UK Labour Party Leadership Election on Tuesday, Jeremy Corbyn Loses no-confidence vote, Angela eagle Labour Party News
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UK Labour Party Leadership Election on Tuesday, Jeremy Corbyn Loses no-confidence vote, Angela eagle Labour Party News

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UK Labour Party Leadership Election on Tuesday, Jeremy Corbyn Loses no-confidence vote, Angela eagle Labour Party News

The governing body of Britain’s opposition Labour Party agreed on Tuesday to schedule a new election for its leadership, and ruled that Jeremy Corbyn, who faced a revolt from fellow Labour lawmakers, would be assured of a place on the ballot.

Mr. Corbyn had been under pressure to step aside, forcing Labour’s governing body, the National Executive Committee, to decide whether Mr. Corbyn would be automatically included as a candidate in the coming leadership contest, or if he would need to be nominated again by a sufficient number of Labour lawmakers.

“The N.E.C. has agreed that as the incumbent leader Jeremy Corbyn will go forward onto the ballot without requiring nominations from the Parliamentary Labour Party and the European Parliamentary Labour Party,” Neil Fleming, a Labour spokesman, said in a statement.

The prospect that Mr. Corbyn’s name would appear on the ballot was very much in question, given the hostility toward him from the party’s bloc in Parliament.
But in a secret ballot and after hours of talks, the executive committee voted 18-to-14 to allow Mr. Corbyn to stand for election.

The committee said a date for the election would be announced on Thursday.

According to the party, 370,658 Britons are registered Labour voters. More than 100,000 have registered in the past year, but only those who registered before Jan. 12, 2016, will be allowed to vote for leader in the upcoming ballot, according to a party statement.
Angela Eagle, a Labour lawmaker representing a district in northwest England, announced on Monday that she was challenging Mr. Corbyn for leadership of the party.
“These are dark times for Labour, and they are dangerous times for our country,” Ms. Eagle said. “A referendum to settle an argument in the Conservative Party has resulted in the country being torn apart: our economy damaged, our society hurt.”

On Twitter, she wrote she was glad the committee had reached a decision. “I welcome the contest ahead. And I am determined to win it,” Ms. Eagle said.

Shortly after the referendum, most of the shadow cabinet — the opposition leadership team — resigned in protest, and Mr. Corbyn lost a no-confidence vote by Labour lawmakers, 172 to 40.
src:nytimes

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