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Jeremy Corbyn elected Britain's opposition Labour party leader

Xinhua, September 12, 2015 Adjust font size:

The man who entered as a "wild card" the race to lead Britain's main opposition Labour party was Saturday crowned as its new leader at a special conference close to Westminster.

Jeremy Corbyn, 66, who has never had a top-table job in the party since becoming an MP in 1983, on Saturday became Labour's prime minister in waiting. All he needs to do is lead his party to victory against the governing Conservatives in 2020 to earn those coveted keys to 10 Downing Street.

He beat three contenders in the leadership race, two of them high level members of Labour's front-bench team.

Corbyn captured 251,417 votes, just under 60 percent of the 422,664 votes cast. Endit