# Corbyn announces Labour leadership resignation after 2019 defeat

Date: 2019

[Jeremy Corbyn](/people/jeremy-corbyn) was elected as Leader of the Opposition in September 2015, following the resignation of [Ed Miliband](/people/energy-ed-miliband) after Labour's defeat at the 2015 general election. Disillusioned by a lack of a left-wing voice in the 2015 Labour Party leadership contest, Corbyn stood on an anti-austerity platform. Of the candidates who stood, Corbyn received the fewest parliamentary nominations.

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