Shropshire background helped shape new Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn's rebellious ways

Today's victory in the Labour leadership election marks the latest chapter in a remarkable story about a man who has never been far from controversy, and who has said that many of his views were shaped by his childhood living in Pave Lane, just outside Newport.

Referring to a running joke with one of his closest supporters, Mr Corbyn said: "Diane Abbott always says to me you learned everything you know in Shropshire, and unfortunately you have forgotten none of it."

The new Labour leader was born in Chippenham, Wiltshire, the son of electrical engineer David, and maths teacher Naomi. His parents were both left-wing peace campaigners who met during the Spanish Civil War.

They moved to Shropshire when Jeremy was seven, the family living in the seven-bedroom Yew Tree Manor in Pave Lane, with Jeremy initially attending Newport's fee-paying Castle House School.

He later attended the town's Adams' Grammar School where, by his own admission, he was "not a very good student".

However, it was during this time that he became politically active, and where he appeared to develop the rebellious streak which would drive several of his predecessors as Labour leader to distraction.

"I was active in the League Against Cruel Sports in Shropshire," he said. "I was in a minority in my school in being totally opposed to blood sports."

Jeremy and his older brother Piers – now a leading weather forecaster – joined the local Wrekin Labour and Young Socialists party. During his time at Adams' Grammar he was one of just two Labour supporters when the boys held a mock election in 1964. Friend Bob Mallett recalls him being jeered by his right-wing schoolmates.

Jeremy left school at 18 with two grade E A-levels, and later joked: "John Major said I was better qualified than him. He got O-levels."