YouGov Survey Finds:  Corbyn leads Smith by 24 points in Labour leadership election, Labour contest opinion poll latest, Owen Smith, Jeremy Corbyn,Labour Party (UK) leadership election 2016 

Jeremy Corbyn looks set to be easily returned as Labour leader next month, with a new survey of the Labour selectorate by YouGov finding 57% intend to vote for Corbyn, 35% for Owen Smith and 8% still undecided. Stripping out the don’t knows gives Corbyn a 24 point lead of 62% to Smith’s 38%. Corbyn received 59.5% of the vote at last year’s Labour leadership contest.

Corbyn has majority support among all three groups of people that are eligible to vote in the leadership contest. Despite the Labour NEC's decision to prevent members who had not been in the party for six months from voting, Corbyn is still the preferred choice of 52% of full members. Likewise, the £25 asking price to join as a registered supporter – allegedly designed to skew the contest in favour of Smith – has backfired, with 70% of registered supporters saying they will back Corbyn. Just over half (54%) of trade union affiliates also say they intend to vote for the current leader.