Jeremy Corbyn elected UK Labour leader with massive support

Veteran left-winger Jeremy Corbyn has won the leadership of the UK Labour Party by a landslide, taking almost 60% of more than 400,000 votes cast.

In a result which marks a fundamental change of direction for the party, the Islington North MP defeated rivals Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall in the first round of counting, taking 251,417 (59.5%) of the 422,664 votes cast.