Place: Labour and Leader

place: As the contest gets under way, The Independent takes a look at how the Labour Party elects its leader, according to The Independent. Download the new Indpendent Premium app Sharing the full story, not just the headlines Download now When will the leadership contest take place The timetable for the leadership race will be decided by Labour's ruling body, the national executive committee NEC which is made up of MPs, trade union officials and members. Mr Corbyn said he would stay in place until another leader has been appointed but contenders for the Labour crown are already jockeying for position behind the scenes. Contests can take months but John McDonnell said it was likely to take between eighr and 10 weeks, which means there could be a new Labour leader in place by March. Corbyn has said he will remain in place until a replacement is found, as there is no deputy leader to fill his shoes after Tom Watson stood down as an MP. The party rulebook says when both the deputy leader and the leader are permanently unavailable the NEC will conduct a postal ballot of members and could appoint a temporary leader from the shadow cabinet. Watch more Lisa Nandy declares ambition to succeed Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader The NEC will certainly want a new leader in place ahead of the local election in May 2020. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.