Every Labour MP who’s demanded Starmer quit as number reaches 81
Sir Keir Starmer is facing growing calls to resign following Friday’s disastrous local and devolved election results – the worst election in history for Labour.
The Prime Minister said he would not resign following the results and vowed to “face the big challenges ahead” in his challenge speech on Monday.
But 81 Labor MPs have now called on Sir Keir to stand down and make room for the leadership race. As the Prime Minister remains defiant, the list continues to grow with a series of statements released on Monday evening.
There is no formal vote of confidence procedure to remove a Labor leader. Anyone challenging Sir Keir will instead need the support of 81 MPs – 20 per cent of the party in the House of Commons – to launch a contest.
All 81 of these people would need to support the same candidate to replace the prime minister.
Four ministerial deputies submitted their resignations amid the chaos; They include Wes Streeting’s deputy minister, Joe Morris, who is widely seen as a potential leadership candidate.
Environment minister Emma Reynolds and Cabinet Office PPS Naushabah Khan’s parliamentary private secretary (PPS) Tom Rutland also resigned, while calling on Sir Keir to resign.
Both former deputy chancellor Angela Rayner and health minister Streeting are seen as potential leadership candidates, but neither has yet made a move against the prime minister.
Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham is also considered a candidate, but he is still not an MP after Sir Keir blocked him from becoming the Labor candidate in the Gorton and Denton byelection in February.
On Sunday, Ms Rayner said Labour’s approach was “not working and needs to change”, adding that the party should not block Mr Burnham’s bid to become an MP.
Labor MP Catherine West called on cabinet members at the weekend to challenge Sir Keir by Monday and threatened to start formally collecting names to trigger a contest.
Following Sir Keir’s speech on Monday morning in which he promised to prove skeptics wrong and “not walk away”, Ms West backed down from her leadership candidacy but called on Labor MPs to call on the prime minister to set a timetable for his resignation by September.
The growing list of Parliamentary Labor Party (PLP) members speaking out against the prime minister goes beyond the list of usually vocal opponents, reflecting the more than 100 strong rebellions the cabinet faced over benefit cuts last July.
They include former transport secretary Louise Haigh, former shadow chancellor John McDonnell and senior MP Barry Gardiner.
Labor was elected with 411 seats (a majority of 174 seats) in the 2024 general election, marking the party’s best performance since 2001. With so many MPs, it becomes technically difficult to launch a leadership challenge against the prime minister, as 20 percent of these members would be needed to nominate a candidate, which means 81 MPs.
However, the fact that Labor MPs openly voice their calls will cause great concern in Downing Street.
The full list of Labor MPs will either call on Sir Keir to resign immediately or provide a timetable for his resignation.
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Connor Naismith |
Crewe and Nantwich |
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Richard Burgon |
Leeds East |
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Anneliese Midgley |
knowsley |
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Maureen Burke |
Glasgow North East |
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Lauren Sullivan |
Gravesham |
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Ben Goldsborough |
south norfolk |
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Matt Bishop |
Forest of Dean |
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Julia Buckley |
Shrewsbury |
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Gordon McKee |
Glasgow South |
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Tahir Ali |
Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley |
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Lee Pitcher |
Doncaster East and Axholme Island |
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Jonathan Engel |
Pendle and Clitheroe |
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Luke Myer |
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland |
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Alan Gemmell |
Central Ayrshire |
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Catherine McKinnell |
Newcastle at Tyne North |
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Beavers of Lorraine |
Blackpool North and Fleetwood |
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fred thomas |
View of Plymouth Moor |
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Paul Davies |
Colne Valley |
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sarah smith |
hyndburn |
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Jas Athwal |
Ilford South |
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Markus Campbell-Desserts |
Penrith and Solway |
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Chris Curtis |
Milton Keynes North |
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Jo Platt |
Leigh and Atherton |
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Alex Ballinger |
halesowen |
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Sally Jameson |
Doncaster Center |
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Joe Morris |
Hexham |
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Antonia Antoniazzi |
gower |
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Sam Carling |
North West Cambridgeshire |
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Naushabah Khan |
Gillingham and Rainham |
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Yuan Yang |
Harley and Woodley |
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Emma Lewell |
Southern Shields |
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Tom Rutland |
East Worthing and Shoreham |
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Jon Trickett |
Normanton and Hemsworth |
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Charlotte Nichols |
Warrington North |
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Alex McIntyre |
Gloucester |
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Rachel Taylor |
North Warwickshire and Bedworth |
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Mary Kelly Foy |
City of Durham |
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Melanie Ward |
Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy |
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Sarah Hall |
Warrington South |
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Sarah Owen |
Luton North |
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David Baines |
St Helens North |
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Ruth Jones |
Newport West and Islwyn |
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Olivia Blake |
Sheffield Hallam |
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Simon Opher |
stroud |
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Clive Lewis |
Norwich South |
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Kim Johnson |
Liverpool Riverside |
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Paula Barker |
Liverpool Wavertree |
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Apsana Begum |
Poplar and Lime House |
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Jonathan Brash |
hartlepool |
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Abtisam Muhammad |
Sheffield Center |
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Beccy Cooper |
Worthing West |
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Neil Duncan-Jordan |
Poole |
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Barry Gardiner |
Brent West |
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Chris Hinchliff |
North East Hertfordshire |
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Peter Lamb |
Crawley |
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Ian Lavery |
Blyth and Ashington |
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Brian Leishman |
Alloa and Grangemouth |
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Rachael Maskell |
York Central |
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Andy McDonald |
Middlesbrough and Thornaby East |
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Kate Osborne |
Jarrow and Gateshead East |
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Euan Stainbank |
Falkirk |
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Graham Stringer |
Blackley and Middleton South |
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Nadia Whittome |
Nottingham East |
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Clive Betts |
Sheffield South East |
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Debbie Abrahams |
Oldham East and Saddleworth |
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Catherine West |
Hornsey and Friern Barnet |
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Imran Hussain |
Bradford East |
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Tony Vaughan |
Folkestone and Hythe |
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Terry Jermy |
South West Norfolk |
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Justin Madders |
Ellesmere Port and Bromborough |
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Josh Simons |
Construction Area |
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Anna Dixon |
shipley |
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Cat Eccles |
stourbridge |
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Irene Campbell |
North Ayrshire and Arran |
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John McDonnell |
Hayes and Harlington |
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Navendu Mishra |
stock port |
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David Smith |
North Northumberland |
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Bell Ribeiro-Addy |
Clapham and Brixton Hill |
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Paulette Hamilton |
Birmingham Erdington |
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Ian Byrne |
Liverpool West Derby |
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Louise Haigh |
Sheffield Heeley |
