Title: Jeremy Corbyn wins Labour leadership contest and vows 'fightback' - BBC News
Headings: Jeremy Corbyn wins Labour leadership contest and vows 'fightback'
Jeremy Corbyn wins Labour leadership contest and vows 'fightback'
Jeremy Corbyn has promised to lead a Labour "fightback" after being elected the party's new leader by a landslide.
'Jez we did'
His first act as leader was to attend a "refugees welcome here" rally, joining tens of thousands of people marching through central London in support of the rights of refugees.
Analysis by BBC Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg
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Content: Don't expect a rapid coup. But don't doubt most smiles behind him at the despatch box will be through gritted teeth. And shadow ministers' resignation letters have already been written. More from Laura
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How Corbyn won
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An overwhelming 85% of people who signed up as affiliated supporters for £3 voted for Mr Corbyn - but he also topped the ballot among party members and trade unionists. The BBC's assistant political editor Norman Smith said this broad support gave Mr Corbyn a strong mandate and would silence those on the right of the Labour Party who had been plotting to get rid of Mr Corbyn at the earliest opportunity, as he had "totally obliterated" his opponents. Mr Corbyn's predecessor as Labour leader Ed Miliband gave his "full support" to Mr Corbyn and said he expected him to "reach out to all parts of our party" but ruled out a return to the front bench himself
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Ed Miliband: '' I'll be offering Jeremy Corbyn my support, and I hope people across the party do so too''
Former Deputy Prime Minister Lord Prescott urged Labour frontbenchers thinking of resigning to think again, saying the party had "overwhelmingly endorsed" Mr Corbyn, who he said had got more votes than Tony Blair when he won the leadership in 1994. "The party has spoken with a very strong voice. Get out and fight the Tories," Lord Prescott told BBC News. 'Divided party'
Len McCluskey, general secretary of the UK's biggest union Unite, congratulated Mr Corbyn and Mr Watson, saying: "