Poll results: 85 per cent of readers back Jeremy Corbyn over Owen Smith
Left Foot Forward readers said Corbyn would be a better Labour leader
Jeremy Corbyn would be a better Labour Party leader than Owen Smith, according to Left Foot Forward readers.
Our online poll found 85 per cent of readers backing Corbyn against his challenger, as the two begin their campaigns for the party’s leadership. 
8,461 people voted in our poll, which launched on Wednesday 20 July and closed this morning.
We asked: Who would be a better Labour Party leader? Jeremy Corbyn / Owen Smith
Corbyn received 7,162 votes (84.9 per cent) to Smith’s 1,269 (15.1 per cent).
Thanks to everyone who voted.
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