2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK)

The 2020 Labour Party leadership election was held between (21 February – 4 April 2020) to elect a leader to replace Jeremy Corbyn. On 13 December 2019, Corbyn announced that he would not lead the Labour Party into the next general election, following the party's poor performance in the December 2019 election. 

It was won by Keir Starmer who received 56.2 per cent of the vote on the first round. It was held alongside the 2020 Labour Party deputy leadership election.

Background
Jeremy Corbyn was elected Labour Party leader in a 2015 leadership election and re-elected leader in 2016 after a challenge from Owen Smith. While Labour gained seats in the 2017 general election, the party lost 60 seats in the 2019 election, its worst result since the 1935 general election. Corbyn announced that he would resign after a "process of reflection".

Timetable
The timetable for the election was set by the party's National Executive Committee on 6 January 2020.

 7 January: Nominations from the PLP and EPLP open
 13 January: Nominations from the PLP and EPLP close
 14 January (17:00): Registered supporter applications open
 15 January: Nominations from CLPs and affiliates open
 16 January (17:00): Registered supporter applications close
 20 January (17:00): Party members and affiliate members must join by this date to be eligible to vote
 14 February: Nominations from CLPs and affiliates close
 21 February: Voting starts
 2 April (12:00): Voting closes 
 4 April: Result announced

 Candidates 
 Declared 
The following individuals have been nominated as official candidates by the party:

CandidateBornPolitical officeAnnouncedNominatedCampaignRef. 100px(age )Stretford, Greater Manchester, EnglandShadow business secretary MP for Salford and Eccles Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Shadow treasury minister  6 January 2020 29 January 2020 Campaign  100px(age )Manchester, EnglandMP for Wigan Shadow energy secretary  4 January 2020 22 January 2020Campaign  100px(age )Southwark, London, EnglandShadow Brexit secretary MP for Holborn and St Pancras Shadow immigration minister  4 January 2020 20 January 2020

Eliminated
CandidateBornPolitical officeAnnouncedEliminatedEndorsed Campaign 100px(age )Guildford, SurreyShadow First Secretary of State Shadow foreign secretary MP for Islington South and Finsbury Shadow Brexit secretary Shadow defence secretary Shadow employment minister Shadow Attorney General 18 December 201914 February 2020 Campaign

Withdrawn
CandidateBornPolitical officeAnnouncedWithdrewEndorsed Campaign 100px(age )London, EnglandShadow treasury minister MP for Norwich South Shadow business secretary Shadow defence secretary  19 December 2019 13 January 2020 Campaign  100px(age )Birmingham, EnglandMP for Birmingham Yardley  3 January 2020 21 January 2020 Lisa Nandy

Declined
The following individuals were discussed in the media as potential leadership candidates, but chose not to stand:
 Diane Abbott, Shadow Home Secretary (endorsed Long-Bailey)
 Yvette Cooper, chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee since 2016 (endorsed Starmer)
 Barry Gardiner, shadow international trade secretary (endorsed Long-Bailey) 
 Dan Jarvis, MP for Barnsley Central, Mayor of the Sheffield City Region (nominated Nandy)
 David Lammy, former universities minister (endorsed Starmer)
 Ian Lavery, Chair of the Labour Party (endorsed Long-Bailey)
 John McDonnell, shadow chancellor (endorsed Long-Bailey)
 Angela Rayner, shadow education secretary (running for deputy leader, endorsed Long-Bailey)

PLP and EPLP Nominations
Candidates first need to be nominated by at least 10% (twenty-two) of current Labour MPs and MEPs, who make up the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) and the European Parliamentary Labour Party (EPLP).

The candidates who have passed this threshold need nominations from at least 5% (thirty-three) CLPs, or at least three affiliates including at least two trades unions that together represent at least 5% of affiliated members.

The table below shows the current number of nominations achieved by each candidate.

CandidateFirst stageLabour MPs and MEPs Second stageConstituency Labour PartiesAffiliatesNominations%Nominations%NominationsKeir Starmer        Rebecca Long-Bailey        Lisa Nandy        Emily Thornberry        Jess Phillips (withdrawn)        Clive Lewis (withdrawn)   Total nominations    

List of supporters

References

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