It was a day for heckles, applause, defiance and remorse at Barclays annual shareholder meeting on Friday, which ended in the bank's largest ever investor rebellion over its remuneration plans.

The bank said that almost 27% of its shareholders voted against its remuneration report for 2011. It also said that almost 21% of shareholders had voted against the re-election of Alison Carnwath, chairman of the bank's remuneration committee.