It’s their party
Jeremy Corbyn won the Labour leadership contest with 60% of the vote among four candidates in the first round. Which leader has the largest mandate from their party?
— David Cameron was elected in 2005 with 28% of the vote out of four candidates in the first round (held among MPs only). He won 68% of the party vote in the run-off with David Davis.
— Tim Farron won 57% of the Lib Dem vote this year. Only two candidates stood.
— Nicola Sturgeon was appointed as SNP leader unopposed last November.
— Nigel Farage was elected Ukip leader in 2006 with 45% of the vote (among four candidates) in a first-past-the-post system.
— Natalie Bennett was elected Green leader in 2012 with 59% in the final round of voting. She had won 41% in the first round, among four candidates.
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