What is 2015 Labour Party leadership election (UK)?
{{Infobox Election |election_name = Labour Party leadership election, 2015 |country = |flag_image = |type = legislative |ongoing = no |previous_election = Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 2010 |previous_year = 2010 |next_election = 2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK) |next_year = 2016 |turnout = 422,871<br/>(76.3%) <!-- Jeremy Corbyn --> |image1 = [[File:Jeremy Corbyn election infobox 2.jpg|160x160px]] |candidate1 = '''[[Jeremy Corbyn]]''' |colour1 = |1data1 = '''59.5%''' |popular_vote1 = '''251,417''' <!-- Andy Burnham --> |image2 = [[File:Andy Burnham2.jpg|160x160px]] |candidate2 = [[Andy Burnham]] |colour2 = |1data2 = 19.0% |popular_vote2 = 80,462 <!-- Yvette Cooper --> |image4 =[[File:Official portrait of Yvette Cooper crop 2.jpg|160x160px]] |candidate4 = [[Yvette Cooper]] |colour4 = |1data4 = 17.0% |popular_vote4 = 71,928 <!-- Liz Kendall --> |image5 =[[File:Official portrait of Liz Kendall crop 2.jpg|160x160px]] |candidate5 = [[Liz Kendall]] |colour5 = |1data5 = 4.5% |popular_vote5 = 18,857 |1blank = Percentage |election_date = {{Start and end dates|2015|8|14|2015|09|12|df=yes}} |title = [[Leader of the Labour Party (UK)|Leader]] |before_election = [[Harriet Harman]] (acting)<br />[[Ed Miliband]] (elected) |after_election = [[Jeremy Corbyn]] }} The '''2015 Labour Party leadership election''' was [[election]] to choose the [[Leader of the Labour Party (UK)|leader of the Labour Party]] in the United Kingdom. It won by [[Jeremy Corbyn]]. The election was held because [[Ed Miliband]] resigned on 8 May 2015, after the party's defeat at the [[United Kingdom general election, 2015|2015 general election]]. [[Harriet Harman]], the [[Deputy Leader of the Labour Party (UK)|Deputy Leader]], became Acting Leader but announced that she would resign after the leadership election.<ref>Cathy Owen, [http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/general-election-2015-harriet-harman-9216220 General Election 2015: Harriet Harman announces that she will be standing down as deputy leader of the Labour Pa