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How would a Labour leadership contest work?

challenge has been launched. But how could MPs who want to see Sir Keir replaced force a leadership contest and how would the winner be chosen? Labour performed badly in the biggest set of elections

Labour likely to win next election with Burnham as leader, say party members – UK politics live

Keir Starmer delivered a [“put up or shut up” message to his critics](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/may/12/keir-starmer-prime-minister-resignation-labour-leadership-cabinet-meeting-yvette-cooper-shabana-mahmood-andy-burnham-wes-streeting-uk-politics-latest-news-updates?page=with%3Ablock-6a02eb2b8f081516e2507e9a#block-6a02eb2b8f081516e2507e9a). Wes Streeting, his leading opponent, decided to do neither – declining to launch a leadership bid, but going public with

Starmer is not setting out timetable for his departure, says David Lammy

leadership speculation. While allies of Starmer [have suggested he is](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/17/andy-burnham-faces-perilous-race-to-win-makerfield-byelection-allies-say) potentially willing to step aside if Andy Burnham wins next month’s Makerfield byelection and no other challenger emerges, Lammy insisted this

Starmer given a lifeline after Streeting challenge fails to materialise

Keir Starmer was increasingly confident that he had seen off the immediate threat to his job on Tuesday after a challenge from [Wes Streeting](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/wes-streeting) failed to materialise despite several of the prime

SCOTUS upholds abortion pill telehealth access. And, Trump returns from China visit

challenging Prime Minister Keir Starmer for his position.Starmer and his Labour Party [suffered significant losses in local and regional elections](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/10/nx-s1-5817491/uk-elections-keir-starmer-resign-reform-green) last week, highlighting the increasing unpopularity of Starmer's leadership

Starmer faces perilous 24 hours as Streeting preparing for leadership bid

Keir Starmer is facing a perilous 24 hours as allies of [Wes Streeting](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/wes-streeting) said he was prepared to bid for the leadership if the prime minister’s premiership falls apart this week

Plaid Cymru tipped to be biggest party in Senedd, ending 100 years of Labour control

leadership contest. “Welsh Labour has suffered a catastrophic result. Today we see the end of over a century of Labour winning in Wales. The party will need to take a look at itself, understand

The race to replace Starmer is on - but he still faces a momentous choice

Keir Starmer got under way](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx21e79qqlgo). But there are plenty of choices that still face him - decisions that affect us all, and one vital one that he alone must make. If everything goes

Keir Starmer vows to prove doubters wrong in make-or-break leadership speech

Keir Starmer has said he will prove his doubters wrong as he warned Labour was facing “very dangerous opponents” in a make-or-break speech, with leadership rivals on the brink of a challenge

Josh Simons stood down for Burnham as Labour was 'imploding'

Keir Starmer to set a timetable to quit his job following Labour's disastrous showing in the local elections last week and growing backbench discontentment with his leadership. On Thursday, Health Secretary Wes Streeting resigned

Andy Burnham vows to ‘change Labour’ in direct challenge to Keir Starmer

challenge to the prime minister. But a defensive [Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) said on Monday he had no intention of stepping aside should Burnham win the byelection and that he wanted to fight

Phillipson: challenge to Starmer would be wrong despite election ‘kicking’

challenge to Starmer would be wrong despite election ‘kicking’ Labour MPs would be wrong to remove Keir Starmer, even though voters have given the party a “real kicking” at the ballot box and people feel

Wes Streeting: PM-in-waiting or ‘this generation’s David Miliband’?

Keir Starmer wearing a dark suit outside No 10](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/8d7657f779522e9acd6a432dbe2d939c7eb90453/0_0_2238_1492/master/2238.jpg?width=445&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none) Starmer leaves No 10 to head to Westminster for the king’s speech. It was around this time that briefings from Streeting

Analysis: Many Labour MPs are blaming the boss for elections body blow

leadership contest and praised Sir Keir's stance on the Iran war. But her comments had this sting in the tail. "The message has been clear from the public," she told the BBC, "Unless

How team Burnham finally cleared the first of many hurdles on route to Westminster

Keir Starmer’s cabinet](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/14/wes-streeting-quits-cabinet-and-calls-on-starmer-to-resign), it set off a bombshell ; outwardly, things did not look hopeful. Streeting had not launched a leadership bid, and Burnham still ostensibly had no seat in Westminster from

Potential leadership challengers jostle for positions as PM's allies warn of 'chaos'

challenge to Sir Keir Starmer to now be imminent, but with his rivals briefing that he has struggled to get the numbers of backers he requires. Then the interviews the former Deputy Prime Minister Angela

Andy Burnham has plan to return to Westminster ‘within weeks’, allies say

Keir Starmer’s premiership. After a fortnight that left [Starmer fighting for his political future](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/28/starmer-buys-some-time-mandelson-election) over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as US ambassador, the number of MPs backing Burnham is understood

Starmer insists 'majority' of Labour MPs back his leadership

Starmer insists 'majority' of Labour MPs back his leadership Sir Keir Stamer has insisted the "vast majority" of Labour MPs support him and want him to continue doing his job as prime minister

Starmer’s failure to demonstrate strong values ‘driving away progressive voters’

leadership challenge](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/05/labour-leadership-challenge-bond-markets-angela-rayner-andy-burnham-keir-starmer). The report from UCL’s Policy Lab, using research from the eminent pollster Stan Greenberg, suggested voters felt that Starmer had a “discomfort” with progressive values. Key fights that

British Steel nationalisation: what went wrong, and what happens now?

Keir Starmer on Monday promised legislation to nationalise the plant. “Strong nations in a world like this need to make steel,” Starmer said on Monday in a speech. The prime minister was hoping decisive action