The polls have closed on Labour's leadership election, and the results will be announced this morning.
Either Keir Starmer, Lisa Nandy or Rebecca Long-Bailey will take over from Jeremy Corbyn, who stood down after Labour's disastrous election defeat in December 2019.
The new deputy leader, replacing Tom Watson, will be announced at the same time.
While Labour had planned to reveal the election results at a special party conference this weekend, the event has had to be cancelled due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis.
The result will instead by announced via a press release, issued this morning. Here's what you need to know:
What time is the Labour leadership result?
The results of Labour's leadership election will be announced at 10:45am today (Saturday 4 April).
A press release will be issued to media outlets, while party members will receive an email informing them of the results.
All three candidates have been asked to pre-record a victory speech, and the winner's will be sent out for the public to watch at home.
The results of the deputy leader election will be announced at the same time. Either Dawn Butler, Angela Rayner, Richard Burgon, Dr Rosena Allin-Khan or Ian Murray will replace Tom Watson, who stood down in December.
Over half a million Labour members, registered supporters and affiliates have voted in the leadership election to name Corbyn's successor.
To stand, prospective candidates had to receive nominations from 10% of Labour MPs or MEPs, plus nominations from either 5% of constituency parties or at least three affiliates, two of which had to be trade unions.
The winner will take over as Labour leader today.
