Summary

  • Jeremy Corbyn storms to victory in the Labour Party leadership contest

  • He beat Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall to the top job

  • The contest was sparked by Ed Miliband's resignation following the general election in May

  • Tom Watson is elected as new deputy Labour leader

Live Reporting

Alex Hunt, Pippa Simm and Gavin Stamp

  1. Labour deputy leadership

    Let's not forget Labour is also to elect its new deputy leader today. Vying for the job are Tom Watson, Ben Bradshaw, Stella Creasy, Angela Eagle and Caroline Flint. You can read up about all of the contenders in this guide.

  2. The candidates

    Labour leadership contenders

    After months of campaigning by the four candidates it all boils down to this: the result. Will left-wing MP Jeremy Corbyn, who has emerged as the unexpected front runner in the contest, be the one to succeed Ed Miliband? Or is the top job to go to one of his rival candidates, Yvette Cooper, Andy Burnham or Liz Kendall. You can find out more about the candidates in our at-a-glance guide to the contest here.

  3. Good morning

    Hello and welcome to what is set to be a historic day in British politics - in little over three hours we will find out who is going to be the new leader of the UK's official opposition. We'll be bringing you all the build-up, the result and reaction live, plus analysis and clips from the BBC's experts and guests from the day's TV and radio coverage.