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Commons Rejects Starmer Probe, Securing Premiership Majority

4/29/2026

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The House of Commons voted Tuesday night to reject a motion to investigate Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, preserving his premiership with a 112-member majority.
Fifteen Labour backbenchers backed the opposition motion, with fifty-three MPs, many with prior permission, abstaining.
Critics say Starmer’s appointment of Peter Mandelson, despite support from senior figures Lucy Powell, Angela Rayner and Gordon Brown, erodes his authority.

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The House of Commons voted Tuesday night to reject a motion to investigate Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, preserving his premiership with a 112-member majority.
Fifteen Labour backbenchers backed the opposition motion, with fifty-three MPs, many with prior permission, abstaining.
Critics say Starmer’s appointment of Peter Mandelson, despite support from senior figures Lucy Powell, Angela Rayner and Gordon Brown, erodes his authority.