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How would a Labour leadership contest work?

Labour leadership contest work? Sir Keir Starmer is fighting to stay on as as prime

PM sends Burnham and Labour warning over leadership contest

Labour warning over leadership contest Sir Keir Starmer has warned Andy Burnham against launching an immediate

Facing a seismic by-election, the people of Makerfield tell us what matters to them

Labour leadership contest to replace Sir Keir Starmer in Downing Street. First, Burnham must defeat

Wes Streeting says he could launch leadership challenge next week

Keir Starmer and spark a Labour leadership contest as early as next week. The former

Wes Streeting prepares to launch leadership challenge against Keir Starmer

leadership contest. With Labour on the brink of civil war, [Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer)

No 10 says Starmer ‘will not walk away’ if Burnham officially enters Labour leadership contest - UK politics live

Labour leadership contest - UK politics live From Hello and welcome to our UK politics blog. **David Lammy** has come out in support of the prime minister, saying **Keir Starmer

More than 100 Labour MPs sign statement against Starmer leadership challenge

Starmer leadership challenge More than 100 Labour MPs have signed a statement saying this is “no time for a leadership contest” – as [Keir

Who could challenge Keir Starmer for the UK PM’s job? Meet the candidates

leadership contest against Starmer if his cabinet ministers fail to challenge him. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/getty_6a01b7af19-1778497455.jpg?w=770&resize=770%2C513&quality=80) Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer gives a speech in London

Angela Rayner says Starmer should ‘reflect on’ stepping aside after HMRC clears her over tax affairs - UK politics live

Keir Starmer. “I’m not doing deals or anything like that,” she said. Good morning. Today it looks as though the phoney Labour leadership contest

Leadership rules should ‘not be tweaked’ to let Burnham run for PM, Labour NEC member says

leadership challenge against Keir Starmer on Thursday](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/13/wes-streeting-prepares-to-launch-leadership-challenge-against-keir-starmer), if he can secure the support of enough MPs to trigger a contest, allies of Burnham have warned against a “coronation” for Wes Streeting

Culture secretary says Streeting’s call for UK to rejoin EU is ‘odd’

Labour leadership contest that is expected to follow](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/14/will-starmer-go-and-if-so-how-four-scenarios-in-the-battle-for-no-10), Nandy insisted the prime minister, Keir Starmer

Streeting warns against 'expensive' Labour leadership pledges

leadership campaign to make costly promises that he would have to later reverse. Both Streeting and Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham have said they would stand in a contest to replace Sir Keir Starmer

Blair’s advice for Labour fails to engage with inequality, senior party figures say

Labour’s time in office under [Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) – and warned the party not to rush headlong into a new leadership contest

The potential challengers to Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer as leader of the Labour party and of the country. And on Tuesday, the prime minister told the cabinet he would "get on with governing" and that a leadership contest

Britain faces weeks of leadership limbo in slow-motion coup against Starmer

Labour leadership contest, saying on Saturday that the party needs a proper contest with the best candidates. But he has not launched a formal leadership challenge. ![Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer

Challenge Starmer by Monday or I will, Labour MP tells cabinet

Labour MP Catherine West has said if a cabinet minister does not challenge Sir Keir Starmer as party leader by Monday, she will attempt to trigger a leadership contest

Why UK’s Makerfield by-election matters far beyond one parliamentary seat

contest the seat. If Burnham wins, he intends to challenge UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer for the leadership of the ruling Labour

Labour leadership talk ‘froth and nonsense’, says senior minister – UK politics live

Labour leadership talk ‘froth and nonsense’, says senior minister – UK politics live From The culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, has said the prime minister [Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) will not have resigned by the school

Starmer warns leadership contest would 'plunge us into chaos' in pleas to ministers and MPs

contest would 'plunge us into chaos' in pleas to ministers and MPs Embattled Sir Keir Starmer has warned his ministers and MPs a challenge against his leadership could "plunge us into chaos", after attempting

UK net migration needs to fall further, says Andy Burnham

contesting the by-election in the Greater Manchester constituency. He is widely expected to challenge Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer for the Labour leadership