Skip to main content
Donate to the 95 years appeal
Jeremy Corbyn tops a poll of local councillors

A MAJORITY of Labour councillors in Britain’s 150 most marginal seats are backing Jeremy Corbyn to become the party’s next leader.

The results of a poll of 250 Labour councillors published yesterday by Anglia Ruskin University’s labour history research unit (LHRU) put Mr Corbyn ahead for the first time.

Yvette Cooper and Andy Burnham led the field in two previous polls of the same councillors, conducted in June and July.


Councillor Kevin Price

JEREMY got my vote the instant he made it onto the ballot paper, but other councillors have felt that he has made the best case for the future of the party during the campaign. I know of at least one colleague in Cambridge who has switched from Andy Burnham.

As executive councillor for housing, I note that Jeremy has been consistent about the need to solve our housing crisis by building more council homes.

And he has regenerated politics more broadly. He’s reached out well beyond Labour councillors to ordinary members of the public, who have become energised by his campaign. Labour membership in my ward and Cambridge as a whole has doubled.

I’m voting for him because I think he gives us the best chance of winning the next general election, since he’s clearly captured the mood of the public and is making Labour a movement again.

The 95th Anniversary Appeal
Support the Morning Star
You have reached the free limit.
Subscribe to continue reading.
More from this author
Britain / 14 August 2016
14 August 2016
No-one left behind with schools run NHS-style
Britain / 14 August 2016
14 August 2016
Britain / 12 August 2016
12 August 2016
Court blocks 130,000 from voting
Britain / 12 August 2016
12 August 2016
Similar stories
Former Labour Party leader and now Independent MP Jeremy Corbyn joins a march in central London organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, July 6, 2024
Opinion / 10 July 2025
10 July 2025

VINCE MILLS cautions over the perils and pitfalls of ‘a new left party’

Jeremy Corbyn MP joins demonstrators outside the Royal Courts of Justice, central London, May 13, 2025
Opinion / 5 July 2025
5 July 2025

While Reform poses as a workers’ party, a credible left alternative rooted in working-class communities would expose their sham — and Corbyn’s stature will be crucial to its appeal, argues CHELLEY RYAN

Former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaking at the People's Assembly Against Austerity protest in central London, June 7, 2025
Politics / 26 June 2025
26 June 2025
ENERGY AND ACTIVISM: Jamie Driscoll (third from right) joins
Features / 7 September 2024
7 September 2024
Former North of Tyne mayor JAMIE DRISCOLL outlines his vision for a new progressive movement, highlighting the need for infrastructure and skills to turn popular policies into electoral success