Which Labour MPs have come out against Starmer?

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A growing number of Labour MPs are coming out against Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, with some calling for him to resign and others urging him to set out a timetable for his departure.

Four ministers, including Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips, have resigned.

Labour's process for removing a leader requires 81 MPs to back a single challenger. Although there are more than 80 calling for the prime minister's resignation, there is currently no unified support for one specific opponent.

Meanwhile separately, more than 100 backbenchers and junior ministers have signed a statement saying this is "no time for a leadership contest".

Which ministers have resigned?

  • Jess Phillips, safeguarding minister
  • Zubir Ahmed, health minister
  • Alex Davies-Jones, victims minister
  • Miatta Fahnbulleh, minister for devolution, faith and communities

Which Labour MPs have criticised Starmer's leadership?

  • Debbie Abrahams - MP for Oldham East & Saddleworth
  • Zubir Ahmed - MP for Glasgow South West
  • Tahir Ali - MP for Birmingham Hall Green & Moseley
  • Tonia Antoniazzi – MP for Gower
  • James Asser - MP for West Ham & Beckton
  • Jas Athwal - MP for Ilford South
  • David Baines - MP for St Helens North
  • Richard Baker - MP for Glenrothes & Mid Fife
  • Alex Ballinger – MP for Halesowen
  • Paula Barker- MP for Liverpool Wavertree
  • Lorraine Beavers- MP for Blackpool North & Fleetwood
  • Apsana Begum - MP for Poplar & Limehouse
  • Clive Betts - MP for Sheffield South East
  • Matt Bishop - MP for Forest of Dean
  • Olivia Blake - MP for Sheffield Hallam
  • Jonathan Brash – MP for Hartlepool
  • Richard Burgon - MP for Leeds East
  • Maureen Burke - MP for Glasgow North East
  • Ian Byrne- MP for Liverpool West Derby
  • Markus Campbell-Savours - MP for Penrith & Solway
  • Irene Campbell - MP for Ayrshire North & Arran
  • Sam Carling - MP for Cambridgeshire North West
  • Lizzi Collinge - MP for Morecambe and Lunesdale
  • Andrew Cooper - MP for Mid Cheshire
  • Beccy Cooper - MP for Worthing West
  • Jen Craft - MP for Thurrock
  • Chris Curtis - MP for Milton Keynes North
  • Paul Davies - MP for Colne Valley
  • Alex Davies-Jones - MP for Pontypridd
  • Anna Dixon – MP for Shipley
  • Graeme Downie - MP for Dunfermline and Dollar
  • Neil Duncan-Jordan – MP for Poole
  • Miatta Fahnbulleh – MP for Peckham
  • Josh Fenton-Glynn - MP for Calder Valley
  • Paul Foster - MP for South Ribble
  • Mary Kelly Foy - MP for City of Durham
  • Barry Gardiner -MP for Brent West
  • Alan Gemmell - MP for Ayrshire Central
  • Ben Goldsborough - MP for Norfolk South
  • Sarah Hall - MP for Warrington South
  • Paulette Hamilton - MP for Birmingham Erdington
  • Chris Hinchliff - MP for Hertfordshire North East
  • Jonathan Hinder - MP for Pendle & Clitheroe
  • Imran Hussain - MP for Bradford East
  • Sally Jameson - MP for Doncaster Central
  • Terry Jermy - MP for Norfolk South West
  • Kim Johnson - MP for Liverpool Riverside
  • Ruth Jones - MP for Newport West & Islwyn
  • Naushabah Khan - MP for Gillingham & Rainham
  • Peter Lamb – MP for Crawley
  • Ian Lavery - MP for Blyth & Ashington
  • Brian Leishman - MP for Alloa & Grangemouth
  • Emma Lewell - MP for South Shields
  • Clive Lewis - MP for Norwich South
  • Rebecca Long-Bailey – MP for Salford
  • Rachael Maskell - MP for York Central
  • Andy McDonald - MP for Middlesbrough & Thornaby East
  • Alex McIntyre – MP for Gloucester
  • Gordon McKee - MP for Glasgow South
  • Kevin McKenna - MP for Sittingbourne and Sheppey
  • Catherine McKinnell - MP for Newcastle upon Tyne North
  • Navendu Mishra – MP for Stockport
  • Abtisam Mohamed - MP for Sheffield Central
  • Joe Morris – MP for Hexham
  • Luke Myer - MP for Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland
  • Connor Naismith - MP for Crewe & Nantwich
  • Charlotte Nichols - MP for Warrington North
  • Simon Opher – MP for Stroud
  • Kate Osborne - MP for Jarrow & Gateshead East
  • Sarah Owen - MP for Luton North
  • Jess Phillips - MP for Birmingham Yardley
  • Lee Pitcher - MP for Doncaster East & the Isle of Axholme
  • Jo Platt - MP for Leigh & Atherton
  • Bell Ribeiro-Addy - MP for Clapham & Brixton Hill
  • Tom Rutland - MP for Worthing East & Shoreham
  • Josh Simons – MP for Makerfield
  • David Smith - MP for Northumberland North
  • Sarah Smith – MP for Hyndburn
  • Alex Sobel - MP for Leeds Central & Headingley
  • Euan Stainbank – MP for Falkirk
  • Graham Stringer - MP for Blackley & Middleton South
  • Rachel Taylor - MP for Warwickshire North & Bedworth
  • Fred Thomas - MP for Plymouth Moor View
  • Jon Trickett - MP for Normanton & Hemsworth
  • Tony Vaughan - MP for Folkestone & Hythe
  • Melanie Ward - MP for Cowdenbeath & Kirkcaldy
  • Catherine West - MP for Hornsey & Friern Barnet
  • Nadia Whittome - MP for Nottingham East
  • Yuan Yang - MP for Earley & Woodley

Which Labour MPs have opposed a leadership contest?

A statement has been signed by 111 Labour MPs that reads: "Last week we had a devastatingly tough set of election results. It shows we have a hard job ahead to win back trust from the electorate.

"That job needs to start today - with all of us working together to deliver the change the country needs. We must focus on that.

"This is no time for a leadership contest."

  • Jack Abbott - MP for Ipswich
  • Luke Akehurst - MP for North Durham
  • Bayo Alaba - MP for Southend East & Rochford
  • Callum Anderson - MP for Buckingham & Bletchley
  • Catherine Atkinson - MP for Derby North
  • Calvin Bailey - MP for Leyton & Wanstead
  • Alex Baker - MP for Aldershot
  • Antonia Bance - MP for Tipton & Wednesbury
  • Alex Barros-Curtis - MP for Cardiff West
  • Johanna Baxter - MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire South
  • Rachel Blake - MP for Cities of London & Westminster
  • Kevin Bonavia - MP for Stevenage
  • Sureena Brackenridge - MP for Wolverhampton North East
  • Phil Brickell - MP for Bolton West
  • David Burton-Sampson - MP for Southend West & Leigh
  • Ruth Cadbury - MP for Brentford & Isleworth
  • Juliet Campbell - MP for Broxtowe
  • Bambos Charalambous - MP for Southgate & Wood Green
  • Ben Coleman - MP for Chelsea & Fulham
  • Tom Collins - MP for Worcester
  • Liam Conlon - MP for Beckenham & Penge
  • Pam Cox - MP for Colchester
  • Neil Coyle - MP for Bermondsey & Old Southwark
  • Jonathan Davies - MP for Mid Derbyshire
  • Shaun Davies - MP for Telford
  • Jim Dickson - MP for Dartford
  • Helena Dollimore - MP for Hastings & Rye
  • Maria Eagle - MP for Liverpool Garston
  • Clive Efford - MP for Eltham & Chislehurst
  • Kirith Entwistle - MP for Bolton North East
  • Chris Evans - MP for Caerphilly
  • Linsey Farnsworth - MP for Amber Valley
  • Patricia Ferguson - MP for Glasgow West
  • Natalie Fleet - MP for Bolsover
  • Catherine Fookes - MP for Monmouthshire
  • Daniel Francis - MP for Bexleyheath & Crayford
  • Allison Gardner - MP for Stoke-on-Trent South
  • Anna Gelderd - MP for South East Cornwall
  • Gill German - MP for Clwyd North
  • Preet Kaur Gill - MP for Birmingham Edgbaston
  • Becky Gittens - MP for Clwyd East
  • Mary Glindon - MP for Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
  • Nia Griffith - MP for Llanelli
  • Amanda Hack - MP for North West Leicestershire
  • Fabian Hamilton - MP for Leeds North East
  • Carolyn Harris - MP for Neath & Swansea East
  • Lloyd Hatton - MP for South Dorset
  • Tom Hayes - MP for Bournemouth East
  • Claire Hazelgrove - MP for Filton & Bradley Stoke
  • Alison Hume - MP for Scarborough & Whitby
  • Patrick Hurley - MP for Southport
  • Gerald Jones - MP for Merthyr Tydfil & Aberdare
  • Sojan Joseph - MP for Ashford
  • Warinder Juss - MP for Wolverhampton West
  • Chris Kane - MP for Stirling & Strathallan
  • Jayne Kirkham - MP for Truro & Falmouth
  • Sonia Kumar - MP for Dudley
  • Laura Kyrke-Smith - MP for Aylesbury
  • Noah Law - MP for St Austell & Newquay
  • Andrew Lewin - MP for Welwyn Hatfield
  • Alice Macdonald - MP for Norwich North
  • Alex Mayer - MP for Dunstable & Leighton Buzzard
  • Douglas McAllister - MP for West Dunbartonshire
  • Lola McEvoy - MP for Darlington
  • Kerry McCarthy - MP for Bristol East
  • Julie Minns - MP for Carlisle
  • Perran Moon - MP for Camborne & Redruth
  • Luke Murphy - MP for Basingstoke
  • Chris Murray - MP for Edinburgh East & Musselburgh
  • Josh Newbury - MP for Cannock Chase
  • Samantha Niblett - MP for South Derbyshire
  • Abena Oppong-Asare - MP for Erith & Thamesmead
  • Tristan Osborne - MP for Chatham & Aylesford
  • Andrew Pakes - MP for Peterborough
  • Michael Payne - MP for Gedling
  • Jonathan Pearce - MP for High Peak
  • Toby Perkins - MP for Chesterfield
  • David Pinto-Duschinsky - MP for Hendon
  • Joe Powell - MP for Kensington & Bayswater
  • Peter Prinsley - MP for Bury St Edmunds & Stowmarket
  • Richard Quigley - MP for Isle of Wight West
  • Jenny Riddell-Carpenter - MP for Suffolk Coastal
  • Tim Roca - MP for Macclesfield
  • Matt Rodda - MP for Reading Central
  • Sam Rushworth - MP for Bishop Auckland
  • Oliver Ryan - MP for Burnley
  • Michelle Scrogham - MP for Barrow & Furness
  • Mark Sewards - MP for Leeds South West & Morley
  • Baggy Shanker - MP for Derby South
  • Tulip Siddiq - MP for Hampstead & Highgate
  • Andy Slaughter - MP for Hammersmith & Chiswick
  • John Slinger - MP for Rugby
  • Nick Smith - MP for Blaenau Gwent & Rhymney
  • Alistair Strathern - MP for Hitchin
  • Alan Strickland - MP for Newton Aycliffe & Spennymoor
  • Kirsteen Sullivan - MP for Bathgate & Linlithgow
  • Lauren Sullivan - MP for Gravesham
  • Peter Swallow - MP for Bracknell
  • Alison Taylor - MP for Paisley & Renfrewshire North
  • David Taylor - MP for Hemel Hempstead
  • Jessica Toale - MP for Bournemouth West
  • Matthew Turmaine - MP for Watford
  • Liz Twist - MP for Blaydon & Consett
  • Valerie Vaz - MP for Walsall & Bloxwich
  • Chris Vince - MP for Harlow
  • Michelle Welsh - MP for Sherwood Forest
  • Matt Western - MP for Warwick & Leamington
  • John Whitby - MP for Derbyshire Dales
  • Sean Woodcock - MP for Banbury
  • Steve Yemm - MP for Mansfield
  • Daniel Zeichner - MP for Cambridge

Rupa Huq, the MP for Ealing Central & Acton, had also been on the list. However, she has since posted on X that she was "surprised" to see her name and had not "either signed any letter supporting the PM or called for the PM to go".

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