Labour leadership: Sir Keir Starmer on course to win contest in first round - YouGov poll

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Labour leadership: Sir Keir Starmer on course to win contest in first round - YouGov poll
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Sir Keir is set to get 53% of the vote ahead of Rebecca Long-Bailey on 31% and Lisa Nandy on 16%, the survey reveals.

The poll shows the extent that the Labour Party membership - which for five years has vigorously supported Mr Corbyn - has changed since the election defeat.The result still saw Sir Keir win convincingly with 40% of the vote with Mr Corbyn getting 28% and his acolyte Ms Long-Bailey pushed into fourth place with 8%.The poll also asked how Labour members would vote in the deputy leadership contest.

Once the votes of the candidate with the lowest support, Mr Murray, are redistributed, Ms Rayner wins on the second round with 52% of the vote.

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