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Jeremy Bernard Corbyn, born 26 May 1949 is a British politician serving as Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition since 2015. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Islington North since 1983.
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Corbyn announced his candidacy for the Labour leadership following Labour's defeat in the 2015 general election and the resignation of Ed Miliband. Despite entering the leadership race as the dark horse candidate and having only just secured 35 nominations from fellow Labour MPs to be placed on the ballot, Corbyn quickly emerged as the leading candidate and was elected leader in September 2015, with a first-round vote of 59.5%.
==Early life==
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Corbyn was educated at Castle House School, an independent preparatory school near Newport, Shropshire, before attending Adams' Grammar School as a day student. While still at school, he became active in The Wrekin constituency Young Socialists, his local Labour Party, and the League Against Cruel Sports. He achieved two E-grade A-Levels before leaving school at 18. Corbyn joined the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) in 1966 whilst at school and later became one of its three vice-chairs.
After school,
==Early career and political activities==
Returning to the UK in 1971, he worked as an
He was appointed a
Corbyn became the local Labour Party's agent and organiser,
In the July 1982 edition of
==Parliamentary backbencher (1983–2015)==
===Labour in opposition (1983–97)===
Corbyn was selected as the Labour Party candidate for the constituency of Islington North, in February 1982, At the 1983 general election he was elected Member of Parliament for Islington North, after defeating the incumbent Michael O'Halloran and immediately joined the Socialist Campaign Group, later becoming secretary of the group. In February 2017, ''Morning Star'' said about Corbyn: "He has been bullied, betrayed and ridiculed, and yet he carries on with the same grace and care he always shows to others – however objectionable their behaviour and treatment of him might be."
In 1983, Corbyn spoke out on a "no socialism without gay liberation" platform and continued to campaign for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights.
He was a campaigner against apartheid in South Africa, serving on the National Executive of the Anti-Apartheid Movement. Jeremy Corbyn has been on the right side of history for 30 years.
====Poll tax protests and select committee membership====
In 1990, Corbyn opposed the Poll tax (formally known as the Community Charge)and nearly went to jail for not paying the tax.
Corbyn sat on the
====Anti-war activism====
In October 2001, Corbyn was elected to the steering committee of the
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In July 2016, a study and analysis by academics from the London School of Economics of months of eight national newspaper articles about Corbyn in the first months of his leadership of Labour showed that 75% of them either distorted or failed to represent his actual views on subjects.
== Awards and recognition ==
In 2013, Corbyn was awarded the Gandhi International Peace Award for his "consistent efforts over a 30-year parliamentary career to uphold the Gandhian values of social justice and non‐violence."
In December 2017 he was one of three recipients awarded the Seán MacBride Peace Prize "for his sustained and powerful political work for disarmament and peace".
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