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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
election. With Keir Starmer [fighting to ward off a leadership challenge](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), the leading backbenchers from the soft-left [Tribune](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/nov/06/labour-mps-revive-tribune-to-take-on-reform) group published a series of essays calling for bolder action
Starmer can prove his critics wrong and survive a leadership challenge, his friend Lord Hermer has told the BBC. In his first interview with [BBC Radio 4's Political Thinking](https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04z203l), the attorney
Keir Starmer’s Holborn and St Pancras constituency, lost his seat to the Green party. The Greens had won 7% of the seats they were contesting in England with half of councils having fully declared
Keir Starmer, [could face a challenge](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/14/potential-labour-leadership-candidates-streeting-miliband-rayner-burnham) from the Manchester mayor, Andy Burnham, later this year. After days of uncertainty over Starmer’s future, sterling dropped by almost three cents, or 2%, during
challenge Keir Starmer for the UK PM’s job? Meet the candidates Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer has pledged to prove his doubters wrong as he fights for his political future in the wake
challenge Sir Keir Starmer. It is not a done deal. Sir Keir has said he will not seek to block Burnham from standing in Josh Simons' Makerfield constituency. But he will still need
Keir Starmer’s grip on power unravels. Starmer, who led his Labour Party to victory in the 2024 general election, is fighting to save his job after disastrous local and regional polls last week. Four
2024 UK general election. Indeed, from dealing with internal challenges to his authority following a series of backbench Labour rebellions to the political fallout over the prime minister’s ill-fated [decision to appoint](/news/2026/4/20/uk-pm-starmer-admits-mistaken-call-on-mandelson-rejects-calls-to-resign
2024 election, which saw the implosion of the Conservatives and Labour’s rise to power under Keir Starmer, it managed to secure just four seats in parliament. But the party’s fortunes began to change
2024. Labour's by-election candidate in Makerfield said people on the doorstep have "raised their concerns about immigration" with him. He added the latest figures on net migration - the difference between those entering
challengers to Keir Starmer The prime minister's political future hangs in the balance, with his home secretary, a handful of ministers and more than 80 MPs calling on him to go, if not immediately
2024 general election. The Cabinet minister warned that the rise of Reform UK - which made huge gains in the elections - was a "perilous moment" for the country, and that only Labour could "bring our quite
Keir Starmer is widely assumed if he wins. He said in a statement that he was humbled to have been selected and promised to put the spotlight on what he said were neglected parts
Starmer's premiership has never looked more vulnerable as growing numbers of his own MPs call on him to stand down after a disastrous set of election results. The prime minister has vowed to fight
challenging Labour and the Conservatives, has reignited calls for electoral reform. First past the post is the voting system for UK general elections and elections to English councils. This means the candidate with the most
2024 general election, Labour languishes in the polls, often coming second to the right-wing Reform party. According to Ipsos, Starmer is the [most unpopular](https://www.ipsos.com/en-uk/lowest-satisfaction-rating-recorded-ipsos-any-prime-minister-going-back-1977) prime minister since it began polling began
2024. Opinion polling suggests the results could reflect the increasing fragmentation of British politics, with voters' support spread across a wider range of parties in England, Scotland and Wales. In Scotland, the Scottish National Party
Keir Starmer’s own constituency of Holborn and St Pancras. Labour activists knocking on doors across the borough report being regularly confronted with Starmer’s unpopularity – one activist confessed to being taken by surprise
challengers to his premiership Good morning. Yesterday, [Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) gave a speech which he hoped would draw a line under any potential moves within Labour to replace him, after the nation resoundingly