... but he voted against 13 key anti-terror laws

THE Labour leader has voted against almost all anti-terror laws since he was elected as an MP, it emerged last night.

Since he first entered the Commons, Jeremy Corbyn has voted against at least 13 major pieces of legislation to strengthen the fight against terror.

Mr Corbyn voted against legislation to help the authorities deal with the threat from the IRA and loyalist terror groups in the 1980s and 1990s, and subsequently against laws to help guard against Islamist terror, an analysis has found.

He was first elected as MP for Islington North in 1983. Within a year Mr Corbyn had voted against the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act.

Over the years, he voted against other laws relating to Northern Ireland, including further curbs on membership of terrorist groups after the Omagh outrage as part of the Criminal Justice (Terrorism and Conspiracy) Act in 1998.

His opposition to laws against terror continued even after the 9/11 attacks in the US. Mr Corbyn voted against the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 and the 200 Terrorism Act.

In 2011 he rejected the Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act, and even after he was elected Labour leader at the end of 2015, he abstained in last year’s Investigatory Powers Bill.

A separate analysis, by the website theyworkforyou.com, collated every vote by Mr Corbyn – including those on specific amendments – between 2001 and 2010. It found he had voted not to strengthen laws against terror 5 times since 2001, and voted in favour twice.

A spokesman for the Labour leader said last night: ‘Jeremy voted against measures which he thought would be – and have shown to be – counter-productive in the fight against terrorism.’