What is 2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK)?
{{Infobox election |election_name = 2016 Labour Party leadership election |country = |flag_image = |type = legislative |ongoing = no |previous_election = 2015 Labour Party leadership election (UK) |previous_year = 2015 |next_election = Next Labour Party leadership election (UK) |next_year = 2020 |turnout = 506,438<br />(77.6%) |election_date = {{Start and end dates|2016|8|22|2016|09|24|df=yes}} <!-- Jeremy Corbyn --> |image1 = Jeremy Corbyn election infobox 2.jpg |image1_size = 160x160px |candidate1 = '''[[Jeremy Corbyn]]''' |colour1 = <!-- DC241F --> |popular_vote1 = '''313,209''' |percentage1 = '''61.8%''' <!-- Owen Smith --> |image2 = Official portrait of Owen Smith crop 2.jpg |image2_size = 160x160px |candidate2 = [[Owen Smith]] |colour2 = <!-- DC241F --> |popular_vote2 = 193,229 |percentage2 = 38.2% |title = Leader |before_election = [[Jeremy Corbyn]] |after_election = [[Jeremy Corbyn]] }} The '''2016 Labour Party leadership election''' was called when a challenge to [[Jeremy Corbyn]] as [[Leader of the Labour Party (UK)|Leader of the Labour Party]] arose following criticism of his approach to the [[Britain Stronger in Europe|Remain campaign]] in the [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum|referendum on membership of the European Union]] and questions about his leadership of the party.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-leadership-challenge-jeremy-corbyn-reducing-senior-members-to-tears-latest-updates-a7109916.html |last=McSmith |first=Andy |author-link=Andy McSmith |title=The Jeremy Corbyn leadership challenge is reducing the most senior members of Labour to tears |newspaper=The Independent |date=30 June 2016 |access-date=24 September 2016}}</ref> The result was announced on 24 September 2016. [[Jeremy Corbyn]] won the election with 313,209 votes, increasing his share of the vote from 59.5% to 61.8% compared with the result of the [[2015 Labour Party leadership election (UK)|2015 leadership election]], and receiving some 62,000 more votes