This is a summary of the electoral history of Jeremy Corbyn , Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party of the United Kingdom from 2015 to 2020 and Member of Parliament for Islington North since 1983.
Council elections [ edit ] Parliamentary elections [ edit ] 2019 general election, Islington North [ edit ] Following the resignation of Ed Miliband as Labour Party leader on 8 May 2015, Jeremy Corbyn announced his candidacy for the position on 3 June 2015. The new leader would be decided by a ballot of party members, supporters and affiliates, where the candidate securing over 50% would be elected.
First preference votes, result announced 12 September 2015 [ edit ] Candidate Party members Registered supporters Affiliated supporters Total Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Jeremy Corbyn 121,751 49.59% 88,449 83.76% 41,217 57.61% 251,417 59.5% Andy Burnham 55,698 22.69% 6,160 5.83% 18,604 26.00% 80,462 19.0% Yvette Cooper 54,470 22.18% 8,415 7.97% 9,043 12.64% 71,928 17.0% Liz Kendall 13,601 5.54% 2,574 2.44% 2,682 3.75% 18,857 4.5%
The British Labour Party leadership election of 2016 was called when a challenge to Jeremy Corbyn as Leader of the Labour Party arose following criticism of his allegedly weak support for the Remain campaign in the referendum on membership of the European Union and questions about his leadership of the party.[13]
First preference votes, result announced 24 September 2016 [ edit ] Candidate Party members Registered supporters Affiliated supporters Total[14] Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Jeremy Corbyn 168,216 59.0% 84,918 69.9% 60,075 60.2% 313,209 61.8% Owen Smith 116,960 41.0% 36,599 30.1% 39,670 39.8% 193,229 38.2%
2017 United Kingdom general election [ edit ] e • d Results of the June 2017 House of Commons of the United Kingdom results Political party Leader MPs Votes Candidates[15] Total Gained Lost Net Of total (%) Total Of total (%) Change (%) Conservative [16] Theresa May 638 317 20 33 −13 48.8 13,636,684 42.3 +5.5 Labour Jeremy Corbyn 631 262 36 6 +30 40.3 12,877,918 40.0 +9.6 Liberal Democrats Tim Farron 629 12 8 4 +4 1.8 2,371,861 7.4 −0.5 Scottish National Nicola Sturgeon 59 35 0 21 −21 5.4 977,568 3.0 −1.7 UKIP Paul Nuttall 378 0 0 1 −1 0 594,068 1.8 −10.8 Green Party of England and Wales Caroline Lucas and Jonathan Bartley 457 1 0 0 0 0.2 525,665 1.6 −2.0 Democratic Unionist Arlene Foster 17 10 2 0 +2 1.5 292,316 0.9 +0.3 Sinn Féin Gerry Adams 18 7 3 0 +3 1.1 238,915 0.7 +0.1 Plaid Cymru Leanne Wood 40 4 1 0 +1 0.6 164,466 0.5 −0.1 Independent 187 1 0 0 0 0.2 151,471 0.5 +0.2 Social Democratic and Labour Colum Eastwood 18 0 0 3 −3 0 95,419 0.3 0.0 Ulster Unionist Robin Swann 14 0 0 2 −2 0 83,280 0.3 −0.1 Alliance Naomi Long 18 0 0 0 0 0 64,553 0.2 0.0 Speaker John Bercow 1 1 0 0 0 0.2 34,299 0.1 0.0 Yorkshire Stewart Arnold 21 0 0 0 0 0 20,958 0.1 +0.1 NHA Alex Ashman 5 0 0 0 0 0 16,119 0.1 −0.1 CPA Sidney Cordle 31 0 0 0 0 0 5,869 0.0 0.0 People Before Profit Eamonn McCann 2 0 0 0 0 0 5,509 0.0 0.0 Ashfield Independents 1 0 0 0 0 0 4,612 0.0 0.0 BNP Adam Walker 10 0 0 0 0 0 4,580 0.0 0.0 Monster Raving Loony Alan Hope 12 0 0 0 0 0 3,890 0.0 0.0 Liberal Steve Radford 4 0 0 0 0 0 3,672 0.0 0.0 Women's Equality Sophie Walker 7 0 0 0 0 0 3,580 0.0 0.0 TUV Jim Allister 1 0 0 0 0 0 3,282 0.0 −0.1 North East Party Mary Cartwright 1 0 0 0 0 0 2,355 0.0 0.0 Pirate David A Elston 10 0 0 0 0 0 2,321 0.0 0.0 English Democrat Robin Tilbrook 7 0 0 0 0 0 1,913 0.0 0.0 Christian Jeff Green 2 0 0 0 0 0 1,720 0.0 0.0 Independent Save Withybush Save Lives 1 0 0 0 0 0 1,209 0.0 0.0 Socialist Labour Arthur Scargill 3 0 0 0 0 0 1,154 0.0 0.0 Animal Welfare Vanessa Hudson 4 0 0 0 0 0 955 0.0 0.0 Justice & Anti-Corruption 2 0 0 0 0 0 842 0.0 0.0 Southampton Independents 1 0 0 0 0 0 816 0.0 0.0 Workers Revolutionary Sheila Torrance 5 0 0 0 0 0 771 0.0 0.0 Workers' Party 2 0 0 0 0 0 708 0.0 0.0 Something New 2 0 0 0 0 0 552 0.0 0.0 Demos Direct Initiative Party 1 0 0 0 0 0 551 0.0 0.0 Libertarian Adam Brown 4 0 0 0 0 0 524 0.0 0.0 SDP Peter Johnson 6 0 0 0 0 0 469 0.0 0.0 Peace John Morris 2 0 0 0 0 0 468 0.0 0.0 Friends Party 3 0 0 0 0 0 435 0.0 0.0 Better for Bradford 1 0 0 0 0 0 420 0.0 0.0 All other parties 38 0 0 0 0 0 5,447 0.0 0.0 Total 3,304 650 32,204,184
2019 United Kingdom general election [ edit ] e • d Results of the December 2019 general election to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom [17] [18] Political party Leader Candidates MPs[19] Votes Total Gained Lost Net Of total (%) Total Of total (%) Change (%) Conservative Boris Johnson 635 365 58 10 48 56.2 13,966,454 43.63 +1.2 Labour Jeremy Corbyn 631 202 1 61 60 31.1 10,269,051 32.08 −7.9 Liberal Democrats Jo Swinson 611 11 3 4 1 1.7 3,696,419 11.55 +4.2 Scottish National Party Nicola Sturgeon 59 48 14 1 13 7.4 1,242,380 3.88 +0.8 Green Party of England and Wales Siân Berry and Jonathan Bartley 472 1 0 0 0 0.2 835,597 2.61 +1.1 Brexit Party Nigel Farage 275 644,257 2.01 Democratic Unionist Arlene Foster 17 8 0 2 2 1.2 244,128 0.76 −0.1 Sinn Féin Mary Lou McDonald 15 7 1 1 0 1.1 181,853 0.57 −0.2 Plaid Cymru Adam Price 36 4 0 0 0 0.6 153,265 0.48 0.0 Alliance Naomi Long 18 1 1 0 1 0.2 134,115 0.42 +0.2 Social Democratic and Labour Colum Eastwood 15 2 2 0 2 0.3 118,737 0.37 +0.1 Ulster Unionist Steve Aiken 16 93,123 0.29 0.0 Yorkshire Christopher Whitwood 28 29,201 0.09 0.0 Scottish Greens Patrick Harvie & Lorna Slater 22 28,122 0.09 Speaker Lindsay Hoyle 1 1 1 1 0 0.2 26,831 0.08 0.0 UKIP Patricia Mountain (interim) 44 22,817 0.07 −1.8 Ashfield Ind. Jason Zadrozny 1 13,498 0.04 0.0 Liberal Steve Radford 19 10,876 0.03 0.0 The Independent Group for Change Anna Soubry 3 10,006 0.03 Aontú Peadar Tóibín 7 9,814 0.03 Monster Raving Loony Howling Laud Hope 24 9,739 0.03 0.0 People Before Profit Collective 2 7,526 0.02 Birkenhead Social Justice Frank Field 1 7,285 0.02 CPA Sidney Cordle 29 6,486 0.02 0.0 Heavy Woollen Independents Aleksandar Lukic 1 6,432 0.02 SDP William Clouston 20 3,295 0.01 0.0 Animal Welfare Vanessa Hudson 6 3,086 0.01 0.0 North East Mark Burdon 2 2,637 0.01 Lincolnshire Independent Marianne Overton 1 1,999 0.01 Green Party Northern Ireland Clare Bailey 3 1,996 0.01 English Democrat Robin Tilbrook 5 1,987 0.01 0.0 Libertarian Adam Brown 6 1,780 0.01 0.0 Mebyon Kernow Dick Cole 1 1,660 0.01 0.0 Proud of Oldham and Saddleworth Paul Errock 2 1,606 0.01 Independent Network Ian Stephens 1 1,542 0.0 Gwlad Gwyn Wigley Evans 3 1,515 0.00 Cynon Valley Andrew Chainey 1 1,322 0.00 Veterans and People's Robin Horsfall 2 1,219 0.00 Burnley and Padiham Party Mark Payne 1 1,162 0.00 Shropshire Party Robert Jones 1 1,141 0.00 Putting Cumbria First Jonathan Davies 1 1,070 0.00 Peace John Morris 2 960 0.00 Wycombe Independents Matt Knight 1 926 0.00 Justice & Anti-Corruption Donald Jerrard 3 728 0.00 Christian Jeff Green 2 705 0.00 0.0 Renew Julie Girling 4 545 0.00 0.0 Workers Revolutionary Joshua Ogunleye 5 524 0.00 0.0 BNP Adam Walker 1 510 0.00 0.0 Parties with fewer than 500 votes each 40 5,697 0.02 Independent (non-party) candidates 224 1 1 206,486 0.64 Blank and invalid votes 117,919 — — Total 3320 650 0 100 32,014,110[20] 100 0.0 Registered voters, and turnout 47,587,254 67.52 −1.3
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