Jeremy Corbyn to be Your Party leader after beating Zarah Sultana in membership vote

Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn's slate has won the election for Your Party's Central Executive Committee, making him its parliamentary leader.

On Thursday morning the left-wing party elected its 24-strong Central Executive Committee (CEC), after months of infighting over the leadership and political platform of the new group.

Both Corbyn and his rival, Zarah Sultana, stood for election to the "public office holders" section of the CEC.

Corbyn's slate beat Sultana's by 14 seats to seven, giving his supporters control of the CEC. Sultana has also been elected onto the CEC.

Corbyn won 61 percent of the membership vote against 34 percent for Sultana.