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leadership by tomorrow morning, she will do it herself. She would need the support of 81 Labour MPs to trigger a contest
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
leadership, which have been growing for months. As of late Friday evening, 21 Labour MPs had publicly called for the prime minister to stand down or set a timetable for his exit and, privately, criticism
MPs and would be likely to enter any leadership contest, are both reluctant to be the first mover against Starmer – in keeping with the old political adage that the person who wields the knife does
Labour politics is rarely that straightforward. Former cabinet minister Louise Haigh told the BBC now was not the time for a messy, internal leadership contest and praised Sir Keir's stance on the Iran
Labour’s ruling body from running in February’s Gorton and Denton byelection](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jan/25/andy-burnham-blocked-from-byelection-race-by-labour-ruling-committee), has identified several seats where MPs are prepared to step aside for his leadership bid. In a sign that
leadership would “plunge the country into chaos”. A number of Labour MPs from across the party support Andy Burnham replacing Starmer. However, the Greater Manchester mayor requires a time-consuming and uncertain byelection
leadership contest. Photograph: Adam Vaughan/EPA ## **Angela** **R****ayner** Rayner has spent the eight months since she quit the cabinet over her tax affairs walking a line between loyalty and interventionism, regularly reminding Labour colleagues
leadership contest, but culminated in declarations of loyalty from ministers. "What it proved was neither Wes nor Angie were ready for it. I was waiting for a call (from Steeting's team) and it never
contest. "My preferred option is for the cabinet to do a reshuffle within itself, where there's plenty of talent, and for Keir to be given a different role, which he might enjoy, perhaps
MPs are desperately hoping for something to catch voters' imagination. One source involved in preparing for the speech told me there'd be plenty of Labour-friendly measures on offer. But would there be anything
support in any summer leadership race, which might be triggered by a direct challenge. “This has changed in the last few months – MPs have coalesced around Burnham in a way they hadn’t before. They
leadership election.” They said Starmer had a “great legacy” and had brought the party back together after the fractious Jeremy Corbyn years: “He’s got the chance now to bring the party back together again
contest straight after. He can’t take us into next year’s locals. It’s too late.” However, Starmer insisted that he “won’t walk away” from the leadership as doing so would “plunge
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