Thirty Labour MPs call on Keir Starmer to RESIGN as Labour losses hit 1,400

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May 9, 2026 - 07:49

Thirty Labour MPs call on Keir Starmer to RESIGN as Labour losses hit 1,400

Thirty Labour MP have defied their leader and called on Sir Keir Starmer to resign as Labour losses hit 1,400 overnight.

The Prime Minister suffered an atrocious 24 hours at the polls after Welsh First Minister Eluned Morgan lost her seat and her party fumbled their 72-year-long grip on the country.

Labour also lost hundreds of councillors across England to Nigel Farage's Reform UK as they watched their grasp on stronghold authorities crumble before their eyes.

Tameside, Blackburn, Gateshead and Sunderland, all in former Labour heartlands, including Angela Rayner's backyard, surrendered control to the populist party on Friday.

Late on Thursday, it was revealed Energy Secretary Ed Miliband privately advised Sir Keir to set out a timetable to bow out of No10 with local elections looming.

Late on Friday, London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan admitted the "threat to Labour is existential" without a radical overhaul.

And, now, more than 30 of Sir Keir's juniors have followed suit and called for his head.

Richard Burgon, Graham Stringer and John McDonnell are among those calling for the Prime Minister to step down.

However, more surprising outcries come from former Transport Secretary Louise Haigh.

Simon Opher, the MP for Stroud, vowed Sir Keir could not carry Labour through the next general election – nor could he "stop the far right entering No10".

Meanwhile, rebel Nadia Whittome slammed Labour top chiefs for "doubling down on Reform-lite policies", calling for the return of Labour for working-class communities.

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