The leader of Britain’s opposition Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, reacts after the announcement of his victory in the party’s leadership election (Picture: Reuters)

Jeremy Corbyn has been re-elected as the Labour leader at the party’s annual conference in Liverpool.

The veteran left-winger even managed to increase the mandate which he first won a year ago.

Jeremy Corbyn tells Labour to unite behind him as leadership vote looms

Jeremy Corbyn thanked voters for their ‘trust and support’, promised to deliver ‘real change in our country’ and told defeated challenger Owen Smith they were ‘part of the same Labour family’.

He added: ‘In our party we have much more in common than that which divides us,’ before calling on unity in the Labour Party in order to challenge Theresa May’s Tory government.


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British opposition Labour party Leader Jeremy Corbyn (Picture: Getty)

Vote breakdown Jeremy Corbyn polled 313,209 votes in the Labour leadership election to Owen Smith’s 193,229 votes. Turnout in the leadership election was 77.6%, said a party source. With an electorate of around 660,000 members, union affiliates and registered supporters, this suggests that more than half a million people have cast their vote.

During his victory speech, Corbyn said: ‘I have no doubt this party can win the next general election whenever the Prime Minister calls it, and form that next government.



‘To do that, we have all got to work together.’

Corbyn said he had a responsibility as leader to unite the party at conference, in Parliament and across the country.

Owen Smith’s campaign to unseat Corbyn failed (Picture: Getty)

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But he added: ‘It is also the responsibility of the whole party – Members of Parliament, councillors, party members and our wonderful supporters across the country – to work together and respect the democratic choice that’s been made.’

Owen Smith congratulated Jeremy Corbyn on ‘being elected decisively as our leader’, adding: ‘Now is time for all of us to work to take Labour back to power.’

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