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

going to walk away from this, that would plunge the country into chaos.” A series of further Labour MPs have called on Starmer

Reform wins across northern England overturn decades of Labour control

Labour’s north-east MPs, Ian Lavery and Kate Osborne, were among a growing number calling for Starmer to go

Starmer began the day damaged and then things got worse

MPs fall, at the same time as Burnham’s has risen. Her public remarks on Monday fell short of calling for Starmer to go, although she said that he had been wrong to block Burnham

Pressure grows on Starmer as more Labour MPs call for resignation – UK politics live

MPs have called on Starmer **to set out a timetable to resign.** **Clive Betts,** MP for Sheffield South East, said Starmer has to go **“in the not too distant future”**, while **Sarah Owen

Starmer faces perilous 24 hours as Streeting preparing for leadership bid

MPs. The latest to call for Starmer to set out a timetable to go was Josh Simons, a former Cabinet Office minister, who said Starmer must arrange a transition to a new leader

More than 60 Labour MPs call on Starmer to set timetable to quit

MPs which called for the prime minister to announce an orderly transition. Catherine West, who had said she would seek to challenge Starmer if no other candidate emerged, said she would not mount a challenge

Close Starmer ally declines to say if he will lead Labour into next election

MPs have publicly called for Starmer to stand down after dire election results across England, Wales and Scotland last week. Asked if Starmer would be leading Labour into the next election, Jones said

Starmer is facing his judgment day over Mandelson missteps

calling for him to go](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/09/scottish-labour-leader-anas-sarwar-keir-starmer-to-stand-down) back in February. Downing Street aides allowed themselves a sigh of relief. But [Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour) MPs will be watching closely – waiting to be convinced – when

Labour MPs have put Starmer on notice after election battering. Can he turn it around?

go away. Support for the prime minister across the country has dramatically fallen, as this week's hard evidence has shown. With the growing tally of MPs calling for his exit, support for Starmer within

Where does Starmer’s leadership stand – and who are his potential challengers?

called for Starmer to go](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/09/scottish-labour-leader-anas-sarwar-keir-starmer-to-stand-down). Streeting had insisted he backed the prime minister and was not intending to move against him, but allies then suggested his ambition [had not been thwarted

Starmer faces Commons showdown over Mandelson vetting scandal

Starmer’s position after opposition party leaders called for him to quit over the affair, arguing he w[ould not have gone ahead with sending him to Washington](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/18/starmer-would-have-blocked-mandelson-role-over-vetting-failure-says-lammy) had he known

Stop plotting to oust Keir Starmer, ex-deputy Labour leader urges MPs

MPs would not engage in that either.” Steve Wright, the general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union, reiterated his call for Starmer to go in [an interview](https://modernleft.substack.com/p/after-the-elections-what-next-for) published on Tuesday, saying that

Wednesday briefing: Where Starmer stands after another precarious day in Parliament

calls time on Starmer. “MPs and the cabinet may simply decide they cannot defend the prime minister any more. They won’t go on the morning mediarounds – it’s just one of too many things

Labour’s better than expected thrashing may allow Starmer to cling on in No 10

calling for [Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) to quit – a couple of MPs, a trade union leader, and a Labour peer. The numbers are undoubtedly [bad for Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/08/labour-reform-uk-england-local-elections-2026-scotland-wales), with [Reform making sweeping

Keir Starmer's party lost big in U.K. local elections. Here's what comes next.

calls to resign or to set a timetable to vacate his leadership position, including from members of his own Labour Party. "The Prime Minister needs to go. That is not negotiable," Clive Lewis, the Labour

How could Labour remove Keir Starmer? Four possible routes

go. Politicians such as the former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith and the Liberal Democrat Charles Kennedy have been quietly ousted in such a manner. It would allow Starmer to keep his dignity and resign

Labour MPs say ‘endless drama’ of leadership speculation must stop

called “a Mexican standoff”, allies of various camps have been briefing journalists, something which MPs not involved in the plotting say has become an intense annoyance. “Most sensible MPs are out on the doorsteps

Keir Starmer to face crucial cabinet meeting as ministers and MPs urge him to resign – UK politics live

Labour MPs who were coming out and calling for Starmer’s resignation and, after his speech in the morning, the numbers started to escalate. Here is [the LabourList one](https://labourlist.org/2026/05/labourlist-labour-mp-starmer-resignation-tracker/);

Unhappy Labour MPs aren't ready to oust Starmer yet

MPs aren't ready to oust Starmer yet Labour is trailing in the polls and the prime minister's personal ratings have plumbed the depths. The party is facing losses in forthcoming elections: losing control

Another crunch moment for Starmer as he pleads with Labour MPs not to topple him

Starmer has to go. With every one, a little more of the Prime Minister's authority drains away. Incidentally, don't underestimate what a big deal it is for any individual MP to go over