Jeremy Corbyn has beaten the odds and been elected the new leader of the Labour Party.
Jeremy Corbyn
Mr Corbyn was a last-minute entry in the race to replace Ed Miliband, who quit after Labour's devastating recent election defeat, and had initially been viewed as 500-1 outsider.
However, it was revealed at the QEII conference centre in Westminster that Corbyn had won by a landslide with 59.5% of the 422,664 votes cast. His closest rival Andy Burnham, trailed on 19%, Yvette Cooper won only 17% and Liz Kendall just 4.5% of the vote.
Mr Corbyn is tasked with reuniting his party after deep divisions were revealed during his three month campaign.
Mr Corbyn, who calls himself a democratic socialist and opposes austerity, said that it was time to end "gross levels of inequality" in Britain.
"The Tories have used the economic crisis of 2008 to impose a terrible burden on the poorest people of this country. It's not right, it's not necessary and it's got to change."
The veteran Islington North MP said in his winning speech that the party would become more inclusive, involved and democratic:
"We have grown enormously, because of the hopes of so many ordinary people for a different Britain, a better Britain, a more equal Britain, a more decent Britain. They are fed up with the inequality, the injustice, the unnecessary poverty. All those issues have brought people in in a spirit of hope and optimism."
Mr Corbyn told the crowd, who chanted "Jez we did!" when his victory was announced, that he would attend the Refugees Welcome Here rally in London after the conference.
"My first act as leader of the party will be to go to the demonstration this afternoon to show support for the way refugees should be treated and must be treated in this country," Mr Corbyn said.
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