Around 600,000 people start being sent ballots today in the Labour leadership contest. The race runs for more than 40 days despite starting back in early January - and the winner will take office ...

A two-day window has opened in which members of the public can sign up as “registered supporters” of the Labour Party, securing themselves a vote in the upcoming leadership election. The 48 ...

Tony Blair gives his verdict on Labour's election defeat Shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry is the first to formally declare her bid to be the party's next leader Sir Keir Starmer also says ...

Jeremy Corbyn and Owen Smith are preparing to find out who has won the Labour leadership election - amid calls for party unity after months of in-fighting. BBC Homepage. Skip to content; ...

They need to be nominated by at least 15 per cent of Labour MPs. Looking at the current number of seats Labour has (232), that’s 35 MPs. That means a maximum of six candidates can run. And what’s the ...

Labour's constitution stipulates that any challenger who wishes to contest the party leadership against an incumbent leader (as opposed to contesting a vacant post) must be nominated by 20% of ...

Voters are unconvinced they have seen much change after the ‘14 years of Tory failure’ that Starmer so often talks about.

Labour leadership election: When will the result be announced, ... But the Labour leader refused to step down, despite a blow to his authority from the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP).

THE LABOUR leadership election began today with six candidates officially in the race to take over from Jeremy Corbyn. With the winner announced on April 4 we ask how will the leadership race unfold?