Election in the UK: Ex-Labour leader Corbyn enters the House of Commons as an independent
Corbyn led Labour in the last Parliamentary election in the year 2019, where the party achieved the worst results in decades. Following this, he stepped down as Party leader. In 2020, Labour expelled Corbyn because he refused to accept the findings of an Investigative Committee, which revealed that antisemitism had taken control in the Labour Party ranks under his leadership.
At the beginning of the campaign, Corbyn had announced that he would stand as an "independent voice for Equality, Democracy and Peace."
During the Thursday vote, Corbyn's former party achieved a landslide victory. According to partial results, Labour won over 367 seats, which translates to an absolute majority in the House of Commons. Keir Starmer, who was in Corbyn's Shadow Cabinet in 2019 as the Brexit spokesperson, had announced a renewal of the Party after his election as Labour leader.
In his independent campaign, Corbyn expressed his intent to serve as an "independent voice for Equality, Democracy, and Peace" in the upcoming Parliamentary election, held in Great Britain. Despite his exit as Labour Party leader, Corbyn chose to stand as a candidate in the Islington North constituency, his long-time political stronghold. Regarding the Parliamentary election outcome, Jeremy Corbyn, the former Labour boss, witnessed his ex-party achieving a significant victory in the House of Commons, with Keir Starmer leading the charge as the new Labour leader.
