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

Party [Carl Court/Getty Images] ## Who could Starmer’s main challengers be? To trigger a leadership contest, more than 20 percent of Labour MPs – 81 of them – must support a new candidate

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

leadership contest, but not yet.’ Why? Some of them have been saying Starmer should be given a chance to show that he can turn things round. But mostly the Labour MPs speaking

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

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

Unhappy Labour MPs aren't ready to oust Starmer yet

contest we can have a candidate who can lead us in to the next election." They added that it would be disastrous for trust if the party 'chopped and changed', and trying to find that

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

party bubbles over and a candidate with little intention of winning – known as a stalking horse – throws their hat into the ring just to trigger a contest, smoking out the real contenders. The main [potential

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

party lost control of about 40 councils and 1,500 seats at the local elections on Thursday. However, she said a leadership challenge from the Labour backbencher Catherine West would be “completely wrong”. West

Starmer to promise bolder action as leadership threats mount

Labour MPs went public with calls for him to go over the weekend, with potential challenger Angela Rayner saying the party needed to do more to appeal to voters whose living standards had been squeezed

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

leadership ambitions - was blocked from doing just that earlier this year by Labour's National Executive Committee. His supporters argue that the party's ruling committee would not dare do that again, given the mood

How could Labour remove Keir Starmer? Four possible routes

leadership contest, with the sitting leader qualifying automatically should they wish to remain in post. There is no evidence that West has those numbers and she is being described as a stalking horse, a figure

Tories are still biggest party on the right, claims Cleverly

candidates, on our councils, voters have said, we want more Reform please." Support for the Conservatives in England fell by 11 points compared to 2022, when this round of local elections was last held

Campaigning sprint finish ahead of elections around Britain tomorrow

contested, as well as six mayoral vacancies. For weeks already, people having been casting their ballot by post. The parties and the candidates are now preparing their final pitch to you. Plaid Cymru

‘Starmer’s referendum’: How local elections could expose a fractured UK

candidates can win on relatively small shares of the vote, as support for their opponents splits. The result is that even local contests can take on national significance. ## Starmer’s ‘referendum’ The vote comes

Starmer faces perilous 24 hours as Streeting preparing for leadership bid

leadership bid. Some on the left have been urging Ed Miliband to be their candidate as an alternative, believing Rayner does not have enough support in the country and given that the [HMRC inquiry into

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

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

Andy Burnham has plan to return to Westminster ‘within weeks’, allies say

candidates for an immediate challenge to Starmer. But Burnham supporters said they hoped to convince the prime minister of the need for a more stable transition – rather than a bloody leadership contest – which would give

Analysis: Has Starmer done enough to save his premiership?

candidate and trying to trigger a formal leadership contest right now. A sigh of relief, in the immediate moment at least, for Downing Street - and for the Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham

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

party's ruling body from standing in the Gorton and Denton by-election. The mayor's supporters are hoping a leadership contest can be delayed until he is able to return to Parliament. On Sunday

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

candidate. A number of ministers also said they were keen to dissuade angry MPs from moving against Starmer too quickly in order to give Burnham time. “There are various plans circulating, none of them good

‘No other plan comes close’: Labour MPs turn to Burnham as pressure mounts on Starmer

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

Challenge Starmer by Monday or I will, Labour MP tells cabinet

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