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Tories are still biggest party on the right, claims Cleverly

Labour in previous elections. Sir James, who lost out to Kemi Badenoch in the 2024 Tory leadership contest, said: "All of us, Kemi [Badenoch] included, would like to see progress happen faster, but remember

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

leadership contest, for the Labour party to spend more time talking amongst ourselves. “What I heard loud and clear from voters was their deep sense of frustration that they’d voted for change in 2024

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

leadership contest may not be far off. In a [make-or-break speech speech](/news/2026/5/11/uks-keir-starmer-faces-likely-challenge-following-labours-election-defeat) on Monday, the leader of the ruling Labour Party said that he remains ⁠the ⁠man to deliver change and will

Is Starmer's leadership under serious threat?

leadership needs to change. For a challenge to get off the ground, 20% of Labour MPs, 81 people, have to back it. West says she currently has 10 supporters and so is a long

‘It’s Andy or bust’: could Burnham’s return to parliament save Starmer?

2024 intake to build alliances, allies said. He was spotted over the weekend meeting the former deputy leadership candidate Angela Rayner, herself a likely potential leadership candidate. A number of ministers also said they were

The potential challengers to Keir Starmer

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 had not been triggered. So although no one has publicly

Can Starmer survive as PM? Seven scenarios for what might happen next

Labour's election win in 2024. He sacked her when he reshuffled his government last year. She has no ambitions to take on the top job herself, but said she had grown frustrated with

Starmer to promise bolder action as leadership threats mount

2024, had been billed as a key test for Sir Keir amid dire poll ratings for Labour. More than 30 Labour MPs have publicly called for the prime minister to resign

How would a Labour leadership contest work?

contest and how would the winner be chosen? Labour performed badly in the biggest set of elections to be held since its landslide election victory in 2024. The polls were seen by many

UK’s Keir Starmer faces likely challenge following Labour’s election defeat

contest requires the endorsement of 81 Labour MPs. Likely challengers to the leadership include Health Secretary Wes Streeting, former Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner and Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham. Starmer’s government has been

Labour’s Angela Rayner says she has been cleared over UK tax affairs

Labour Party to victory in the 2024 general election, is fighting to save his job after disastrous local and regional polls last week. Four junior ministers have resigned, and more than 80 MPs have urged

'We need to move quickly,' says Labour MP seeking to challenge PM

contest, the Hornsey and Friern Barnet MP said: "We will find out when I put out my email to the Parliamentary Labour Party. "But what we need is that timetable from the chair

Starmer under pressure as Labour suffers heavy election losses including historic Wales defeat

leadership contest. In a speech on Friday morning, as initial results in England came in, Sir Keir acknowledged it had been a "tough" set of elections but said: "I'm not going to walk away

Starmer insists he won’t quit as PM, as former minister Catherine West seeks to trigger Labour leadership contest – UK politics live

leadership. Since Thursday, Rayner has not yet commented on the election defeats; Streeting [has said he supports Starmer](https://x.com/PolitlcsUK/status/2052872107709665704). The prospect of an early contest explains why some Labour MPs on the soft

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

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 depth

MPs from Labour’s left to urge Ed Miliband to consider leadership bid

party lost power for the first time, plummeting to just nine Senedd seats behind [Plaid Cymru](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/may/08/plaid-cymru-biggest-party-wales-senedd-labour-reform) and Reform, while also [losing ground in the Scottish parliament](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/08/john-swinney-declares-victory-for-snp-in-holyrood-elections). ![Catherine West

Wes Streeting faces narrow road to Labour members’ favour

contest, he is on the right of the party, formerly close to Peter Mandelson and of the Blairite Progress wing. In recent months he has been seen as seeking to position himself further

‘Leader of the pack’: What next as Reform makes huge election gains?

contest, which Reform UK leader, Nigel Farage, said was seeing “Labour … being wiped out by Reform in many of their most traditional areas”. Reform UK has also gained more than 500 seats and four councils

Starmer vows to fight on as PM despite heavy local election losses for Labour

contesting, losing control of councils in Hartlepool, Tameside, Redditch and Tamworth. Some of the biggest losses came in the “red wall” former industrial seats that held the key to the Tories’ election

Starmer to face split cabinet as demands for his resignation mount

contest requires the endorsement of 81 Labour MPs, 20 percent of the party in the Commons. Potential challengers to Starmer include Health Secretary Wes Streeting, former Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, and Greater Manchester Mayor