Labour Leadership Results Announcement. Result announcement Campaign edit On 16 January 2021 Anas Sarwar the partys constitution spokesperson and a candidate in the 2017 Scottish Labour leadership election announced in an article in The Guardian that he was standing in the election saying that the Scottish Government should focus on achieving equality rather than independence. Voting closed on Friday and party officials will now count the ballots.
Leadership and Deputy Leadership election 2020 - Results These elections were conducted using the Single Transferable Vote STV method. The results of the Labour leadership and deputy leadership elections will be announced at a scaled back event on the same date and we are now considering options for what form that event will. The 2020 Labour Party leadership election was triggered after Jeremy Corbyn announced his intention to resign as the leader of the Labour Party following the partys defeat at the 2019 general election.
It was won by Keir Starmer who received 562 per cent of the vote on the first round.
Candidates for the roles of Labour leader and deputy leader reacted with disbelief after being told they all had to pre-record their own victory statements before the result is announced next. Either Keir Starmer Lisa Nandy or Rebecca Long-Bailey will take over from Jeremy Corbyn who. The three candidates for the leadership Keir Starmer Lisa Nandy and Rebecca Long-Bailey Image. Daily MirrorAndy Stenning Mr Corbyn won in the first round in 2015 with 595 of the vote.