labour Party, he has been Shadow Minister for Housing and Planning sinc ...
,
Jess Phillips
Jessica Rose Phillips (; born 9 October 1981) is a British politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Yardley since 2015. A member of the Labour Party, she has been Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence and Safeguardi ...
,
Bridget Phillipson,
Stephen Pound,
Marie Rimmer,
Geoffrey Robinson
Geoffrey Robinson (born 25 May 1938) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Coventry North West for 43 years, from 1976 to 2019. He was Paymaster General from May 1997 to December 1998, resigning after ...
,
Naz Shah
Naseem Shah (; born 13 November 1973) is a British Labour Party politician. She was elected at the 2015 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bradford West, winning the seat from George Galloway of the Respect Party. She has s ...
,
Virendra Sharma,
Paula Sherriff
Paula Michelle Sherriff (born 16 April 1975) is a British Labour politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dewsbury from 2015 to 2019.
Early life
Prior to her election to Parliament, Sherriff worked in the police force, pr ...
,
Andy Slaughter
Andrew Francis Slaughter (born 29 September 1960) is a British Labour Party politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Hammersmith, previously Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush, since 2005. He had previously served as Leader of the L ...
,
Ruth Smeeth,
Karin Smyth,
John Spellar
John Francis Spellar (born 5 August 1947) is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Warley, formerly Warley West, since 1992. A member of the Labour Party, he previously represented Birmingham Northfield from 1 ...
,
Daniel Zeichner
*
Liz Kendall (41):
Sir Kevin Barron,
Tom Blenkinsop,
Jenny Chapman,
Ann Coffey,
Simon Danczuk,
Gloria De Piero,
Stephen Doughty,
Jim Dowd,
Julie Elliott
Julie Elliott (born 29 July 1963) is a British Labour Party politician, who was first elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Sunderland Central in 2010. Elliott served as Shadow Minister for Energy and Climate Change from October 2013 to Sept ...
,
Louise Ellman,
Chris Evans,
Paul Flynn,
Mike Gapes,
Mark Hendrick
Sir Mark Phillip Hendrick (born 2 November 1958) is a British Labour and Co-operative politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Preston since a by-election in 2000. Hendrick was previously elected to the Central Lancashire se ...
,
Margaret Hodge,
Tristram Hunt,
Mike Kane
Michael Joseph Patrick Kane (born 9 January 1969) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wythenshawe and Sale East since February 2014. He won the seat in the 2014 by-election, which was held fol ...
,
Peter Kyle,
Ivan Lewis,
Fiona Mactaggart
Fiona Margaret Mactaggart (born 12 September 1953) is a British politician and former primary school teacher who has been chair of the Fawcett Society since 2018. A member of the Labour Party, she was Member of Parliament (MP) for Slough from 1 ...
,
Siobhain McDonagh,
Pat McFadden
Patrick Bosco McFadden (born 26 March 1965) is a British politician serving as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury since 2021. A member of the Labour Party, he has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Wolverhampton South East since 20 ...
,
Alison McGovern,
Jessica Morden,
Toby Perkins,
Steve Reed,
Jonathan Reynolds,
Emma Reynolds,
Joan Ryan,
Barry Sheerman,
Gavin Shuker,
Nick Smith,
Angela Smith,
Wes Streeting
Wesley Paul William Streeting (; born 21 January 1983) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care since 2021, and Member of Parliament (MP) for Ilford North since 2015.
He serve ...
,
Gisela Stuart,
Stephen Timms
Sir Stephen Creswell Timms (born 29 July 1955) is a British politician who served as Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2006 to 2007. A member of the Labour Party, he has been Member of Parliament (MP) for East Ham, formerly Newham North E ...
,
Stephen Twigg,
Chuka Umunna
Chuka Harrison Umunna (; born 17 October 1978) is a British retired politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Streatham from 2010 until 2019. A former member of the Labour Party, he was part of the Shadow Cabinet from 2011 to ...
,
Phil Wilson,
John Woodcock
*
Jeremy Corbyn
Jeremy Bernard Corbyn (; born 26 May 1949) is a British politician who served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party from 2015 to 2020. On the political left of the Labour Party, Corbyn describes himself as a socialis ...
(36):
Diane Abbott,
Rushanara Ali,
Margaret Beckett,
Richard Burgon,
Dawn Butler,
Ronnie Campbell
Ronald Campbell (born 14 August 1943) is a former British Labour Party politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Blyth Valley from 1987 until 2019.
Early life
Campbell was born in Tynemouth, and grew up with seven siblings. He attende ...
,
Sarah Champion,
Jo Cox,
Neil Coyle
Neil Alan John Coyle (born 30 December 1978) is a British Independent politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bermondsey and Old Southwark since 2015. He was elected MP as a member of the Labour Party, but was suspende ...
,
Jon Cruddas,
Clive Efford
Clive Stanley Efford (born 10 July 1958) is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Eltham since 1997.
Early life
Efford was born in London and educated at Walworth School and Southwark College. He ...
,
Frank Field,
Louise Haigh,
Kelvin Hopkins,
Rupa Huq
Rupa Asha Huq ( bn, রাবেয়া "রূপা" আশা হক; born 2 April 1972) is a British Independent MP, columnist and academic. Elected as the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Ealing Central and Acton at the 2015 genera ...
,
Imran Hussain,
Huw Irranca-Davies,
Sadiq Khan,
David Lammy
David Lindon Lammy (born 19 July 1972) is an English politician serving as Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs since 2021. A member of the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party, he has been Member of Parliamen ...
,
Clive Lewis,
Rebecca Long-Bailey,
Gordon Marsden
Gordon Marsden (born 28 November 1953) is a British Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Blackpool South from 1997 to 2019.
Early life
Marsden was educated at Stockport Grammar School, an independent school in St ...
,
John McDonnell,
Michael Meacher
Michael Hugh Meacher (4 November 1939 – 21 October 2015) was a British politician who served as a government minister under Harold Wilson, James Callaghan and Tony Blair. A member of the Labour Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for ...
,
Grahame Morris
Grahame Mark Morris (born 13 March 1961) is a British Labour Party politician. He was elected at the 2010 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Easington, replacing Labour MP John Cummings, who decided to step down.
Morris ...
,
Chi Onwurah
Chinyelu Susan Onwurah (born 12 April 1965) is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for Newcastle upon Tyne Central since 2010.
She was shadow minister for Industrial Strategy, Science and Innovation ...
,
Kate Osamor,
Tulip Siddiq,
Dennis Skinner,
Andrew Smith,
Cat Smith
Catherine Jane Smith (born 16 June 1985) is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Lancaster and Fleetwood since 2015. A member of the Labour Party, she was a member of the shadow cabinets of Jeremy Corbyn and K ...
,
Gareth Thomas,
Emily Thornberry,
Jon Trickett,
Catherine West
Before dropping out of the race on 12 June,
Mary Creagh had 10 nominations:
Sarah Champion,
Jo Cox,
Neil Coyle
Neil Alan John Coyle (born 30 December 1978) is a British Independent politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bermondsey and Old Southwark since 2015. He was elected MP as a member of the Labour Party, but was suspende ...
,
Thangam Debbonaire,
Helen Hayes,
Susan Jones
Susan Elan Jones (born 1 June 1968) is a former British Labour Party politician, who was elected at the 2010 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Clwyd South, replacing the previous Labour MP Martyn Jones after his retire ...
,
Mike Kane
Michael Joseph Patrick Kane (born 9 January 1969) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wythenshawe and Sale East since February 2014. He won the seat in the 2014 by-election, which was held fol ...
,
Stephen Kinnock
Stephen Nathan Kinnock (born 1 January 1970) is a Welsh politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Aberavon since 2015. A member of the Labour Party, he has been Shadow Minister for Immigration since 2022.
Early life and educ ...
,
Tulip Siddiq
A total of 26 Labour MPs did not nominate any candidate:
Graham Allen,
Ben Bradshaw,
Alan Campbell,
Rosie Cooper,
Mary Creagh,
Stella Creasy
Stella Judith Creasy (born 5 April 1977) is a British Labour and Co-operative politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for the London constituency of Walthamstow since 2010.
She served in the frontbench teams of Ed Miliband and Harriet ...
,
John Cryer,
Angela Eagle,
Natascha Engel,
Caroline Flint,
Barry Gardiner,
Roger Godsiff
Roger Duncan Godsiff (born 28 June 1946) is a British former politician who served as the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) from 1992 to 2019, for the seats of Birmingham Small Heath, Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath, and Birmingham Hal ...
,
Harriet Harman,
Meg Hillier,
Lindsay Hoyle
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,
Alan Johnson,
Sir Gerald Kaufman,
Ed Miliband
Edward Samuel "Ed" Miliband (born 24 December 1969) is a British politician serving as Shadow Secretary of State for Climate Change and Net Zero since 2021. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Doncaster North since 2005. Miliba ...
,
Rob Marris
Robert Howard Marris (born 8 April 1955) is a British Labour Party politician, who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wolverhampton South West. He first held the seat from 2001 until his defeat in 2010. He regained at the seat at the ...
,
Ian Murray,
Graham Stringer
Graham Eric Stringer (born 17 February 1950) is a British Labour Party politician serving as MP for Blackley and Broughton since 1997. Before entering Parliament, he served as leader of Manchester City Council from 1984 to 1996, and chair of ...
,
Mark Tami,
Keith Vaz,
Tom Watson,
David Winnick,
Rosie Winterton
Withdrew
*
Mary Creagh,
Shadow Secretary of State for International Development
The shadow cabinet minister for international development is the lead spokesperson for the United Kingdom's Official Opposition on issues related to international aid, most notably to the third world. The shadow cabinet minister holds the Minist ...
and MP for
Wakefield
Wakefield is a cathedral city in West Yorkshire, England located on the River Calder. The city had a population of 99,251 in the 2011 census.https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/ks101ew Census 2011 table KS101EW Usual resident population, ...
*
Chuka Umunna
Chuka Harrison Umunna (; born 17 October 1978) is a British retired politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Streatham from 2010 until 2019. A former member of the Labour Party, he was part of the Shadow Cabinet from 2011 to ...
,
Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and MP for
Streatham[Chuka Umunna withdraws Labour leader bid](_blank)
- BBC News
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(retrieved 15 May 2015)
Declined
*
Diane Abbott, former
Shadow Minister for Public Health, candidate for leader
in 2010 and MP for
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Hackney North and Stoke Newington is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom since 1987 by Diane Abbott of the Labour Party, who served as Shadow Home Secretary from 6 October 2016 to 5 April 2020. Abbott was on ...
(
running for Mayor of London)
*
Rushanara Ali, former
Shadow Minister for Education and MP for
Bethnal Green and Bow (
running for Deputy Leader)
*
Stella Creasy
Stella Judith Creasy (born 5 April 1977) is a British Labour and Co-operative politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for the London constituency of Walthamstow since 2010.
She served in the frontbench teams of Ed Miliband and Harriet ...
, MP for
Walthamstow (
running for Deputy Leader)
*
Angela Eagle,
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons, former
Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury
The Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury is a junior ministerial post in His Majesty's Treasury, ranked below the First Lord of the Treasury, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, the Paymaster General and the Fina ...
and MP for
Wallasey (
running for Deputy Leader)
[Liam Murphy]
"Wallasey MP Angela Eagle joins race to be Labour's deputy leader"
, ''Liverpool Echo'' (18 May 2015).
*
Tristram Hunt,
Shadow Secretary of State for Education and MP for
Stoke-on-Trent Central
*
Dan Jarvis
Daniel Owen Woolgar Jarvis (born 30 November 1972) is a British Labour Party politician and former British Army officer who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Barnsley Central since 2011. He also served as the Mayor of South York ...
,
Shadow Minister of Justice and MP for
Barnsley Central
*
Alan Johnson, former
Home Secretary
The secretary of state for the Home Department, otherwise known as the home secretary, is a senior minister of the Crown in the Government of the United Kingdom. The home secretary leads the Home Office, and is responsible for all nationa ...
, former
Secretary of State for Health and MP for
Hull West and Hessle
*
David Lammy
David Lindon Lammy (born 19 July 1972) is an English politician serving as Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs since 2021. A member of the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party, he has been Member of Parliamen ...
, former
Minister of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills and MP for
Tottenham
Tottenham () is a town in North London, England, within the London Borough of Haringey. It is located in the ceremonial county of Greater London. Tottenham is centred north-northeast of Charing Cross, bordering Edmonton to the north, Wal ...
(
ran for Mayor of London)
*
Ian Lavery, MP for
Wansbeck
*
John McDonnell, MP for
Hayes and Harlington
*
Alison McGovern, MP for
Wirral South
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Constituency profile
Wirral South covers the central part of the Wirral peninsul ...
*
Lisa Nandy, MP for
Wigan
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*
Jamie Reed
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, MP for
Copeland
*
Rachel Reeves,
Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and MP for
Leeds West
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*
Owen Smith,
Shadow Secretary of State for Wales and MP for
Pontypridd
*
Keir Starmer, former
Director of Public Prosecutions and MP for
Holborn and St Pancras
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*
Jon Trickett,
Shadow Minister without Portfolio, former
Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office and MP for
Hemsworth
Endorsements
Media reaction
;Burnham
Burnham was praised for having both "a radical left-wing vision" and being credible enough "to unite the party and win back power", as well as for being someone who "actually listens to party members and the public".
Burnham attracted press criticism for claiming £17,000 a year from the taxpayer to rent a London flat, despite owning another within walking distance of the House of Commons. A spokesman for Burnham said that renting out the original flat was necessary to "cover his costs" as parliamentary rule changes meant he was no longer able to claim for mortgage interest expenses. Burnham was criticised for saying that Labour should have a woman leader "when the time is right", with the ''
New Statesman
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'' saying that he had "tripped over his mouth again".
;Cooper
Cooper was praised by the ''
Huffington Post'' for her hard work in local constituencies during the leadership contest
and for her preparation for the Local Government Association hustings.
She has been criticised both for thanking
David Miliband for putting her as his second choice (after
Liz Kendall) and for her "broken, downbeat delivery".
;Corbyn
Corbyn's leadership bid was the subject of fierce discussion within the media.
Janan Ganesh
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in the ''
Financial Times
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'' argued that the election of Corbyn "spells disaster" for the Labour Party.
Owen Jones
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argued in ''The Guardian'' that the reason Corbyn was so popular was because he "offers a coherent, inspiring and, crucially, a hopeful vision" addressing social injustice and economic inequality, comparing the surge of support for Corbyn to the popularity of both UKIP in England and the
Scottish National Party (SNP) in Scotland.
;Kendall
In June 2015, Kendall's leadership bid received praise from ''
The Sun'', who said that she is the "only prayer they
he Labour Party
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have". ''The Sun'' also praised her for saying 'the country comes first' in response to
Andy Burnham who said 'the
abourParty always comes first' in the ''
Newsnight'' Labour leadership hustings.
Commentators from across the political spectrum have said that Kendall is the leadership candidate that the
Conservatives "fear the most".
However, the Huffington Post criticised her, saying "
Liz Kendall just doesn't seem to have it, she seems to be always on the verge of tripping over her own words, as if she is perpetually being caught off guard."
Dispute over election integrity
One of the most notable features of the election was the large increase in Labour Party membership, and the registration of significant numbers of the new affiliated and registered classes of voting supporters, during the period of the campaign.
Concern was expressed that the new rules were unfairly benefiting Corbyn,
[ and there might be a legal challenge,][ but in the event the result was so decisive these concerns were not pursued after the election.]
In June 2015, the Conservative-identifying political commentator Toby Young wrote in the ''Telegraph'' encouraging Conservatives to join Labour to vote for Jeremy Corbyn
Jeremy Bernard Corbyn (; born 26 May 1949) is a British politician who served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party from 2015 to 2020. On the political left of the Labour Party, Corbyn describes himself as a socialis ...
, his reason being "to consign Labour to electoral oblivion". This trended on Twitter as #ToriesforCorbyn and the attempt, as well as Labour's response, were subject to criticism. Two days later the Communist Party of Great Britain (Provisional Central Committee) wrote also in support of Corbyn. Following this, Labour MP John Mann called for the election to be halted. Acting leader of the party Harriet Harman responded by calling on constituency parties to check new members, but stated that Labour has "a robust system to prevent fraudulent or malicious applications." Labour MP Fabian Hamilton stated there was "no evidence" that groups were trying to infiltrate the election. Leadership candidates Andy Burnham and Liz Kendall also responded by saying there was no evidence of infiltration, and while not dismissing the claims, Corbyn stated he only wanted "genuine Labour supporters" to vote for him.
Rejected voters
It emerged in early August 2015 that 260 former candidates from the Green Party
A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as social justice, environmentalism and nonviolence.
Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundation f ...
, Left Unity and the Trade Union and Socialist Coalition
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) is a socialist electoral alliance launched in Britain for the 2010 general election.
TUSC's co-founder was the RMT union general secretary Bob Crow. Members of the PCS, NUT, FBU and POA un ...
had attempted to become registered supporters but would now be blocked from voting. Shortly before this it was revealed that Conservative MP and former junior minister Tim Loughton had been caught applying to become a registered Labour supporter, subsequently claiming that his intention was to "blow the gaff on what a complete farce the whole thing is". Veteran Labour MP Barry Sheerman also joined calls for the election to be "paused" over the fears of infiltration by other parties. The Labour Party told representatives of the four candidates at a meeting on 11 August that 1,200 members and supporters of other parties had been excluded and a further 800 were under investigation. Harriet Harman at the time admitted that as many as 100,000 people may be blocked from voting.
The number of those rejected would eventually reach 56,000, around 9.1% of the 610,753 considered eligible to vote at the start of the contest. According to the party, 45,000 of those were rejected for not being on the electoral register.
Labour also confirmed that it would cancel supporters' votes after they had been cast if it was found that they were members of other parties. A number of high-profile individuals were blocked from voting, including Marcus Chown
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Biography
He graduated from the Queen Mary University of London in 1980 with a Bachelor of Science in physic ...
, Jeremy Hardy, Douglas Henshall
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, Ken Loach, Francesca Martinez
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, Mark Serwotka, Pete Sinclair, Mark Steel
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, Luke Wright
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and Toby Young.
Andrew MacKinlay
Andrew Stuart MacKinlay (born 24 April 1949) is a British Liberal Democrat politician, who was the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Thurrock from 1992 until he stepped down at the 2010 general election.
In parliament MacKinlay built ...
, a former Labour MP, further alleged that Labour was attempting to rig its own leadership election against Corbyn; a view shared by comedian Jeremy Hardy. Such allegations became known to the media – and particularly Corbyn supporters – as the "Labour Purge", with #LabourPurge trending on Twitter. Claims of such a "purge" of Corbyn supporters were rejected by Harman who insisted that the exclusion processes were impartial to candidates. Scottish newspaper '' The National'' printed a page-long satirical cartoon speculating further vote-rigging by Labour's leadership.
Missing ballots
With less than 24 hours to go before the voting deadline, the party closed their telephone helpline. The move came during widespread complaints from "thousands" of voters who were missing emailed or physical ballot papers. ''The Guardian'' reported that one of their sources in the leadership camps stated that "the party has basically decided to stop taking calls and if you don't have a vote, you're now basically not getting one." The party refused to confirm how many ballot papers had actually been sent. Andy Burnham publicly criticised the number of missing ballots and the closure of the phone line.
Labour MP David Lammy
David Lindon Lammy (born 19 July 1972) is an English politician serving as Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs since 2021. A member of the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party, he has been Member of Parliamen ...
called for a full inquiry into the missing ballot papers. Of the 200 people his team phone called in London on the eve of the deadline, one in five were missing their ballots.
Debates
Television
Radio
Online
Opinion polling
The polls in this section have been undertaken by media pollsters known to use industry standard polling methods.
The polls below were conducted after nominations for the leadership ballot closed.
Where there is more than one line for a poll, this is for when a candidate has been eliminated and their second or third preference votes passed onto another candidate.
Polling of eligible voters
The polls below show voting intention amongst those eligible to vote in the leadership election.
July 2015
August 2015
Polling of Labour voters
The polls below asked Labour supporters across the country how they would vote in the leadership election if they were eligible.
Polling of British voters
The polls below asked voters across the country how they would vote in the leadership election if they were eligible.
Polling of London voters
The polls below asked voters in London
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how they would vote in the leadership election if they were eligible.
Polling before close of nominations
Labour members
The polls below were conducted before nominations for the leadership closed and therefore include Labour politicians who were not in the final four candidates who were nominated.
Labour voters
Former Labour PPCs
British residents
Result
Turnout for the vote was 422,871 (76.3%) of the 554,272 eligible voters, with 207 spoilt ballots. 343,995 votes (81.3%) were cast online, the UK's largest online ballot.
Political reaction to the result
Domestic
;Labour Party
Ed Miliband
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, former party leader, offered his support to Corbyn and urged other Labour MPs to do so, though he ruled himself out of taking on a position in Corbyn's shadow cabinet, to focus on representing his constituency. Kezia Dugdale, then leader of Scottish Labour, declared that "politics has changed" and people desired a "radical change", with Corbyn's election to the leadership showing that Labour had "listened to that call". Carwyn Jones, then leader of Welsh Labour and First Minister of Wales, congratulated Corbyn and urged the party to embrace the fact that the campaign had "energised a huge number of people who were previously disengaged from party politics" and unite around their new leader.
Corbyn's rivals for the leadership each reacted to the result. Andy Burnham said that Jeremy Corbyn
Jeremy Bernard Corbyn (; born 26 May 1949) is a British politician who served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party from 2015 to 2020. On the political left of the Labour Party, Corbyn describes himself as a socialis ...
was a politician with "very deep beliefs, very strong principles" which voters would embrace. Burnham later replaced Yvette Cooper as Shadow Home Secretary after she announced that she would not serve on a Labour frontbench led by Corbyn and that she would instead focus on playing a role in the upcoming EU membership referendum. Following the close of voting, Liz Kendall made a speech reflecting on her campaign stating that, after the New Labour government, there was never any debate in relation to the direction the party should go, and it had created a split "between the party and the country". All three of Corbyn's opponents in the leadership election stated they would support Corbyn, that the result should be accepted and the party should focus on attacking the Conservative government.
During the announcement of Corbyn's victory, Jamie Reed
Jamieson Ronald "Jamie" Reed (born 4 August 1973) is a British former politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Copeland from 2005 to 2017. A member of the Labour Party, he was a Shadow Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Mini ...
resigned as a Shadow Health Minister, citing his difference in opinion, with the new leader, over the replacement of the Trident missile system. Chris Leslie ( Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer), Yvette Cooper ( Shadow Home Secretary), Chuka Umunna
Chuka Harrison Umunna (; born 17 October 1978) is a British retired politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Streatham from 2010 until 2019. A former member of the Labour Party, he was part of the Shadow Cabinet from 2011 to ...
( Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills), Rachel Reeves ( Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions), Emma Reynolds ( Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government), Tristram Hunt ( Shadow Secretary of State for Education), Mary Creagh (Shadow Secretary of State for International Development
The shadow cabinet minister for international development is the lead spokesperson for the United Kingdom's Official Opposition on issues related to international aid, most notably to the third world. The shadow cabinet minister holds the Minist ...
) and Liz Kendall ( Shadow Minister for Care and Older People) also confirmed they would not serve in Corbyn's shadow cabinet.
;Conservative Party
David Cameron, then leader of the Conservative Party
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Political parties called The Conservative P ...
and Prime Minister
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, stated that Corbyn's win would make the Labour Party a threat "to our national security, to our economic security and to the security of your family". This echoed the same warning from other Cabinet ministers, including Michael Fallon, then Secretary of State for Defence
The secretary of state for defence, also referred to as the defence secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with overall responsibility for the business of the Ministry of Defence. The incumbent is a membe ...
, and from an email sent by Conservative Campaign Headquarters to party members. However Nick Hurd, former Minister for Civil Society, and Daniel Hannan, then MEP for South East England, both warned their party against "complacency". Ruth Davidson, then leader of the Scottish Conservative Party, said that the result demonstrated that Labour had given up on being in government, and that many Labour MPs would show "despair at his appointment".
;UK Independence Party
Nigel Farage, then leader of the UK Independence Party
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, congratulated Corbyn but added his concerns about the new Labour leader's immigration policies. Before Corbyn's win, Farage stated that Corbyn's "sweeping emergence on the Left of British politics, where he has helped re-engage many who had given up on politics, is a good thing for our democracy".
;Liberal Democrats
Tim Farron, then leader of the Liberal Democrats, commented on the "massive space in the centre ground of British politics" that had been opened up, due to the perceived shift leftwards by Labour, and suggested that the Liberal Democrats would be able to appeal more directly to "sensible, moderate, progressives who are opposed to what the Conservatives are doing, but cannot bring themselves to support a party of the hard left". The President of the Liberal Democrats, Sal Brinton, accused Labour of abdicating "its responsibilities" as a party of effective opposition. Willie Rennie, leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats
The Scottish Liberal Democrats ( gd, Pàrtaidh Libearal Deamocratach na h-Alba, sco, Scots Leeberal Democrats) is a liberal, federalist political party in Scotland, a part of the United Kingdom Liberal Democrats. The party currently holds 4 of ...
, said that Corbyn's success meant a "return to the damaging see saw politics of the past". Kirsty Williams, leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, attacked Corbyn as the "opposite of what this country needs", accusing Labour of returning to its 1970s policies.
;Green Party of England and Wales
Natalie Bennett, then leader of the Green Party of England and Wales released a statement saying that her party would be "delighted" to work with Corbyn on a range of issues where they share common ground.
;Scottish National Party
Nicola Sturgeon, leader of the Scottish National Party and First Minister of Scotland, praised Corbyn on winning the leadership contest but claimed that Labour's failure to defeat the Conservatives at the next general election would further the cause for Scottish independence and leave the SNP as the only real opposition.
;Plaid Cymru
Leanne Wood, then leader of Plaid Cymru congratulated Corbyn and urged the Labour Party to join with her party's MPs in opposing "Tory policies that are causing great harm to people in Wales and beyond".
;Social Democratic and Labour Party
Alasdair McDonnell
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, then leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party commended Corbyn on an "incredible election campaign" and urged him to work towards returning Labour to an electable position, as well as opposing Conservative policies.
;Ulster Unionist Party
Mike Nesbitt, then leader of the Ulster Unionist Party
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called on Corbyn to maintain Labour's policy towards Northern Ireland
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and "support agreements brought forward by the local parties".
International
* – Then President
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Cristina Fernández de Kirchner sent her congratulations to Corbyn, hailing him as "a great friend of Latin America".
* – The country's governing party, Syriza, released a statement welcoming the election of Corbyn and arguing that the result would strengthen the "pan-European front against austerity".
* – Gerry Adams, the President of Sinn Féin
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The original Sinn Féin organisation was founded in 1905 by Arthur Gr ...
, tweeted his words of congratulation to Corbyn.
* – Alexander Yakovenko, the Russian Ambassador to the United Kingdom, said that he hoped that Corbyn's election would create a "positive change" in the debate around Russia-United Kingdom relations.
* – Íñigo Errejón
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Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science, he was the secretary for policy and strategy and ...
, the Political Secretary of Podemos, described the result as being part of a "wave of change" across Northern Europe.
* – U.S. Senator
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Bernie Sanders, a candidate
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for the Democratic Party's nomination for president
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in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, announced that he was "delighted to see that the British Labour Party has elected Jeremy Corbyn
Jeremy Bernard Corbyn (; born 26 May 1949) is a British politician who served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party from 2015 to 2020. On the political left of the Labour Party, Corbyn describes himself as a socialis ...
as its new leader." He added: "We need leadership in every country in the world which tells the billionaire class that they cannot have it all. We need economies that work for working families, not just the people on top."
Analysis
Nobel prize-winning economist Paul Krugman
Paul Robin Krugman ( ; born February 28, 1953) is an American economist, who is Distinguished Professor of Economics at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, and a columnist for ''The New York Times''. In 2008, Krugman was t ...
said that it was not surprising that Jeremy Corbyn
Jeremy Bernard Corbyn (; born 26 May 1949) is a British politician who served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party from 2015 to 2020. On the political left of the Labour Party, Corbyn describes himself as a socialis ...
won the leadership contest, as all the candidates except for Corbyn essentially supported the Conservative government's austerity policies. As Krugman noted, not only the candidates but also the Labour moderates implicitly agreed with their opponents' idea that the government budget should always be balanced by the austerity policies.[Labour’s Dead Center]
, P. Krugman, The Opinion Pages, The New York Times, 14 Sep 2015 Krugman argued that it was a false claim that the Labour party, in power during 1997–2010, spent far beyond their means and caused a debt crisis.
Economist Joseph Stiglitz, also a Nobel prize winner, argued that the Labour party platform was different from what a leftist party must do, saying that Labour had not opposed austerity programmes. He added that Corbyn's camp offered a left-wing agenda and therefore Stiglitz was not surprised at all that Corbyn became the contender for the leadership contest.Joseph Stiglitz: unsurprising Jeremy Corbyn is a Labour leadership contender
, T. Macalister, The Guardian, Politics, 26 Jul 2015
See also
* 2015 Labour Party deputy leadership election
The 2015 Labour Party deputy leadership election was triggered on 8 May 2015 by the resignation of Harriet Harman as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party of the United Kingdom following the party's defeat at the 2015 General Election. Harman, the ...
* London Labour Party mayoral selection, 2015
The London Labour Party mayoral selection of 2015 was the process by which the Labour Party selected its candidate for Mayor of London, to stand in the mayoral election on 5 May 2016. It was the first Mayoral selection process since 2002 not to ...
* 2015 Scottish Labour Party leadership election
The 2015 Scottish Labour Party leadership election was formally triggered on 16 May 2015 by the resignation of Jim Murphy as Leader of the Scottish Labour Party, which took effect on 13 June 2015, following the party's defeat at the 2015 gene ...
* 2015 Liberal Democrats leadership election
The 2015 Liberal Democrats leadership election was held on 16 July 2015 following the resignation of Nick Clegg as leader on 8 May 2015, after almost eight years as leader of the Liberal Democrats, following the party's poor performance at the ...
* 2016 Conservative Party leadership election
* 2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK)
* Political party affiliation in the United Kingdom
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* Age restrictions
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