Labour Leadership Result BBC News Special

Nearly half a million people have passed their vote. If he is

re-elected as Labour leader in about 45 minutes, Jeremy Corbyn has told

me he will reach out to his opponents, MPs, to everyone. He

said, I am very generous. Yet his challenger Owen Smith has already

refused to serve in a Corbyn Shadow Cabinet if he loses. Can the party

bring itself back together? We'll bring you the result

and all the reaction from the party's MPs,

members and the country. Our assistant political editor

Norman Smith is here. The confidence and Jeremy Corbyn's

camp is high, they think he could do even better than last year? It is

sky-high, to be honest. I came upon the train last night with Jeremy

Corbyn, this is one man who looked very relaxed, very self-confident,

you talk to people in his team and they think they are on course to

win, and big-time. Last time he got 59%, I think they think they can

push that up to 65%, which would be a resounding victory. And it would

be a shattering blow to his critics and would probably make him

bombproof for the rest of this Parliament. So all of those MPs who

think he is the problem, they will have another go at him, they had to

get rid of him, I think that it's game over for them. There is no way

they can move against him again after that size of victory. They

have put up candidates against him, try to change the laws, try to

stampede him into standing down when they all resigned from his front

bench, they tried to keep him off the ballot paper. They have done

everything to be to this man, and if he comes back with an even bigger

majority, he is there at least until the general election. -- they had

done everything to try to beat this man. So the critical question, how

does he bring this party together? That is the acid test in our faces.

He can mobilise and galvanise people, but can he bring this party

together? The jury is out and it is a much, much harder task. I spoke to

MP Heidi Alexander, who used to be Jeremy Corbyn's health spokesperson.

I said to her, what did he have to do to bring you back on board? She

said, really emphatically, to Arthur Shadow Cabinet elections, ie give us

the chance to vote for people to be in the Shadow Cabinet. That is his

only chance. It is the litmus test for many of the mainstream Labour

MPs. He does that, then they are in a very difficult position. If Jeremy

Corbyn said, OK, I know you are unhappy, I take your concerns on

board, I will let you choose my Shadow Cabinet. At what pressure it

puts on Labour MPs. How do they turn away and away and sulk and say, we

are still not happy? It cranks up the pressure for them to come

on-board. We have heard voices like Andy Burnham saying, come on, if

Jeremy Corbyn gives you that you have to get on board and be

constructed. The problem is, I don't think he will do that. It is a

distraction, it has come out of the blue at the last minute, it is a big

rule change. In other words, don't lose your breath. I think where the

NEC meets this evening, they will say to him, will you allow Labour

MPs to elect the Shadow Cabinet, he will fit into the middle distance,

to never never land. Then the unity begins to fray already.

Talking to the Shadow Chancellor McDonnell as he was finishing

breakfast this morning, lots of MPs who have been critical, come and

have a cup of tea with me, we can work this out, he said. There is no

rush, by the sounds of things, we will have a consultation on

democratic reform, in answer to the question about whether they will

bring back Shadow Cabinet elections. It would be lovely if Labour plus

back problems were so simple that a cup of tea could solve it. They are

so entrenched in so deep, it is a massive task. But if Jeremy Corbyn

increases his mandate, those MPs should get in line, plenty of

members will say. Some Labour MPs think the problem, bluntly, is Mr

Corbyn. But there is no resurrection for the Labour Party with him

remaining leader. They take the view that nothing fundamentally has

changed for this election. His approach will not change, he will

still be the same Jeremy. He said that the other day, he was asked,

what will you do differently? You said, I am the same Jeremy. They say

that he is not up to being a leader, he is not organised but, worst of

all, he is leading the party in the wrong direction. He is leading it

away from emphasis on being a credible parliamentary opposition

into becoming a different beast, a social movement. It is an entirely

different concept. They think that is catastrophe. They think Mr Corbyn

can galvanise a significant number of people, and he has. That is not

the same as reaching out to the millions of people who do not give a

toss about politics, they do not think about it until election time,

it is irrelevant. Their fear is that he does not speak to those who elect

governments. There is a clash, Mr Corbyn is at the centre of it and

many Labour MPs think he has to go for Labour to recover. Those Labour

MPs say that they have to win over Conservative and you get voters to

win an election, and they do not think that Mr Corbyn is the man to

do that because his policies are too far left? He is genuinely

revolutionary with a small are, he is trying to change British

politics. He does not have to speak to people like me all you, the

mainstream media. He can go directly to people through social media, his

army of party activists. He believes that through them engaging

campaigns, opposing the closure of libraries and that local grassroots

stuff you can influence people and change opinion. It is a totally

different way of doing politics. If he is right, who knows what could

happen? If he is wrong, as his MPs think, their fear is that the party

is heading to utter annihilation, potentially terminal annihilation,

at the next election. We expect the results at around 1145. We will

bring about to you live. Now it is time to look at our Labour got to

this point, the second leadership contest within 12 months.

And here it is, ten o'clock, and we are saying

the Conservatives are the

Britain needs a Labour Party that can rebuild after

this defeat, and now it's time for someone

else to take forward the

It doesn't have to be unfair, poverty isn't inevitable.

REPORTER: Have you changed your position on air

Mr Corbyn, will you allow your MPs a free vote?

You're actually very rude, the way you

Why is Adolf Hitler a vote winner, sir?

The British people have spoken, and the answer is, we're

Remain or Leave, many people felt that politics wasn't working for

He was very half-hearted in the leadership he gave to Labour

He's a good and decent man, but he is not a

It might be in my party's interests for him to sit there, it's

not in the national interests and I would say,

Don't let those people who wish us ill divide us.

Stay together, strong and united, for the kind of world we want to

Great to be anti-austerity, great to have

What is it we're going to do to try to change things in

All solutions to these sorts of international crises do come

Alan Smith has just arrived at the conference hall in Liverpool in the

last few minutes. -- Owen Smith has just arrived. Let me see if I can

see the expression on his face? I can't, I can tell you if he is...

Who knows if he is feeling confident or not. You saw Heidi Alexander just

behind him, who was supporting him. I had a chat with her a little

earlier, she was very clear that Jeremy Corbyn had to Arthur Shadow

Cabinet elections, that would be the only way, she said, he could bring

critical MPs back on board. We would you to talk to an Alan Smith

supporting MP, that she is stuck in a queue at the moment. So if she

arrives, we will bring her into conversation with Clive Lewis, an

MP, a supporter of Jeremy Corbyn, very close to him. He is also Shadow

Defence Secretary. John Ashworth, MP for Leicester South joins us, you

have driven up from Leicester this morning and you have a place in

Jeremy Corbyn's Shadow Cabinet, but you have not backed by the Cabinet

because of your place on Labour's ruling body, effectively, you did

not think it would be appropriate? Likely was, what do you expect in

about half an hour? Listening to the media and the commentary, if that is

to go by Jeremy Corbyn will win. I don't what the margin will be by. I

think we are all hoping that from there, I think the message Andy

Burnham put out in the media this morning, that the party really has

to get together. It can't go through another year like your video just

showed. You don't want this to be an annual contest? How will that help

is gained, for want of a better word, momentum as we begin to move

forward -- how will that help us gain? We can't tolerate that. To be

quite frank, speaking to most members, most colleagues I come

across, they are tired, they are worn out, they want to move forward

and find things that we do agree on. One of the key differences between

now and the 1980s, which so many people compare this to, ideological,

I think most of the party, when it comes to education, the NHS, public

ownership of rail, investing in the economy, there is a consensus across

the party, so let's try to focus on that and move forward. When we come

together, we are a lot stronger and we can begin to take on what I think

is a very fractious Conservative Party who have brought us to the

cusp of a constitutional and economic disaster, potentially, with

Brexit. We should be holding them to account and looking like a credible

Government, I think we can do that if we come together.

John Ashworth, are you one out? I have just got here! I think party

members want is to start focusing on the Tories. The Tories are in a mess

with their fiscal rules. A year ago they said they had a long-term

economic plan... Are your fellow colleagues ready to unite behind Mr

Corbyn should he be announced the winner? Are they ready to unite

behind Mr Corbyn, should he win? I think they will recognise he has

won, I anticipate he will win by quite a handsome margin. There has

been speculation of 65 or 70%. I hope they do unite. Equally, I want

Jeremy... I have to be honest, you don't sound confident. Let me

finish. Jeremy should also engage in these discussions offered about

having some elected form of Shadow Cabinet, not the whole Shadow

Cabinet, that would be silly. We have an NEC meeting this week, we

said we would like to try to have some discussions, ideally, to get to

a position by the NEC meeting tonight. I have been discussing

behind the scene and urging Jeremy and his team to engage positively, I

hope we can get somewhere. But not by 6pm tonight, presumably, or is

that possible? I think the deputy leader Tom Watson said he did not

think it was possible by 6pm? I hope so, by the National executive

meeting -- on the national executive meeting on Tuesday we said, let's

try to get somewhere by Tuesday. John McDonnell said we would open

consultation, we will not rush it because we don't want to into this.

John will understand this, when we go back to Parliament in a couple of

weeks, we had to fill the 60 vacant places on the front bench. We have

great ministers, people who have been rapidly promoted are doing a

great job, but we need other colleagues in there. If this is a

way of getting them back, we need to positively engage. Wattel Mr Corbyn

do? The PLP is not homogenous, and we

understand that if Jeremy Corbyn wins again for a second time, having

what we had is not acceptable. There are more people now who are going to

say, OK, we understand that perhaps many of us did not quite give you

the chance that you deserved - we are going to give you that now, but

that requires some trust, and I think in conflict resolution, both

sides have to say, you did not play fair last time, there were things we

did not do right, let's put that to the side and come together. That

does take a bit of trust, because what Jeremy Corbyn is going to have

to do, he may well win handsomely, but he will have to, effectively, if

he allows elected a Shadow Cabinet members onto his Shadow Cabinet, he

will be saying, I am going to trust you, you are not going to spend time

boxing me in, undermining me, going through the process that we did in

the first Shadow Cabinet. I think that is a leap of faith that he will

have to take, potentially. I do not know his mind, but there will have

to be a meeting in the middle. You know what the mood music is, is he

heading towards that? I do not think anyone in the leader's office wants

to see things carry on as they are, that is a powerful incentive. So

Jeremy Corbyn must compromise, and there is an onus on the critical

backbench MPs. If it goes ahead, if something like that is sorted out,

it cannot be a platform to basically spend another year undermining the

leader. So the deal would be, you can vote for who you want in the top

team, as long as you do not criticise the leader. You are

suggesting that as a possibility. I think that is fair and a spot-on,

and that is the approach I have been taking when I have been talking to

people behind the scenes this week. Ultimately, we have to remember that

it is all very interesting what we think, it is what the public think,

and we might have a general election next year, I don't know, but we have

got important county council elections, mayoral collections,

Scottish elections, and the party will focus on them, and we have to

speak to people in the country and get them to vote Labour next year.

That is the big message from conference. How do you explain

Jeremy Corbyn being so attractive to certain people, which swelled Labour

membership, no problem recruiting members, but when it comes to the

wider electorate, he is not popular? In the taxi on the way here, my taxi

driver, working-class, Liverpudlian, said, who are you supporting? I know

it is anecdotal, but we all tell anecdotal stories, and I thought,

there we go, I support Jeremy Corbyn. He said, good, I am a

working class person, and I am so pleased, I hope you keep Jeremy

Corbyn, because he is talking in a way that we have not heard

politician speak, we are sick and tired of the same old rubbish. He's

the only Leader of the Opposition, excluding Michael Foot, since the

1970s, who has had negative ratings from the start of his ten-year and

has carried on that way. At the start of his tenure, he was not far

off the incumbent, he was likely be low. He was a new person, many did

not know him, and he had a negative media profile on his way up. What

you cannot take out of that equation, though, is the fact that

the public do not like, as Jonathan was saying, divided parties. That is

going to have an impact. Jeremy Corbyn is the face of the Labour

Party, he dominates the media headlines. So if the party unites,

those negative ratings will turn to positive? If the party unite and we

are moving in the right direction, of course it is incumbent upon

Jeremy Corbyn to play his part in moving those ratings in the right

direction. Final thought, how will you measure success if he wins? We

have to start making good progress in next's election, not set some

ridiculous targets and say, oh, he has missed it, but progress in the

constituencies that the side general elections. All the energy we have

seen in the campaign, 40,000 people working on Jeremy Corbyn's campaign,

some great stuff online - let's take that and targeted at the people that

we need to win in the country. If we can do that, we will have a positive

outcome. Thank you both very much. Let's cross to Vicki Young, who is

at a rally up the road, morning! Hi there, this is a festival going

on here, four days of looking at politics, looking at culture, and it

really is a carnival atmosphere, lots of people crowding into a very

hot room to see the result. They all expect and hope Jeremy Corbyn to be

re-elected as Labour leader. Let's speak to one of the organisers,

Hattie Craig, white are you doing this? This is to bring together the

much wider social movement which exists in Britain, all the people

involved in the campaigns, to reconnect with the Labour Party. We

are bringing in ordinary people who might not have been engaged with

politics at Westminster, but who would be interested in hearing talks

and discussions on issues relevant to their lives, seeing political

screenings, and it is to bring together as many different voices as

possible. There has been some controversy around Momentum, people

saying this is rivalling the Labour Party conference, you are trying to

undermine it, what do you say to that? Absolutely not, there is a

fringe for the conference every year, it is part of a long-standing

tradition, so we are taking part of the fringe event. This is not a

conference, it is not decision-making, it is a place for

discussion, art and culture, and it is to complement the conference, not

as a rival. How would you describe Jeremy Corbyn's appeal? Since he

became leader, we have seen thousands of people joining the

Labour Party, what do you think it is down to? He offers a different

vision for society, a sense of hope and reconnection to ordinary people.

He comes across as being different from politicians, he is an ordinary

man, he does not claim maximum expenses, he has not been a banker

or had a high-flying previous job in the financial sector. I think he

speaks to people, and the policies that he is putting forward on the

table are just so very different from what we have seen from Labour

for so many years, and they are really inspiring people. What have

you felt about what has been going on in the Labour Party? Most of his

MPs walked out on him, how can they come back together? I found it very

disappointing, the way that the PLP has behaved. It is very important

that our elected representatives respect the mandate that the

leadership is given by the members, so I would like to see, in this

period, hopefully reconciliation processes where MPs respect the

democratic mandates that Jeremy Corbyn has been given, and he brings

them back in as well. Thank you very much indeed. Everyone getting pretty

excited now before that result, 750 people here, we are being told.

Cheers, Vicki, thank you for the moment. Back in the conference

centre, Norman, who are you with? I am with Matt Wrack of the Fire

Brigades Union and David Anderson, a member of the Shadow Cabinet, two

jobs at the moment. Let's talk about Shadow Cabinet, how critical is it

that members of the Labour PLP, Labour MPs, can elect the Shadow

Cabinet, or is it all irrelevant? It is very relevant, it is how we go

about it. The NEC agreed to have a proper look last week, they put out

a number of options, to work through to a situation where we can come

together and have a Shadow Cabinet that reflects all parts of the

party, which is what we really need. The idea of just having Labour MPs

elected the Shadow Cabinet, is it acceptable? As I said before, we are

in the middle of a review, and I think it will say, is there a

mechanism by which members can take part? Is there a role for them to

appoint some people, and can me and my colleagues also say who we want

to elect? But you will know there are some Labour MPs who say, unless

they can elect to go to the Shadow Cabinet, they are not joining the

front bench. That is their choice, but we are a member based party,

those people should have some say in what we do and how we work, and how

best we pulled together. That is what this week is about, how best to

serve the country. Matt Wrack, you are a Corbyn supporter, what do you

say to the Labour MPs who, despite the expected win for Mr Corbyn say,

no, we will not get back on board? Let's see what happens today,

obviously I hope Jeremy is re-elected, and I hope, if that is

the outcome, people will unite around it. We won an election just a

year ago, unfortunately some people did not accept that outcome. In the

trade union movement and among Labour Party members, there will be

very much a mood to get around those ideas and policies that people have

voted for. If Mr Corbyn wins, does it make him politically bombproof in

terms of future possible challengers before the next election? I am not

accountable for what other people do, I was surprised that this

election happened. I think it was unnecessary, in such a short space

of time after the last leadership election. But that was what

happened, and if people want to do that again, that is a matter for

them. I would hope not. The job that working people want to see who's

taking on the Tories, what devastating public services,

attacking our rights, and we want to see the Labour Party in Parliament

leading on that. And this leadership election, how damaging has it been

for the party? I think it has been somewhat damaging, I think the

discord in the Parliamentary Labour Party has been the primary source of

that. And I think that a lot of MPs have gone back to their

constituencies and felt very clearly the views of Labour Party members,

many of them, and trade unionists, did not think this was necessary and

should have been avoided. What you think of the impact of this contest

on the party? We have at three months of internal navel-gazing when

we should have been attacking the Tory government. The Prime Minister

gave this country the biggest headache it has ever had, and he

walked away, and what are we doing? Arguing with each other. We need to

do what we are paid to do, get into parliament, work together, oppose

this government, but forward a platform so that the people of this

country have an alternative. David Anderson, Matt Wrack, thanks very

much for your time, I will let you get into the conference hall. You

can just see people beginning to trickle into the conference hall,

they had better get a shift on, and I think Tom Watson, Vic, has also

just arrived, if I am not mistaken. Yes, we saw the pictures of him

walking in, thank you very much, Norman. We have five Labour members

here, Alice is a councillor and Labour member. James, what have you

made of the contest? It has got in the way of activities, we have had

to suspend meetings because of intimidation, and I think, you know,

it has stalled the party for quite some time. I am not happy with

Jeremy Corbyn's leadership, and I think it was essential to encourage

debate about where the party is heading. Have you been intimidated

by someone? I have received threats and intimidation. Verbally, online?

Mostly on social media. You think that is because you are an Owen

Smith supporter? I do not define myself as an Owen Smith supporter, I

have voted for him, but I think that is because I am not part of the

exclusive Momentum group, that is why I am a victim of abuse. Andy,

what have you made of this contest? I think the contest was needed

because the PLP did not have confidence in Jeremy Corbyn, and

what we see is a party divided between the Members of Parliament

and the members of the party, and we did need this to clarify that, and

this has clarified that, and that was the tendency to stand behind the

leader. Are you expecting it to be Jeremy Corbyn? I am expecting it to

be Owen Smith, I am still optimistic, I think he can win.

Alice, you supported Jeremy Corbyn last time, you have supported him

this time. I will support him again if I have to! You don't want this to

become an annual thing do you? It is less than annual, it is a waste of

time and resources, the Labour Party is better than this, and I am so

glad Jeremy stuck with it, because I will stick with him. What as the

contest achieved? Nothing, it has damaged Labour's chance is a letter

read. We were and neck before the coup, and now we are 12 points

behind. This did not have to happen, the Tories were in disarray after

the Brexit vote, and we could have got behind our leader and supported

him and had one over on the Tories, uniting as a real opposition to the

Tories. Instead, MPs decided to take the opportunity to elect a new

leader, but the party overwhelmingly supports Jeremy Corbyn. Showed his

name be announced as the winner, how will you feel? I will be made up,

because I support Jeremy Corbyn! What about yourself? I honestly

didn't see the point of this leadership election, because I

thought that it would only lead to the people who support Corbyn to be

galvanised, and he would increase his majority, and therefore the PLP

would be more fractured. But seeing the testimonies of different MPs,

saying how they cannot communicate with Jeremy Corbyn, I was compelled

to vote for Owen Smith, even though I know he is not going to win.

Thank you all very much. Not long to go now. We expect the outcome in

around 15 minutes, but these things are often, inevitably, a little

later than scheduled. Let's take a closer look at the two men who want

the job of leading Labour, starting with Mr Corbyn.

# I ride my bicycle in the rain and I feel like Jeremy Corbyn...#

He's been a fixture of British politics for 40 years,

a regular at marches, a champion of causes.

There are social solutions to the problems,

and the solution is socialism at the end of the day!

Jeremy Corbyn's political life started in the 1970s,

a trade union organiser and Labour councillor in London.

In 1983, just as Margaret Thatcher was winning a huge majority,

winning last time with a 21,000 majority.

But he was always a critic of New Labour,

voting against the party line more than 500 times.

More recently, he chaired the Stop The War Coalition,

became a leading figure in the anti-austerity movement.

Still, no-one gave him a chance when he entered the contest

to succeed Ed Miliband as Labour leader.

His campaign started attracting large crowds -

The new leader promised a new type of politics.

I sent out an e-mail to thousands of people and asked them

what questions they would like to put to the Prime Minister.

But while he had the support of Labour members,

Jeremy Corbyn has never had the full backing of his own MPs.

There were clashes over his policies on Syria

and the new generation of nuclear weapons.

The row came to a head after the EU referendum.

One after another, his top team walked out.

There was a vote of no-confidence

I've served...in the best way I can, and today I had to go.

But he refused to quit and stood again for re-election.

The Labour Party saw a big increase in its membership,

but the contest was at times bad tempered.

There were allegations of abuse on both sides.

There was a row over space on a train network -

a game of Pokemon and a poor grasp of TV trivia.

Do you know who these two men are? No, I don't.

I cannot name them, I'm really sorry.

Now opinion polls suggest an easy victory for Jeremy Corbyn.

No longer the outsider - this time he's the firm favourite.

We will have a look at Owen Smith in just a moment.

Anuksha Asthana is political editor of the Guardian.

Jim Waterson is Buzzfeed's political editor.

If Jeremy Corbyn wins bigger than a year ago, then what? Them the role

for him is to try to unite the party and see whether or not he can

actually get more MPs behind him. There will be this crunch meeting of

the party's national executive tonight, and I don't think Jeremy

Corbyn is ready to sign in to any deal about how he puts together his

Shadow Cabinet particularly if, as you say, as is well expected, he did

even better than last year. But he still has to operating Westminster,

his people know that. What is the issue for you, Jim, should Jeremy

Corbyn be confirmed as leader again in a few minutes? The main issue for

the auntie Corbyn members and activists is whether they bother to

remain within the Labour Party. If they get completely trounced, what

we will see is an effort to try to people -- try to keep people within

the party. If you support Owen Smith, they will try to reach out to

you to keep paying your membership sub in case of another election. But

they have a long way back. There is a lot of ideas, a lot of structure.

Corbyn's site has ideas, Momentum, everything.

Owen Smith was virtually unknown outside Westminster until recent

weeks. One party activist told me they had been an activist for years

and had never heard of him until this contest, the Conti Breed MP

Owen Smith. -- the Pontypridd MP. Hi, I'm Owen Smith and I'm

standing to be the leader Even his biggest supporters

would concede that. Owen Smith used to work

at the BBC, then as an adviser I'm going to be wandering

about and telling people... In 2006, he stood for election

for the first time, losing Politics is about the people,

but I think it's also about power. By then, he was working

for the American drugs company Pfizer in its Government

relations team. Four years later he stood

for Parliament again, He was promoted quickly, first

as Labour's Shadow Welsh Minister, and then a key role in charge

of the party's policies He was never an outspoken

critic of Jeremy Corbyn, but after the EU vote he was one

of the 52 MPs who walked out I cannot see how he can

continue, and we desperately It was one of his colleagues,

Angela Eagle, who made the first move, challenging

for the leadership. Soon, though, it was clear

Owen Smith had more support. Angela Eagle, gay with no children,

stepped aside, but only after Smith had stressed his

normal family background. I was in no way implying that

anybody who's got a different sexuality or a different lifestyle

to me is anything other He launched his campaign

with a raft of policies... Ending university tuition fees,

building more council houses, a second EU referendum. That's what we

need. But his rallies were more low-key

at a time when Corbyn and his team were packing out town halls

with their supporters. He was forced to defend his past

and his background working And that was the answer

we were after. There were a series of debates -

in Newcastle, Glasgow, He was criticised for suggesting

we should negotiate All solutions to these sorts

of international crises do come And he warned of splits

in the Labour Party The Labour Party is

standing on the edge The people in the undecided section

have moved and swelled the ranks It's grassroots Labour supporters

who will decide this election, and they may prove far more

difficult to win over. Still with us, the joint political

editor of the Guardian and political editor of BuzzFeed News.

Owen Smith surgery in the contest that if Jeremy Corbyn wins, the

Labour Party will spread. Is that likely? -- Owen Smith said during

the contest. I don't think so, most people do not think a split would be

successful. Whether they like it or not, Labour is a very big brand in

this country, and they would not have that. So some people in the

party would stay and fight for the backbenchers if he loses, as

expected. Somebody sent me an Owen Smith emoji yesterday, black glasses

and a yellow face. He will take that away. If Jeremy Corbyn wins, and

critical Labour MPs cannot get behind him, is there hope of getting

rid of him, an early general election? I can't imagine. The only

way you will get rid of Jeremy Corbyn now, as I see it, is if he

quits or there is mass disillusionment among the Labour

members. I have written a fantastic piece for BuzzFeed today, it looks

at how there is not the support infrastructure around Owen Smith,

there is not the moderate centrist Labour organisation. Jeremy Corbyn

might struggle in a general election, but in terms of winning an

internal Labour election he is a cut above. The old campaign teams who

have won elections internally for Tony Blair, Gordon Brown etc, their

skills do not work in the same way any more and they need to go away,

think about running a campaign and think about and using the Labour

voters. Theresa May promised there would not be an early general

election, why are you rating your eyebrows, Anuksha? A lot in the

Labour Party think she would go for an early general election, perhaps

if she thinks it would get rid of Jeremy Corbyn and he is a weak

leader than that would be an argument for her to wait longer. It

is interesting what Jim is saying, they had a huge number of members,

the Labour Party. Can they mobilise that in a way to help them? Lots of

it is starry eyed about Jeremy Corbyn, people talk about the cult

of Corgan. Just outside here I had a bloke tell me that he loved Jeremy

Corbyn, partly because of his initials, JC, the man was a

Christian. That was a bit weird. But can they do something with what they

have built in the party? Sources at the Guardian saying Jeremy Corbyn

has won. I am not quite sure the margin. I think you could have

pointed to this at various points over the last few weeks. They have

obviously spoken to somebody. Let's speak to Norman Smith in the

conference hall. What are you hearing?

I think that is a fairly safe bet that Jeremy Corbyn has won, I am not

sure it is breaking news, I think everybody expects that. The question

is whether he increases his mandate from the 59% he got last year, loose

chatter around whether he can push it to 65%. I am joined by Louise

Ellman, Liverpool MP, chair of the transport select committee. If Mr

Corbyn wins, doesn't it open up not just a rift between him and Labour

MPs but also an emerging rift between the parliamentary party and

ordinary party members, who appear to back Mr Corbyn? If Jeremy wins,

as expected, I think that is a great challenge for Jeremy. He has to

understand that while it is great to have adoration from your own

supporters within the party, and that is terrific and infuses you, it

is nowhere near enough. He has to get the support of the electorate,

the people who vote in the general election, that is very different.

Some people say he has become intoxicated by the selfie culture,

the fan club and personality culture. He is enjoying going from

meeting to meeting of people already committed to him, cheering him. It

is wonderful being surrounded by your fans. But he is the Leader of

the Opposition, who want to be the party of Government, and the people

who can make that happen are not just those who already agree with

him, it is the general public. Add to now, they are not impressed and

things have to change. Key to the pleas of unity seems to be the issue

of the elections to the Shadow Cabinet, allowing Labour MPs to

choose who serves. If Mr Corbyn does not bite on that, is there any

prospect of unity with the PLP? I think the key thing is for Jeremy

Corbyn, if re-elected leader, to reach out to the electorate and have

a Shadow Cabinet that he is -- that is looking outwards, not inwards.

Developing policies, arguing effectively, challenging the

Government in Parliament but reaching outward to the community,

not just the membership. How he does that is a separate issue, but that

is the task and the challenge. Talking to one of his key allies

this morning, he said that elections to the Shadow Cabinet are a

distraction, it has come out of the blue, it is a major rule change, ie

it is not happening. If it does not, would you advise Labour MPs to stay

on the backbenchers or get involved? Individuals will have to make their

own decisions. I would say we need to work together and the unified,

but that is about working with the membership, yes, but above all with

the general public, to win a general election and put right some of the

dreadful wrong is being carried out, day by day. It is no good being

surrounded by people who already agree with you.

Andy Burnham want this morning that if the party did not unite, it could

face terminal decline? The warning is very timely, we had

to unite on the basis of reaching out to the electorate and the

general population to argue the Labour case for our credibility to

be the next Government, that is what the Parliamentary Labour Party is

all about, Labour is a Parliamentary party. You risk missing the big

announcements, so I will let you go. Here is the ticket you need to get

in. We are getting pretty close to blast off for that announcement as

to who has won, which will be put up on a big screen and will show as how

each of the different sections have voted, how much support Mr Corbyn

got from party members, registered supporters and the affiliated

supporters in the trade unions, so we will see what support the

candidates have in each area. Guardian reporter Heather Stewart on

Twitter says, I am hearing Jeremy Corbyn has won with 62% of the vote,

up on last year. He got just under 60% last year. That is what the

Guardian has said in the last few minutes.

If that is right, Team Corbyn will present but as further consolidation

of their mandate. It has not gone up to 65%, as there were some

suggestions, but he has boosted his mandate in the party. More than

that, he has built up the party, 551,000 members, around half a

million people, took part in this contest. He has brought 41,000

volunteers on board. For somebody in post for a year, who has taken all

the hits and attacks he has had, the divisions, to still be building

support, his team will present but as a big win and a further

consolidation up his mandate. I think it raises a serious question

for his critics of what they do now, and whether they can credibly keep

digging away, trying to undermine him. You know, they have tried to

take him on in a leadership contest and lost, not only have they lost

but it appears to be a big-time loss. This contest has achieved

exactly what they did not want, far from being weakened, which was the

hope, that is mandate would go down, it appears his mandate has been

strengthened. Now I would reckon Mr Corbyn is almost bombproof now,

until the next election. I cannot see who on earth would challenge

him. Angela Eagle originally triggered this contest and then

pulled out, Owen Smith went for it, saying I am the better candidate, I

can build more people behind me. Does not really seem to happen. So

you had to ask who is this mysterious challenger who can

credibly take on Jeremy Corbyn. You are scratching your head, thinking,

I don't see this person. Translated into English it means they're

probably will not be under the leadership contest. Added to which,

Mr Corbyn has built this huge support with Momentum. They have got

their conference within a conference going on at the same time. He has

built outside Parliament this massive body of support which no

other Labour leader had done. The striking thing, it is personal

support. They are not just signing up to the Labour Party and Labour

Party values, they are signed up to Jeremy Corbyn. Without being trite,

they are his fan club, it is almost a personality cult around Jeremy

Corbyn, because he is a different political leader. He does not do

things the same way as everyone else, does not play by the normal

rules. People like that because they think it is not business as usual,

he is an alternative leader with a different vision. The difficulty is

that many MPs simply do not believe it will translate into electoral

victory. For all the selfies, adulation and the big rallies, it

simply won't translate into votes at the ballot box, that is what they

believe matters. I think things are beginning to warm

up in the hall. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the chair of the National Executive

Committee, Paddy Lillis. APPLAUSE

Thank you, conference. I will now be announcing the votes cast for each

candidate. We will also show the number of votes cast by each

candidate of elector. Full details of the results will be available on

the Labour Party website following this event. The result of the

election for the leader of the Labour Party is as follows. The

number of eligible voters is 654,006.

APPLAUSE The number of eligible voters

casting a vote in this contest is 506,000 438. -- 506,438. The number

of spoiled votes was 432. The votes cast for each candidate are as

follows. Jeremy Corbyn, 313,000... APPLAUSE

Owen Smith, 193,000 229. -- 193,229. Conference, this

represents the percentage of votes cast as follows. Jeremy Corbyn,

61.8%. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Owen Smith, 38.2%. APPLAUSE

Conference, on these screens is also shown the breakdown of votes cast

for each candidate by members, affiliate supporters and registered

supporters. I am delighted to declare Jeremy

Corbyn elected as leader of the Labour Party. Please, Jeremy.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE VICTORIA: DELIGHTED JEREMY CORBYN,

HAVING INCREASED HIS MANDATE AND LAST YEAR, handing over, Paddy

Lillis, we are expecting Mr Corbyn to say a few words.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Paddy, thank you very much for the

announcement you have just made, thank you all for being here today.

I want to thank the more than 300,000 supporters who have given me

their support and trust in this Labour leadership election. I am

honoured to have won the votes of the majority of members, affiliated

supporters, and registered supporters. They have given me the

second mandate in a year to lead our party.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE I want to thank all the volunteers

in our amazing campaign, the tens of thousands who held all over the

country in my campaign. I also want to thank all those volunteers that

worked so hard and helped in Owen Smith's campaign as well.

APPLAUSE Volunteers, and the work they have

put in, the very lifeblood of democracy, and we have both had

amazing sets of volunteers, so I say thank you to all of them for all

they did over the summer. And... I want to say thank you to Owen Smith

as well. Owen, we have added interesting some of debate all over

the country, thank you very much for all of that, for the good

discussions and good-humoured debate we have had, which no doubt we will

continue, because we are part of the same Labour family, and that is how

it is always going to be. That is how it is always going to be. Thank

you. And it has been an amazing summer, we have had good weather, of

course, and we have had events and rallies, hosting is debates all over

the place, but it has been about our Labour family facing the future of

how we do things together in the future. I will do everything I can

to repay the trust and the support, to bring our party together, to make

it an engine of progress for our country, and the people that depend

on the Labour Party to protect their interests and wind power to deliver

real change in this country. -- win power.

Elections are passionate and often partisan affairs, things are

sometimes said in the heat of debate, on all sides, which we

sometimes later come to regret. But always remember, in our party, we

have much more in common than that which divides us. As far as I am

concerned... As far as I am concerned, let's wipe that slate

clean from today and get on with the work we've got to do as a party

together! We are proud, as a party, that we

are not afraid to discuss openly, to debate, and to disagree. That is

essential for a party that wants to change people's lives for the

better, that isn't prepared to accept things as they are. It's also

an essential part of what has trawled over half of million people

into membership of what is now the largest political party anywhere in

Western Europe. We have almost tripled our membership since last

spring. Those new members are part of a nationwide movement who can now

take our message into every community in the country, to win

support for the election of a Labour government. Our party has a duty of

care to our members. That means intervening to stop personal abuse,

and also abiding by the principles of natural justice in the way that

we handle it. Politics is demeaned and corroded by intimidation and

abuse, it is not my way, and it is not the Labour away and never will

be. APPLAUSE

Now, friends, is the time for all of us to focus every ounce of our

energy on exposing and defeating the Tories, and the damage they are

doing to our country. Theresa May's government isn't a new government,

it is David Cameron's government with a new hard right edge

repackaged with progressive slogans. But threatening... But threatening

to take the country backwards, and dithering as we face the historic

challenges of Brexit, so if you believe that education is better

than segregation, that we need an NHS that isn't threatened with

breakdown and loaded with debt, that older people deserve dignity and the

care they need in their own home, that we have a duty as a country to

refugees and promote peace rather than conflict, if, like me, you

believe it is a scandal that here in Britain, the sixth largest economy

in the world, four million children are in poverty, 6 million workers

are paid less than the living wage, and if like me you believe we can do

things far better, then help us build support for a genuine

alternative that will invest in our future, a more prosperous future in

which the wealth we all create is shared more equally.

APPLAUSE Together, arguing for the real

change this country needs, I have no doubt that this party can win the

next election, whenever the Prime Minister decides to call it, and

form the next government. To do that, we need to work together. This

time next week, we are all going to hit the streets, united as a party.

I am calling on Labour Party members all over the country to join us in a

national campaign for inclusive education for all next Saturday.

APPLAUSE The Tories' plans for grabs cool

segregation of our children exposed their divisive and damaging agenda

for our country. -- grammar school segregation. My responsibility to

this party is to unite, in conference at this week in the

wonderful city of Liverpool, in Parliament, and in every community

around the country. But it is also the responsibility of the whole

party, member is Parliament, councillors, party members, and our

wonderful supporters across the country, to work together and

respect the democratic choice that has been made. -- Members of

Parliament. Labour is a party brimming full of

ideas, of talent, of creativity, and so is this country. Unleashing that

potential is the job of all of us. Let us work together for real change

in Britain. Thank you very much! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

STUDIO: Jeremy Corbyn applauding those who applaud him. Dave Margaret

Beckett. Thumbs up to the crowd. He is getting a standing ovation.

Jeremy Corbyn re-elected as Labour leader. The second time he has won

this contest it just over 12 months, this time he increased his mandate,

receiving 61.8% of the vote, last year he received just under 60% of

the vote. We talked about the Labour family, he made a real point of

saying that he and his challenger, Owen Smith, were members of the

Labour family. He said Labour was an engine of progress and that they

will win power to deliver real change in this country. He made a

point that he said that during contests, heated things are said

both sides that we might regret, but we have much more in common than

that divides us. Norman, where you and who are you with?

I'm just outside the conference hall where people are streaming out.

Let's see if I can get an immediate reaction. What do you think about Mr

Corbyn's victory, are you pleased? Very silent. What you make of Mr

Corbyn's victory? Very disappointed. What do you make of it? My name is

Louise Haigh on, the MP3 Sheffield Heeley. I was backing Owen,

disappointed that he did not win, but congratulations to Jeremy. But

from the polling it reveals that the movement is still divided, Jeremy

failed to win over the long standard members, Owen failed to win over the

newer members. Mr Corbyn did best with the so-called registered

supporters. There has been huge controversy over these people who

have paid ?25. How much did this influence the vote, people being

energised, paying the ?25 signing up? He had an overwhelming majority,

just as he did last year. I did not support registered supporters when

Ed Miliband brought them in, I don't support them now and I don't think

that they should have a role, but he also had a majority among newer

members, so I don't think we can demean his victory. Again and again

he said in his victory speech that we all have a responsibility to

unite. The question is whether people like you in the PLP will

unite behind him and willingly and constructively serve? I remain on

the front bench, I am still a Shadow Minister and will be if he wants me

to stay there. I said before I would get back to whether what elected.

Jeremy is right, we all have a responsibility to unite the party.

We need to see action from him, I want to see him back and elected

Shadow Cabinet. We have to stop any talk about revenge all

vindictiveness against those who did not support him this time, actions

will speak louder than words, we have heard a lot of that over the

summer. The time for talking is over, we need to see confidence from

both sides. Back to you, Victoria. I will speak to the stress MP Chuka

Umunna, who left Jeremy Corbyn's team and supported the no-confidence

motion -- the stratum MP. How do you react? It was decisive, the

leadership has been settled, we had to move forward. I absolutely agree

with Jeremy Corbyn that we need to look outward, facing forward to the

public, with a view of winning a general election. And we have to

unified. Unity will not come about through demand, through threat,

through the online thuggery that we have seen, which is why I am pleased

to hear his comments about an end an online abuse that we have seen. In

the end, unity comes about through talking, understanding, dialogue,

solidarity. When you hear this talk of deselection of Labour MPs, good,

hard-working, popular Labour MPs, that is completely

counter-productive. Jeremy has been clear that he does not need to

change rules about the way Parliamentary candidates are

selected, he should be clear that that is the end of the matter and

the only talk about the selection should be of Conservative MPs at the

next general election. The immediate task we have in uniting the party is

to reconcile the mandates that has been repeated today similar to the

last one that Jeremy got from the membership, reconciling that with a

mandate that Labour MPs elected under a different leader have from

9.3 million Labour voters. The reintroduction of Shadow Cabinet

elections, as Louise Haigh and just said, would certainly be a vehicle

through which that could be achieved. Jeremy himself opposed the

abolition of Shadow Cabinet elections in the first instance

under Ed Miliband. I think it would be good to bring that back. Beyond

that, we have to now really deal with some of our weaknesses, some of

the issues on which we know we are struggling to get the trust of the

people, in particular immigration. I was flabbergasted that, frankly,

immigration was not more of the debate in the leadership contest

given that about a third of Labour voters took a different view to our

official position on staying in the EU, principally on immigration. We

have to find a resolution consistent with our values, that resonate with

lots of our people. We know from John Curtice, who came closest to

predicting the general election result last year, that our economic

competence was one of those issues. Those are the two big issues with a

general election in mind. The most immediate task, of course, is making

sure that we secure the most progressive Brexit deal possible.

That is a really massive task for every Labour MP, on the front bench

or the backbench. You didn't have confidence in your

leader earlier this year, do you have confidence in him now?

I think we all have to come together. You have around 40% of the

electorate in this contest you have also said they have had concerns

about the leadership. But we have had the result now, this has drawn a

line, if you like, and we have to or wit. Different people say, I am a

Momentum supporter, I am a Labour person and I want the Labour Party,

whoever the leader is, to do well. Of course you do, but how... Getting

into Government is how you make your value is real. But how would you say

with a straight face to the wider electorate, bowled for this man, he

will be your next Prime Minister and will be good at it? We have elected

leader. He is our candidate to be Prime Minister. That is what we have

said through this result. You can't complain about the rules after they

have been run and you get a result. We have resulted had to move

forward. If we continue having this debate every week, how will we move

forward? I want to see our values implemented in office, I want to see

us in Government. This is the test. The challenge to the leadership. We

had to get Labour into Government. It is nonsense to suggest that

somehow we were doing well in the polls before the Brexit vote and the

vote of no-confidence, there have been over 80 different polls the

change in leadership last year and we have been trailing in every

single one, in almost every single one. We may well be the biggest

party in Europe right now, numerically, in terms of supporters

and members, but we are trailing in the polls and have been for a long

time. We need to turn that around to get into Government, sort out the

NHS, have the education campaign implemented that Jeremy talked

about. We can't do any of these things unless we get into

Government. Final thoughts, an appeal from you to call off the dogs

when it comes to threatening deselection of Modra 's MPs, a call

for Shadow Cabinet elections. You would serve in Jeremy Corbyn's top

team? -- it deselection of moderate MPs. I left by mutual decision,

Jeremy did not want me to stand in the Shadow Cabinet. I am standing to

be chair of the Holah let -- Home Affairs Select Committee, which I am

a member of. If people want to go back to serve, that is a good thing

and I will support them. That being on the front bench is not the only

way of serving. Look at Margaret Hodge on the Public Accounts

Committee, holding to account those multinational companies and their

failure to pay tax, and the work done by Tom Watson, which I think

was a boost to his deputy leadership campaign, in calling for more

regulation of newspapers and the way they operate. He did that on a

select committee. You can advance Labour in parliament in different

ways. All the pieces of the jigsaw, the Shadow Cabinet, select

committees, backbench MPs, running campaigns, they are vital to

strengthening our cause to support social justice. Thank you, Chuka

Umunna, the Labour MP for Streatham. It sounds like he would rather chair

the Home Affairs Select Committee than return to the top team of

Jeremy Corbyn. Delegates, Members End Labour supporters are streaming

out behind me. Some looking absolutely delighted, some less so.

We will talk to some in a moment, but let's speak to Vicki Young at

the grassroots Festival/ meeting of Momentum, the organisation --

organisation set up to support Jeremy Corbyn. There is a carnival

atmosphere, at delight comic huge cheers from the people here. This is

a four-day event which they runs alongside the Labour Party

conference. -- which they say runs alongside. Many expected the result

and felt the contest was a waste of time and resources. What they wanted

the party to come together and support and back Jeremy Corbyn. Many

feel he was not given a fair hearing or a real chance when he was elected

for the first time. Let's speak to some people here, what is your

reaction? Thrilled that Jeremy has won and beyond excited to go back to

my community, I'm from Leeds, and to start for real social change with

the Labour Party members. What is your message to MPs? We have more in

common than that divides us. Jeremy is a strong leader who can win in

2020 and MP should get behind him and the membership. This Momentum

grouping, what is the excitement been for the grassroots? It has been

amazing with Momentum to get involved with people from all walks

of life in leaps. Old people, young people, people new to politics,

people who have been in politics for decades. Nudges the same old people,

the same old catchphrases, new, exciting ideas. -- not just the same

old people. What is Jeremy Corbyn's appeal? A group he talks the sort of

politics I have always felt in my life, but it has never

been in the media and somebody is at last saying what I felt for a long

time around wall, refugees, education and health. I think it is

fantastic to have this opportunity to change things. We can get elected

if we get the membership United. I think it is exciting. That is the

big if, it is whether the party can come together and be on the same

side. Do you think that is possible after the year we have had? I think

with over 500,000 members, anything is possible, and they think the MPs

need to listen to the membership and take note and fight against the

Tories instead of within the party, I am sure they can do that. What do

you say to those who say that Corbyn's appeal does not go

beyond thousand grassroots members, if you're going to win a general

election you have to vote to people who would have voted Tory in the

past. People I speak to at work are aware that something is changing. We

don't want people in suits telling us lies, making decisions that will

benefit them and their peers, the millionaires. I think the people in

the Cabinet are all millionaires. We want people making decisions to

understand what it is like to be an ordinary person. I think Jeremy

Corbyn can do that in a way that no other politician has for a long

time. I think he will and does connect with an awful lot of

ordinary people, who aren't politically engaged. He is talking

sense. That is what we are hearing, anyway. What is your reaction to the

real action? Obviously very pleased that Jeremy has won again with an

even bigger mandate than last year. The only way is forward. What is

your message to Labour MPs who, let's face it, have not backed him

up and do not think he leads the party in the right direction? The

membership has spoken, it is time to get behind, Unite, make Labour a

winning force in politics again. Your reaction? I am delighted. I

could not be more delighted. I am very pleased that Jeremy has been

re-elected. I think that he is a return to proper Labour Party values

and principles. We were talking on the train on the way over from

Bradford about what Labour Party values are, one of them is decency,

I don't think you could find a more decent person anywhere. He will be a

brilliant leader. The Parliamentary Labour Party must get behind him

now. Thank you. The message, loud and clear, from the people here, MPs

need to get behind Jeremy Corbyn, they feel it is the divisions in the

Labour Party that have been the problem. They don't think the

problem is Jeremy Corbyn, the message is to MPs who need to get

behind him and campaign. Thank you very much, let's try to

grab some of the delegates just leaving the conference hall. Hello,

what did you think when you heard Corbyn had been re-elected?

Extremely pleased, and I hope that with the second mandate as a party

we will unite behind Jeremy as our leader and become the official

opposition, doing what we expect the opposition to do, hold the

Government to account and prepare ourselves for the forthcoming

general election, hopefully forming a Labour Government. What do you say

to those MPs who have been critical of Corbyn, openly and when it comes

to briefing members of the media? Listen to the members, they have

voted Jeremy again with a resounding majority, please listen to your

members and support Jeremy, we need to unite as a party if we are going

to be effective. Thank you very much, we will talk to more as they

exit the conference hall. We are going to talk now to a woman who

resigned from Jeremy Corbyn's top team back in the summer, Seema

Malhotra was shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, hello to you. What

do think of the result? Well, it is a time for us to come together, not

an unexpected result, and it has been a bruising summer for all

sides, as we had the conversation, a top conversation, about what it will

take for us to win in the Labour Party. Now people will say we want

time to be able to come together, I think it is absolutely vital that,

whichever way people campaigned all voted, we stay in the Labour Party,

and that we focus on what we need to do to provide the opposition to

Theresa May and focus on how we win the next election. I think at this

time we can save up with some money challenges coming upstream, whether

welfare and benefit cuts, the challengers after Brexit, that we

say we have got the answers more in the Labour Party, we have to be

voicing those is a strong opposition. What adjective would you

use to describe how you felt when you heard Jeremy Corbyn's name read

out? I think it was, you know, probably expected. Your emotion was,

that was expected? We have got to come together, my emotion was, there

are so much division in the country, there has been a divisive and

bruising period in the Labour Party, it has been unpleasant for

everybody, and I think people are now saying, when I talk to members

and constituents, that we won't Labour to be fighting as a strong

opposition. That does mean we have to find a way of addressing the

issue that caused this to happen in the first place, and I think there

has to be something on both sides, it is an important stage we are at,

and we have to see the partnership. Be people like you who resigned from

the top team, is there an irony that this has made Mr Corbyn stronger? We

do want to see the Labour Party go forward together, I think whichever

side you are on, I have talked to members on both sides who say that

there were different reasons why they chose either Jeremy or Eoin in

this election, but we are united in wanting to fight for the Labour

Party to be in power, I think that is where we are, and I believe where

we have to play a part is, whichever way we can play that part, to be

focused on making sure the Labour Party is in the strongest position,

addressing the issues it needs to to make sure that it can be in the

stronger position to win government again. Would you go back to the top

team? I am prepared to have an open conversation about what role I play,

front bench or backbench. I am not being presumptive about whether it

is going back or not, I do not think you can go back, but you do go

forward... John McDonnell has invited people like yourself or a

cup of tea and a chat, will you be taking him up on that? That is jewel

crossed the Labour Party, and between the different sites, we want

to come together, it is about partnership, addressing the issues,

making sure we stay in the Labour Party and stay together. Norman is

outside the conference all here in Liverpool.

Hey, Vic, I have got one man who should be happy, James Schneider,

the national organiser of Momentum, key supporters of Jeremy Corbyn, a

big win, yes, but not as big as some thought. No, fantastic, larger

mandate than last year and that is after people were excluded from

voting, the new members who signed up after January. There is no way

you can spin it other than a fantastic result, the margins in all

three categories, we are really pleased. Doesn't it raise new

controversy over the registered supporters, people who paid to vote

in the contest? That is where he has done best by quite a long way.

YouGov 58% of the vote in full party members, 60% in affiliate so bold as

to trade unions, 69% in the registered supporters. 50,000 of

those registered supporters were full party members who were denied a

vote. The idea that he has only won because of Johnny come lately is

completely untrue. We are listening to a Momentum rally at the moment,

the appeals for unity and again and again, that has to be more than

words, so what does Mr Corbyn have to do to get his MPs on board? He

has got to do what he is doing, bring the party together, but it

goes both ways. What we need, I think, is MPs to recognise that the

direction that the members want to take the party, and actually come

across this summer and the leadership debate, there has been a

whole load of agreement on big areas of policy where we can go, and it is

a big base to unite around. What you say to the Labour MPs who are scared

witless by Momentum, who see it as a front for getting rid of mainstream

centrist Labour talk to us, that is not the case, we are not campaigning

for deselection. We are campaigning to make the party more inclusive, we

are part of the Labour movement, we want to help Labour win elections.

If you have heard rumours about horrible things we do, they are not

the case, come and talk to us. An invitation to the Labour MPs who

have any doubts, pick up the phone, give him a call, see if your fears

are allayed. Back to you, Vic. Let's talk to various members who

have just come out of the conference hall, Michelle, you voted for Mr

Corbyn, what are you thinking right now? I am delighted, I think the

right person won, it is a great result today, and I think it is a

great chance for the party to unite and move forward. James Aspinall,

you were supporting a Owen Smith, how you feeling right now? I am just

pleased that this nightmare is over, as Michelle has said, this is the

opportunity now for us to move forward and unite. There are things

bigger than this, whether Jeremy Corbyn or Owen Smith, and we have to

unite now together to face the electorate and take on the Tories,

that is our prime function in life. We spoke earlier, you were a little

emotional, you said, when you are knocking on the doors, people were

saying, I cannot vote for you with Jeremy Corbyn as leader. It is true,

people do say that, and there are people who say they will vote for

him, but that is democracy, that is the way the British people are. We

have to respect that and come up with a set of policies that appeals

to everybody, not just certain sections. Joseph, hello, you dressed

up for the occasion, looking magnificent, if you don't mind me

saying so! What do you think of the result? God just fantastic, I am

very, very pleased, the most important thing is we have to come

together and put a big fights towards the Tories, that is the most

important thing. We have been fighting, but without unity there

will be no success, so I will appeal to the PLP members to back Corbyn,

come back and work together so that we can win the 2020 election. Mick,

what would you say, as a member, to Labour MPs who have been critical of

Mr Corbyn the past few months? We have four years before we have to

face an election. I cannot hear you, speak up. We have got four more

years before we have to face an election, and we can do a lot more.

Basically, people haven't seen anything yet. Full OK. Over this

last year, Corbyn has managed to induce many people, including me,

and I think that is going to take this right through to the next

election. What is it about team -- Mr Corbyn that appeals to you, Mick?

Sincerity, no spin, he is not media savvy, which is a bit of a problem

considering where we are at the moment, but he means what he says,

he hasn't changed is the use for the last 30 years, which is a good

thing. -- he hasn't changed his views. Most of the recent policies

that the new contender was pushing forward at the same as he has

himself. You wanted Owen Smith to win, what do you say now? We have

got to be hopeful. It is right to say that Owen Smith believes in a

lot of things that Jeremy believes in, but the reason a lot of people

opposed is because of the strategy, the weight we put forward what we

believed in, so I think we can be hopeful this that maybe we will look

being more confident, cooperating more, building up, uniting a bit

more, to be a bit more of an effective opposition. Do you think

that is realistic, Michelle, all the people within the PLP, 172 MPs who

voted in that no confidence motion against their leader? All that

anxiety about Mr Corbyn's competence, as they put it, will it

suddenly disappear because he has been re-elected? I think there needs

to be a lot of conversations had, as Jeremy just said, he is prepared to

wipe the slate clean. There has been a lot of bad things said which

shouldn't have been said. I think, if we are going to be Cardinal in

the next election, that we need to all come together, and there needs

to be some serious conversations had about how people can work together,

and that is what is the most important thing. Let's hear a little

bit more about what Jeremy Corbyn said in his acceptance speech, his

thank you speech, if you like, after he was re-elected.

My responsibility to this party is to unite, in

conference at this week in the wonderful

city of Liverpool, in Parliament,

and in every community around the country.

But it is also the responsibility of the whole party,

Members of Parliament, councillors, party members,

and our wonderful supporters across the country,

to work together and respect the democratic choice

Labour is a party brimming full of ideas,

of talent, of creativity, and so is this country.

Unleashing that potential is the job of all of us.

Let us work together for real change in Britain.

OK, back to Norman, who is with Jeremy Corbyn. By Mike Pence by

much, Vic, a few stragglers coming out, Diane Abbott, your take on the

result? It is a very good result, given that in many ways this was a

nasty and bitter campaign, and last summer they threw everything except

the kitchen sink at Jeremy, and he still increased his share of the

vote. Widely used say that? Because the allegations, including

anti-Semitism, very hurtful, we didn't get that last time. It was a

hard campaign, but in the end I think the membership came out for

Jeremy, because they realised he hadn't been given a chance and

treated fairly. What do you say to those MPs who still refuse to get on

board, refused to join in the front bench? First of all, they have to

listen to their members. Many of Jeremy's most vociferous critics

actually have the party to nominate a Jeremy, they have to listen to

their members. They have to listen to Labour supporters. They wanted

the party to unite and take the fight to the Tories. And if they

don't, they should face the selection? Nobody is talking about

the deselection, we are not going to hold what was said in a campaign

against anybody, we want the party to unite. Why shouldn't local

parties deselect Labour MPs who have been criticising a leader who has

been overwhelmingly elected? Why shouldn't they get rid of those MPs?

Clearly, because of the boundary changes, there will have to be some

selections, but we don't want a purge, we don't want deselection, we

want to come together, that is what the party once. What evidence is

there that Mr Corbyn, beyond the rhetoric, is willing to put in place

concrete measures to reassure those Labour MPs who are doubtful about

him? What will he do beyond the talk? Look at what he has done, when

he first put the Shadow Cabinet together, he had people who were

Blairites and also from the left. He is willing to call on all the

talents, and that is what is going to do this time. Diane Abbott, thank

you for your time. Vic, back to you. Thank you very much, Norman, with us

is Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, right-hand man to Jeremy Corbyn,

congratulations to you and your team. Wipe the slate clean, does

that mean calling off the dogs when it comes to those threats of

deselecting MPs who may have criticised Mr Corbyn in recent

months? We have never called on the dogs, we have never done that - we

have made it clear repeatedly that we are not in favour of mandatory

deselection, first of all. The boundary commission changes are

coming up, we will fight them in Parliament and in the courts,

because they are so grotesquely unfair. If they do go through, the

rules that have always applied on the boundary commission changes will

apply then, which is, if there is a sitting MP, they will have a right

to the seat, basically. We are trying to reassure people all the

time that all we want is unity and stability. Labour MPs who have been

critical have nothing to worry about? Not at all, we have said its

time and again, and I will repeat it now. The most important thing now is

not the issue of deselection, it is about what role people want to play,

front bench, backbench, if they do not feel they want to take a forward

role, maybe they can on the backbench, like Yvette Cooper on

refugees, brilliant, Caroline Flint and tax evasion. So there is a way

in which we can accommodate everyone.

Shadow Cabinet elections, yes? There will be a wider discussion. The key

thing around issues of democratic change in the party, we had to make

sure we do it by consensus, and if we had to take time to do it, let's

do it properly. Western with changes in the Constitution of the Labour

Party, there was a full constitution toe consultation. I think people

want it and quickly rather than delaying it. Mr Corbyn could have

bothered that in his acceptance speech. He did not want any

accusations that he is bouncing anyone into any decisions at the

moment. If he offered that, some people might oppose that and think

their views are not being listened to all pre-empted. Does he see the

idea of Shadow Cabinet elections, whether across-the-board or a third

are elected by backbench MPs, as a way of gripping his wings, or not? I

don't think so. I think the issue is what is the most appropriate way of

getting the right representation, is that by appointment, or by-election?

What sort of mandate should there be? That is at every level of the

party, in terms of Shadow Cabinet and the NEC. Now you have had the

second conference within just over 12 months, are you pleased, because

it has strengthened Mr Corbyn's power. I did not wanted, I thought

was a distraction. But now you know the mandate is bigger than a year

ago... But it destructed us for about three months when we should be

in the face of the Tories as an opposition -- but it distracted us.

Jeremy has an increased mandate. I think the appeal for unity will

work. Some of the issues which came out of the debate on policy, really

no difference. The most common expression used by Owen was, I agree

with Jeremy, which is good. Let's learn from criticism. We say to

people, come and talk to us. Has any Labour MP said, I want to chat with

you? Yes. Who? I don't want to put people on the spot and they don't

want any division. We have to come together. Clearly, you are saying

MPs are coming to you privately and saying, we want to come back into

the fold? A number of people have said -- I want to do my best, here

is the policy I'm interested in, can I perform the role. Somebody like

Hilary Benn would be welcomed back? Yes, he is incredibly talented, we

have worked together for a number of years, he was a local councillor

just outside my constituency for many years. We have always got

along. Ed Miliband on Twitter, congratulations to Jeremy on his

victory, commiserations to Owen. Now is the time for the party to unite

and focus on the country. Stephen Kinnock, congratulations to Jeremy

Corbyn, time to unite the party and set out a vision and a gender to

unite the country. How can you attract Conservative and Ukip photos

to win an election? Jeremy said the first campaign next Saturday, which

they will be leafleting on the streets about, will be on the issues

of education segregation, that is what grammar schools. That is

uniting the party. If you look at housing, the one thing facing people

right the way across the country is being able to afford a roof over

their heads, having their children able to have access to the housing

market. All of those issues that came up in the leadership campaign

are election winners for us. If we unite, because people will not vote

for a divided party, it is a truism, if we get out there with the

selection vehicle we have ever had, the largest political party in

Europe, we will have members on virtually every street corner to act

as ambassadors for us and argue our case, I think there is a chance to

win it whenever it comes. Do you expect it earlier than 2020? I have

never trusted Tories anyway, but I don't trust this even more. I think

she will go early, if she stays in power over the next 18 months, two

years, the Tories will rip themselves apart on Brexit yet

again. What do you say to the Labour voters in heartlands, the north-east

of England in particular, who voted to leave the European Union? They

are really anxious about freedom of movement of people. You will address

it, in what way? It is part of the debate that we will have. The Brexit

vote has taken place, we have to respect that. We had to respect the

result of the referendum. We will look at creating a new Europe,

working with our European partners. They want an end to freedom of

movement. Let's see what the problems were, was that people

coming here undercutting wages, the pressure on public services? We want

the benefits of the old EU and to tackle some of the perceived this

benefits, I think we can do that. Thank you for your time, Shadow

Chancellor John McDonnell. The message to everybody we have spoken

to is that the Labour Party must unite. I think we will talk to

Norman now? Sorry, I beg your pardon, we will speak to Patrick

McLoughin, the Conservative Party Chairman. Thank you for your

patience, how do you react to the re-election of Jeremy Corbyn? What

will hang around the Labour Party as long as Jeremy Corbyn is leader is

that 172 of his members of Parliament don't think he is

competent enough to run his party. Let alone run the government. That

is our message, my message. The Labour Party is split, the Labour

Party itself says Jeremy Corbyn is not fit to lead it. Also, all the

former leaders of the Labour Party had said that Jeremy Corbyn is not

the right person to lead the party and cannot be a good Prime Minister

of this country. Not all of his policies are unpalatable to the

wider electorate. A majority support taking railways back into public

ownership, for example. We will have those debates over the coming months

and years. The simple fact about the railways is we have more people

using the railways now than ever, that is because of the competition

brought about by franchising the railway system. That may be true,

but the majority no support nationalisation. Mr Corbyn is

championing bat. It is not just about the railways, we will take

Jeremy Corbyn on. The point he is making, if he manages to former

Shadow Cabinet. In the last leadership election he said the last

Labour Government did not spend enough. He says he wants to stop

freedoms we have given to schools. We will be making those points and

getting on with governing the country.

You will have heard Mr Corbyn in his speech earlier say that he is

launching a campaign next week about education segregation, against your

policy, Theresa May's policy, of reintroducing selection for some

grammar schools. In our schools who have a diverse system of schools,

academies concentrating on sport, once concentrating on music. I think

it is right that we have them but concentrate on academic ability,

too. I welcome having up to date. When the Labour Party was in

Government for 30 years they allowed grammar schools to continue in

certain parts of the country. We saw expansions of grammar schools given

the go-ahead by the government. I want to see more people getting the

opportunity of a diverse education system so they get what best suits

that child. That is the most important thing when discussing the

education system, what is best for the pupils, what is best so they can

compete in a very competitive world and the environment. When will you

have a Brexit plan? The Prime Minister and his senior colleagues

are working on the Brexit plan. We will have more to say in due course.

When will you have it? In due course... This year, next year? The

Prime Minister has said that article 50 will not be triggered before the

end of the year, when she has more to say she will let you know.

Theresa May has also said she will not call an early general election,

will she stick with that? Yes. There are no plans at all for any early

general election. We have a fixed term parliament until 2020, when the

general election will be. Thank you very much, Patrick

McLoughin, chairman of the Conservative Party. Let's talk to

two MPs, Kate Green, chair of the Owen Smith campaign, and you still

had a smile on your face, and Chris Maddison, who voted for Owen Smith.

Hello. Why did you vote for him? I think there was a feeling within the

party that Jeremy's abilities had not shone through, they were rather

limited, and if we were going to take on the Tories, we wanted to

take the fight to a different level. Owen offered that, certainly when we

saw his performances within Parliament. What do you think now

you have made to Jeremy Corbyn even stronger? May be, that Jeremy has

helped himself. It had Theresa May on toast over her plans to bring

back grammar schools and secondary moderns, so he is improving his

performance. How do you feel about the results? It is a good victory

for Jeremy Corbyn, we congratulate him. We are very pleased that almost

200,000 people have voted for Owen, that is a big vote, bigger than the

three candidates who stood against Jeremy last year put together. We

are very anxious that Jeremy should carry forward on the speech that he

gave just after the result was announced, to unite the whole of the

party and started to take the fight to the Tories, that is what we are

prioritising. Do you think the onus is on Labour MPs critical of Mr

Corbyn to rally round, all Mr Corbyn to offer olive branches? There is a

genuine desire for unity. We have been scoring some really good hits

on the Tories, people want to build on McDonnell sites. I will hope that

both sides come together and we find a way forward, it is absolutely

possible. Will you look me in the eye and tell me that, having been

critical of Mr Corbyn and voting for Owen Smith, you know thing, because

he has been re-elected a second time, that he can win a general

election? I am looking you in the eye, he has improved his

performances in the last couple of weeks. He creamed Theresa May in

Prime Minister's Questions last week, she had no responses to any of

his questions. I think we can come together and fight? I think it is

entirely possible we can win the next general election. It is

absolutely essential that we'd unite and fight the next general election.

My constituents and people across the country need to see a Labour

Government. The leadership campaign has been about making sure we are a

credible party of opposition and a Government in waiting. With Jeremy

re-elected, that needs to be the priority. This you need to change

the way he performs, behaves? Include his MPs? In order to win the

next election? For parties to win general elections, to win any

elections, we had to be united, purposeful and focused. Do you think

Jeremy Corbyn is seen as a Prime Minister in waiting by the wider

electorate? First and foremost we need a united and effective

opposition, that is the first priority, four years out from the

general election if Theresa May is to be taken at her word. That builds

us back on the road to taking power. It is crucial we are on that road,

people need a Labour Government. We will not do that if the RA divided

party. It is incumbent on all members and the leader to work

together and get the message across. We have a statement from Owen Smith.

I would like to read, if I may. I want to congratulate Jeremy Corbyn

on his clear win in this leadership contest. There is no doubt that the

Labour Party has changed into his leadership. He has mobilised huge

numbers of people over last 12 months, many of whom are at

Conference in Liverpool, and he deserves the credit for that and by

winning so decisively. I am humbled by the more than 193,000 members,

supporters and trade union members who have put their faith in

me and to say a big thank you to them. It has been a privilege to

meet so many of you who have given so much of your lives to Labour, and

I promise to continue to work for what we believe in. It has been a

great honour for me to stand as leader and I am deeply grateful to

my Parliamentary colleagues for nominating me. I entered the race

because they did not think Jeremy was providing the leadership we

needed and because I think we must renew the party to win back voters'

trust and respect. I will respect the results, reflect carefully on it

and what role I might play in future to help Labour win again for the

British people. He made it clear he would not serve in Jeremy Corbyn's

Shadow Cabinet. That is interesting. The statement continues. I have no

time for talk of a split in the Labour that. That is also

interesting because he predicted that is what would happen. It is

Labour or nothing for me. Although today's results shows that our

movement remains divided, it now falls primarily to Jeremy Corbyn as

Labour leader to heal the divisions and unite the movement. We have to

turned down our dire opinion poll ratings and take down this Tory

Government. Jeremy has won the contest, he has to in the country

and will have my support. What do you make of that, chair of the Owen

Smith campaign? The old amateur study Labour Party

and leadership is that we have to get into power. -- the ultimate test

of. We were not on track to do that before or during this summer, and

now we have to concentrate all our resources and effort on making sure

we are on a party on track to power, and the leader of our party, Jeremy

Corbyn, has to spearhead of that attack. Owen Smith? And all the

people who have supported his campaign, and we are very proud of

all the people who have supported him, we need to support Jeremy in

that endeavour and we will, but there are different ways of serving,

and Owen has been saying that he needs some time to reflect what best

his contribution can be, but I am very clear, having worked with Owen

over the summer, having seen how he has been campaigned, that he has an

enormous amount to offer our movement, and he will offer it.

Thank you for your time. Let's talk to Andy Gill, in Castleford market

in Yorkshire. Hello, Andy. Yes, this is a solid Labour seat,

part of Yvette Cooper's seat, of course. I have with me Michael

Miller, a politics student, who campaigned for Owen Smith, a member

of Leeds Were meant. What is your reaction to the result? It is hugely

disappointing but not surprising given recent polls. Look, I

campaigned for Owen Smith because I think Jeremy Corbyn is unelectable.

But you have to respect he has been given a huge renewed mandate today.

We all have to respect that, including the members of the PLP,

and that means getting behind the leadership, even if you do not agree

with him, saying, we need to come together because the Conservative

Party is is a ruling in a really hard right away, and the official

opposition is needed more than ever, I think. So you will get behind

Jeremy Corbyn, how many Owen Smith supporters, that part of the Labour

Party, will do the same? I think the vast majority will, both because the

Labour Party has always been a broad church of opinion, and it will

remain like that, and there is nowhere to go. People are suggesting

a split might happen, but it will not, primarily because of the weak

options, only eight Lib Dem MPs, that is not a viable party for

Govan. The Labour Party is the only one that can win against the

Conservative Party. -- for government. What would you like to

see Jeremy Corbyn doing now to make Labour attractive to the wider

electorate to my he needs to dismiss ideas that deselection at MPs could

happen. This idea that we should do that should be dismissed. At the

same time, his media strategy needs to improve, and he needs to start

talking to the wider electorate. There is a lot of focus on Momentum

members and their ideas, but even though we have a huge electorate,

and that is really good, a great big membership, it doesn't translate