page_title: 2016 Owen Smith Labour Party leadership campaign
section_title: Endorsements
hierarchical_section_title: 2016 Owen Smith Labour Party leadership campaign / Endorsements
caption_attribution_description: Tony Robinson speaking at Hyde Park.
context_page_description: In 2016, Owen Smith, the Member of Parliament for Pontypridd, challenged Jeremy Corbyn for the leadership of the Labour Party, triggering an election in the United Kingdom, one year following the previous leadership ballot. His candidacy was announced in a statement on 13 July 2016, in which he declared himself to be a supporter of many of Corbyn's policies but that Corbyn did not possess the qualities necessary to win the next general election. He pledged to prevent the party from splitting and to lead Labour back into government.
  Smith initially faced Angela Eagle as a fellow challenger to Jeremy Corbyn, but her withdrawal from the race on 19 July 2016, resulting from Smith's stronger level of support in the Parliamentary Labour Party, left him as the sole candidate facing the incumbent.
caption: Tony Robinson
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