Further, the Prime Minister was felt to have the backing of all other major party leaders, as well as high profile experts from academia and business. (politics.co.uk)
His supporters have briefed that Neil Kinnock stayed on despite losing the 1987 election — although he is the only major party leader of the past 40 years to lose one election and fight the next. (theconversation.com)
Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron has earned the dubious honour of being the first major party leader to be yelled at by a voter in the 2017 general election. (totalpolitics.com)