All the Labour MPs calling on Starmer to quit following humiliating local election defeat

Dozens of Labour MPs are demanding the Prime Minister’s resignation following a series of humiliating defeats at the local elections.

A minister and junior members of the government have now joined the chorus of backbenchers calling on Sir Keir Starmer to stand down after the party suffered heavy losses across England, Scotland and Wales.

Peckham MP Miatta Fahnbulleh resigned as faith and communities minister on Tuesday, telling the PM: “Our country faces enormous challenges and people are crying out for the scale of change that requires.

“The public does not believe that you can lead this change - and nor do I.”

Joe Morris who quit his role as a Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Health Secretary Wes Streeting on Monday, saying it was “in the best interests of the country and the party that the prime minister sets out a swift timetable to ensure that a new leader is in place to regain the confidence of the public.”

Tom Rutland, a PPS to Environment Secretary Emma Reynolds, has also stepped down saying: "It is with regret that I believe the prime minister should now set out a timetable for his departure and for a new leader to be chosen to lead the Labour Party and the country.”

Meanwhile, Sally Jameson, a PPS to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, also joined calls for Sir Keir to lay out a timetable for his departure from office.

Melanie Ward, PPS to the deputy prime minister David Lammy also quit her role along with Cabinet Office PPS Naushabah Khan, with both calling for new leadership at the head of the party.

At the local elections on May 7, Labour lost more than 1400 council seats, while Nigel Farage’s Reform UK and Zack Polanski’s Green Party secured historic wins, including their first London councils.

Labour defended a higher percentage of seats in the capital than elsewhere in the country, but the party still lost 459 seats in city and control of 11 councils.

Sir Keir has insisted that he will continue as prime minister in spite of the startling election results, even his own MPs are calling for his resignation.

One of those is the MP for Hornsey and Friern Barnet Catherine West, who has demanded the prime minister set a timetable of September for his departure.

She backed down from her earlier threat to gather the 81 Labour MPs needed to formally challenge Sir Keir’s leadership, but insists he must walk by September.

Health secretary Wes Streeting, former deputy leader Angela Rayner, and Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham have all been mooted as contenders to replace Starmer should the opportunity arise.

Angela Rayner has launched a devastating attack on Sir Keir, demanding change “now”. The former Deputy Prime Minister called for the prime minister to “change our economic agenda to prioritise making people better off.”

But she stopped short of issuing a formal leadership challenge.

A longer timetable would allow time for Mr Burham to make a return to the Commons and join the leadership contest. His initial attempt to return to parliament in the Gordon and Denton by-election was blocked by Sir Keir.

Now, the number of MPs calling for Sir Keir’s departure is only growing.

Some have called for immediate change to leadership, while others have pushed for a timetabled departure this year.

Here is the full list of Labour MPs calling for Starmer to step down:

Full list of MPs calling for Starmer's departure

1. Connor Naismith, Crewe and Nantwich
2. Euan Stainbank, Falkirk
3. Simon Opher, Stroud
4. Apsana Begum, Poplar and Limehouse
5. Brian Leishman, Alloa and Grangemouth
6. Graham Stringer, Blackley and Middleton
7. David Baines, St Helens North
8. Paula Barker, Liverpool Wavertree
9. Andy McDonald, Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
10. Chris Hinchcliff, North East Hertfordshire
11. Barry Gardiner, Brent West
12. Ruth Jones, Newport West and Islwyn
13. Jonathan Brash, Hartlepool
14. Jon Trickett, Normanton and Hemsworth
15. Catherine West, Hornsey and Friern Barnet
16. Tony Vaughan, Folkestone and Hythe
17. Terry Jermy, Southwest Norfolk
18. Imran Hussain, Bradford East
19. Josh Simons, Makerfield
20. Anna Dixon, Shipley
21. John McDonnell, Hayes and Harlington
22. Irene Campbell, North Ayrshire and Arran
23. Rachael Maskell, York Central
24. Navendu Mishra, Stockport
25. Abtisam Mohamed, Sheffield Central
26. Paulette Hamilton, Birmingham Erdington
27. David Smith, North Northumberland
28. Kim Johnson, Liverpool Riverside
29. Ian Lavery, Blyth and Ashington
30. Olivia Blake, Sheffield Hallam
31. Nadia Whittome, Nottingham East
32. Richard Burgon, Leeds East
33. Clive Lewis, Norwich South
34. Ian Byrne, Liverpool West Derby
35. Kate Osborne, Jarrow and Gateshead East
36. Louise Haigh, Sheffield Heeley
37. Sarah Owen, Luton North
38. Anneliese Midgley, Knowsley
39. Neil Duncan-Jordan, Poole
40. Beccy Cooper, Worthing West
41. Cat Eccles, Stourbridge
42. Justin Madders, Ellesmere Port and Bromborough
43. Debbie Abrahams, Oldham East and Saddleworth
44. Markus Campbell-Savours, Penrith and Solway
45. Chris Curtis, Milton Keynes North
46. Emma Lewell, South Shields
47. Bell Ribeiro-Addy, Clapham and Brixton Hill
48. Luke Myer, Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
49. Peter Lamb, Crawley
50. Julia Buckley, Shrewsbury
51. Clive Betts, Sheffield South East
52. Alan Gemmell, Central Ayrshire
53. Fred Thomas, Plymouth Moor View
54. Lorraine Beavers, Blackpool North and Fleetwood
55. Catherine McKinnell, Newcastle North
56. Paul Davies, Colne Valley
57. Sarah Smith, Hyndburn
58. Jas Athwal, Ilford South
59. Jo Platt, Leigh and Atherton
60. Tonia Antoniazzi, Gower
61. Tom Rutland, PPS, East Worthing and Shoreham
62. Sally Jameson, PPS, Doncaster Central
63. Joe Morris, PPS, Hexham
64. Sam Carling, North West Cambridgeshire
65. Naushabah Khan, PPS, Gillingham and Rainham
66. Yuan Yang, Earley and Woodley
67. Lee Pitcher, Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme
68. Rachel Taylor, North Warwickshire and Bedworth
69. Melanie Ward, PPS, Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy
70. Charlotte Nichols, Warrington North
71. Alex McIntyre, Gloucester
72. Mary Kelly Foy, City of Durham
73. Ben Goldsborough, South Norfolk,
74. Maureen Burke, Glasgow North East
75. Matt Bishop, Forest of Dean
76. Sarah Hall, Warrington South
77. Tahir Ali, Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley
78. Jonathan Hinder, Pendle and Clitheroe
79. Miatta Fahnbulleh, minister, Peckham
80. Paul Foster, South Ribble

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