Title: 2015 Labour Party leadership election (UK) - Wikipedia
Headings: 2015 Labour Party leadership election (UK)
2015 Labour Party leadership election (UK)
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Contents
Procedure
Timetable
Candidates
Nominated
Withdrew
Declined
Endorsements
Media reaction
Burnham
Cooper
Corbyn
Kendall
Dispute over election integrity
Labour Party membership since 1993
Rejected voters
Missing ballots
Debates
Television
Radio
Online
Opinion polling
Polling of eligible voters
July 2015
August 2015
Polling of Labour voters
Polling of British voters
Polling of London voters
Polling before close of nominations
Labour members
Labour voters
Former Labour PPCs
British residents
Result
Political reaction to the result
Domestic
Labour Party
Conservative Party
UK Independence Party
Liberal Democrats
Green Party of England and Wales
Scottish National Party
Plaid Cymru
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Ulster Unionist Party
International
Analysis
See also
References
External links

Content: The voting process began on Friday 14 August 2015 and closed on Thursday 10 September 2015, and the results were announced on Saturday 12 September 2015. Voting was by Labour Party members and registered and affiliated supporters, using the alternative vote system. Support for Corbyn, who entered the race as a dark horse candidate, and the release of opinion polls which showed him leading the race, led to high-profile interventions by a number of prominent Labour figures including Gordon Brown, Tony Blair, Jack Straw, David Miliband, and Alastair Campbell, among others, many of whom argued that Corbyn's election as leader would leave the party unelectable. Despite these interventions, Corbyn was elected in the first round receiving 59.5% of the votes, winning in all three sections of the ballot. Less than a year later, a leadership challenge saw another leadership election, where Corbyn again won, with an increased share of the vote. Contents
1 Procedure
1.1 Timetable
2 Candidates
2.1 Nominated
2.2 Withdrew
2.3 Declined
3 Endorsements
4 Media reaction
5 Dispute over election integrity
5.1 Rejected voters
5.2 Missing ballots
6 Debates
6.1 Television
6.2 Radio
6.3 Online
7 Opinion polling
7.1 Polling of eligible voters
7.1.1 July 2015
7.1.2 August 2015
7.2 Polling of Labour voters
7.3 Polling of British voters
7.4 Polling of London voters
7.5 Polling before close of nominations
7.5.1 Labour members
7.5.2 Labour voters
7.5.3 Former Labour PPCs
7.5.4 British residents
8 Result
9 Political reaction to the result
9.1 Domestic
9.2 International
10 Analysis
11 See also
12 References
13 External links
Procedure
The leadership election, triggered by Ed Miliband 's resignation, took place under the reformed rules adopted from the proposals of the February 2014 Collins Report, which was led by Ray Collins, Baron Collins of Highbury. The plan entailed a shorter election than the one that took place in 2010, with a new leader being in place before Labour's party conference in September 2015. The review changed the way in which Labour elects leaders. Under the former system, a three-way electoral college chose the leader, with one-third weight given to the votes of the Parliamentary Labour Party (i.e., Labour members of the House of Commons and Labour members of the European Parliament ), one-third to individual Labour Party members, and one third to the trade union and affiliated societies sections. Following the Collins review, the electoral college was replaced by a pure " one member, one vote " (OMOV) system.