2015 leadership election • Endorsements |
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The following list contains a run down of politicians, individuals, Constituency Labour Parties, trade unions (both Labour Party affiliated and not), socialist societies, newspapers, magazines and other organisations that endorsed a candidate in the 2016 leadership election
Candidate | Constituency | PLP/EPLP Nominations | CLP Nominations | Affiliated Trade Union Nominations | Socialist Societies |
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Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | 21 | 285 | 8 | 1 |
Owen Smith | Pontypridd | 285 | 53 | 4 | 3 |
Angela Eagle (Withdrew) | Wallasey | 43 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
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Candidate | Constituency | CLP nominations | Share |
---|---|---|---|
Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | 285 | 44.12% |
Owen Smith | Pontypridd | 53 | 8.20% |
Undeclared | 308 | 47.68% |
Jeremy Corbyn received the supporting nomination of 285 CLPs. [141]
Owen Smith received the supporting nomination of 53 CLPs. [141]
Candidate | Constituency | TU nominations | Share of TU membership [145] |
---|---|---|---|
Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | 8 | 71.57% |
Owen Smith | Pontypridd | 4 | 27.79% |
Undeclared | 2 | 0.64% |
Candidate | Constituency | SS nominations |
---|---|---|
Owen Smith | Pontypridd | 3 |
Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | 1 |
Undeclared | 19 |
Newspaper | General election main endorsement | 2015 leadership endorsement | 2016 leadership endorsement | Notes | |||
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Daily Mirror | Labour Party | Andy Burnham | Did not endorse | — | |||
Sunday People | — | ||||||
Daily Record | Jeremy Corbyn | — | |||||
Morning Star | Jeremy Corbyn | Praised Corbyn's leadership and "courage and principle" in face of his parliamentary critics [173] | |||||
The Guardian | Yvette Cooper | Did not endorse | Called for Labour to unite after the result and for "a principled, effective and electable" party [174] | ||||
The Sun | Conservative Party | Liz Kendall | — |
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