How Labour could remove Keir Starmer as PM

British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is facing
unprecedented pressure over his leadership
after LabourÕs stunning loss in local elections,
with a consensus building that he is unlikely
to lead the party into the next election

LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE

Potential challengers to prime
minister seen as former deputy PM
Angela Rayner (above left) and
Health Secretary Wes Streeting
(above right)

Any challenger needs
81 MPs to publicly give
them support

Labour backbench MP
Catherine West (right)
pulled back from leadership
challenge but still calls on Starmer
to quit by Sep 2026

PRIVATE PERSUASION

Senior Labour MPs may try to
convince Starmer to step down Ð
former Conservative leader Iain
Duncan Smith and Liberal Democrat
Charles Kennedy were quietly
ousted in this manner

MINISTERIAL REVOLT

Starmer reportedly urged to
set resignation timetable
by Ed Miliband Ð
energy secretary
accused by Sir
KeirÕs allies of
preparing way
for leadership
bid by Greater
Manchester mayor
Andy Burnham (right)

Ministers could quit
en masse Ð as happened
to Boris Johnson in
2022 Ð when resignation
of 30 ministers made
running government all
but impossible

CONFIDENCE VOTE

Motion in House of Commons,
most commonly tabled by leader
of the opposition, could trigger vote
forcing government to resign or
general election to be called

Given LabourÕs huge majority in
Commons Ð holding 403 of 650
seats Ð vote would be unlikely
to pass

Sources: The Guardian, The Telegraph
Pictures: Getty Images, Facebook
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