The new Labour leader was announced at 10.45am today.
READ UPDATE: Keir Starmer WINS
Sir Keir Starmer is the favourite to be elected as Jeremy Corbyn's successor.
The ex-director of public prosecutions, who became an MP in 2015, is up against fellow shadow cabinet member Rebecca Long-Bailey and Wigan MP Lisa Nandy.
The party will also choose a new deputy leader, with education spokeswoman Angela Rayner seen as the frontrunner.
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