26 resultsfor “who could replace Keir Starmer as Labour leader”
Keir Starmer](https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/keir-starmer-resignation-ed-miliband-labour-tzvlmjxzc) he should set a timetable for his resignation if the results were as bad as they looked. But for the prime minister, as polling stations closed in Wales, [Scotland
replacing Welsh Labour, which had won the largest vote share in every electoral contest in [Wales](https://www.theguardian.com/uk/wales) for more than 100 years. A Plaid win would also make a Welsh independence referendum
Keir Starmer was looking increasingly isolated over the Peter Mandelson scandal as the Guardian learned of [concerns around the cabinet table](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/22/olly-robbins-starmer-sacking-ministers-cabinet-meeting), a senior minister refused to say the dismissal of Olly Robbins
Starmer. If you had asked me a fortnight ago about the sentiment we were picking up from Labour MPs about Sir Keir's future in Downing Street, I would have told you that pressure from
Starmer is set to face a packed Commons later where he will address questions over Lord Mandelson's vetting. Sir Keir repeatedly told MPs that "full due process" was followed when Lord Mandelson was appointed
Keir** **S****tarmer** Despite feverish leadership speculation, and Starmer’s rock-bottom public approval ratings, the most likely scenario remains that he stumbles on. The quiet, loyal majority of the parliamentary [Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour)