EasyJet investors on Monday rebuffed an attempt by the budget airline's founder and largest shareholder Stelios Haji-Ioannou to oust chairman Michael Rake. Haji-Ioannou, better known as Stelios, called for the removal of Rake, who is also deputy chairman of Barclays, in the wake of the Libor-rigging scandal at the British bank. At a shareholder meeting, 53.3 percent of easyJet investors rejected the resolution while 46.7 percent supported the move, with a turnout of over 80 percent. Stelios and his family control 37.2 percent of Easyjet. "The board continues to seek a constructive relationship with all its shareholders and urges Sir Stelios and easyGroup to engage with easyJet," said Deputy Chairman Charles Gurassa. Stelios, who founded the low-cost carrier in 1995, called for Rake to go last month due to increasing commitments at Barclays after the interest-rate rigging scandal became public.