London: Veteran left-wing MP Jeremy Corbyn was elected leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party by a landslide on Saturday.

Corbyn, 66, beat three contenders in the leadership race, two of them high level members of Labour's front-bench team, Xinhua news agency reported.

Corbyn captured 251,417 votes, just under 60 percent of the 422,664 votes cast.

Jeremy Corbyn acknowledges the applause of the crowd as he stands on stage after being announced as the new leader of Britain's opposition Labour party, in London on September 12, 2015. Radical anti-austerity candidate Jeremy Corbyn has been elected the new head of Britain's main opposition Labour Party with 59.5 percent of the vote, the party announced at a special conference. Pic/AFP