Jeremy Corbyn elected Labour Party leader
On 12 September 2015 Jeremy Corbyn, who had entered the contest as an outsider, was elected leader of the UK Labour Party in the first round with 251,417 first-preference votes, or 59.5%.
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On 12 September 2015 Jeremy Corbyn, who had entered the contest as an outsider, was elected leader of the UK Labour Party in the first round with 251,417 first-preference votes, or 59.5%. Andy Burnham finished second, Yvette Cooper third and Liz Kendall fourth, on a turnout of about 76 percent of eligible voters.
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Jeremy Corbyn
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Jeremy Corbyn elected Labour Party leader. Actor role on this event; contribution size permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction). Contribution size is permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction); provisional 0.4 stored because contributions.size is NOT NULL.
What changed
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Evidence
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- 1.labourlist.org — sourcelabourlist.org · verified
- 2.independent.co.ukchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, keywords: corbyn+labour+leader+59 · verified
- 3.theguardian.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, keywords: corbyn+labour+leader+59 · verified
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Factrail. (2026). Jeremy Corbyn elected Labour Party leader. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/corbyn-elected-labour-leader-2015-09-12
https://factrail.ai/facts/corbyn-elected-labour-leader-2015-09-12
Accessed 15 October 2026.
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