Corbyn said Labour should be “as inclusive as possible” and he would take forward Shami Chakrabati’s recommendations to deliver equality in the party.
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British politician Jeremy Corbyn has been re-elected as leader of the Labour party, a vote that is expected to drive the party further to the left.
With an increased party membership, Mr Corbyn won on a turnout of 77.4 per cent yesterday – up from 76.3 per cent last time.
He was re-elected on September 23 with an even larger majority of nearly 62% to allow him to continue to lead the rapidly growing Opposition party, which now has more than 600,000 members.
Bartley said: “We send congratulations to Jeremy on being re-elected as Labour leader”.
The Labour leader and his supporters have been accused of failing to address anti-Semitism within the party.
In a victory speech, Corbyn called for unity, said that more held “the Labour family” together than divided it and vowed that the party would win the next election under his leadership.
Mr Corbyn, 67, attracts a devoted following, but his election to leader previous year on a wave of enthusiasm for change also unleashed a backlash against centrist MPs where personal attacks, allegations of anti-Semitism and abuse left little room for debate over policy. Corbyn now faces an uphill struggle to convince those MPs to now support him.
One of the immediate issues is how members of the shadow cabinet will be elected.
But Mr Corbyn tried to smooth over these divisions, citing his responsibility as Labour leader to unite the party. “I want to bring all sections of the party together”.
Centrist lawmakers say now they need to take stock, with some pushing to regain some control of the party machinery and boost groups promoting more centre-left policies. The result was announced at the party’s conference in Liverpool, northwest England.
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The party has nearly tripled its membership to more than 500,000, making it the largest political party in Western Europe, Corbyn said.
