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Most Labour members think Starmer cannot revive party fortunes, poll finds

Starmer’s leadership – in October just 28% said the prime minister should resign if Labour suffered poor election results in May.  Among members, the poll

How Labour’s ‘terrible’ night unfolded as Reform surges and Greens and Lib Dems hail wins

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

Keir Starmer makes late pitch to voters turning to Greens and Reform

polling and predicted to lose five of its MSPs. In elections to the Welsh Senedd, Labour is on course to lose power to Plaid Cymru and record its worst ever result. Peril for Starmer could

UK elections – early results and takeaways; will Starmer have to resign?

results were “soul-destroying”, said Rebecca Long-Bailey, Labour member of parliament for Salford. While incumbent governments often struggle in mid-term elections, pollsters forecast that Labour could lose the most council seats in local

Polls close in elections across England, Scotland and Wales

Polls have closed across England, [Scotland](https://www.theguardian.com/uk/scotland) and Wales for local, mayoral and parliamentary elections, with the first results to be announced within hours. More than 30 million people across Britain were given

Analysis: Many Labour MPs are blaming the boss for elections body blow

resign or attach a sell by date to his premiership. Let's see if that is a position that becomes contagious. There are no shortage of Labour MPs who say it is the prime minister

Labour’s disastrous night puts focus on Keir Starmer’s future as leader

resigning](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/feb/17/keir-starmer-reportedly-wanted-to-quit-after-2021-byelection-defeat) as opposition leader. On Thursday night, Starmer’s party suffered a similarly damaging blow, losing every single council seat it was contesting in the town to [Reform UK](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/brexit-party).

Mapped: the elections that could deliver ‘unprecedented’ losses for Labour

result would be the worst local election performance for any prime minister since comparable data began. Starmer already has the poorest local election performance of modern prime ministers — but 2026 could be worse Biggest losses

Unhappy Labour MPs aren't ready to oust Starmer yet

resignation in February: it could have fired the starting gun on a leadership contest, but culminated in declarations of loyalty from ministers. "What it proved was neither Wes nor Angie were ready

Welsh Labour faces ‘existential’ change as party braces for May election defeat

resign. Separatists in office in all three devolved nations for the first time – Plaid Cymru in the Senedd, the Scottish National party (SNP) in Holyrood and Sinn Féin in Stormont – would mean that whoever occupies