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corbyn event in parliament square in 2014 speaking at the ` no more war ' -lsb- http://www.jeremycorbyn.org.uk official website -rsb- michael o'halloran 3 jeremy bernard corbyn chippenham , england , uk british labour member of parliament for islington north 26 may 1949 9 june 1983 21,194 -lrb- 43.0 % -rrb- jane -lrb- 1987 -- 1999 -rrb- laura alvarez -lrb- 2015 -- chapman present -rrb- -lrb- 1974 -- 1979 -rrb- claudia bracchitta jeremy corbyn no more war crop.jpg jeremy corbyn
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jeremy corbyn

jeremy bernard corbyn -lrb- born 26 may 1949 -rrb- is a british labour party politician who has been the member of parliament -lrb- mp -rrb- for islington north since 1983 .
a member of the socialist campaign group , the palestinian solidarity campaign , amnesty international , the campaign for nuclear disarmament and the stop the war coalition -lrb- of which he has been the national chair since 2001 -rrb- , corbyn is currently a candidate in the 2015 labour party leadership election .
born in chippenham , wiltshire , corbyn attended adams ' grammar school and then briefly north london polytechnic .
after a period of time working for the national union of public employees and national union of tailors and garment workers , he began his political career in 1974 when he was elected to haringey council .
he continued in that role until his election as the mp for islington north in 1983 , where he was most recently re-elected in 2015 .
a self-described democratic socialist , corbyn has advocated the renationalisation of public utilities and railways , combating corporate tax evasion and avoidance as an alternative to austerity , abolishing university tuition fees and restoring student grants , unilateral nuclear disarmament and cancellation of the trident nuclear weapons programme , quantitative easing to fund infrastructure and renewable energy projects , and reversing cuts to the public sector and welfare made since 2010 by the government of david cameron .
although initially perceived as a fringe candidate in the 2015 leadership contest , corbyn emerged at the head of the race , becoming the overwhelming leader in many opinion polls and gaining the support of the majority of trade unions affiliated to the labour party as well as the support of three non-affiliated trade unions .
corbyn 's platform has been criticised as unelectable by some senior labour figures , including former leaders neil kinnock , tony blair and gordon brown .
corbyn 's supporters argue that his socialist manifesto and unexpected popularity have expanded grassroots support for the labour party , reconnecting it with people who had lost interest in politics , and contend that many of his policies have a mainstream appeal across political divides .
