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brooklynite

(94,363 posts)
Sat Sep 24, 2016, 07:54 AM Sep 2016

So, another term for Theresa May...

Jeremy Corbyn sweeps to victory increasing his mandate as Labour leader

Jeremy Corbyn has increased his majority and his grip on the party is getting stronger. The number of people voting was just over 80,000 higher than it was in 2015, and so the key figure to look at is percentage of first-preference votes. Last year Corbyn got 59.5% of first-preference votes when he was up against three candidates, Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall. This year he got 61.8% of the votes. That is not a dramatic increase, but it is an increase.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2016/sep/24/labour-leadership-election-result-jeremy-corbyn-owen-smith-appeals-for-unity-politics-live
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