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Labour MPs Push Miliband Challenge After Election Rout

5/10/2026

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Labour left-wing MPs are mobilising to force former leader Ed Miliband into a leadership contest after the party’s local election rout.
Keir Starmer remains Labour leader despite losing over 1,400 council seats and MPs’ calls for a departure timetable.
Catherine West said she will ask colleagues to back her as a challenger if no cabinet ministers announce bids, noting she has support from ten MPs, well below the 81 required.

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Labour left-wing MPs are mobilising to force former leader Ed Miliband into a leadership contest after the party’s local election rout.
Keir Starmer remains Labour leader despite losing over 1,400 council seats and MPs’ calls for a departure timetable.
Catherine West said she will ask colleagues to back her as a challenger if no cabinet ministers announce bids, noting she has support from ten MPs, well below the 81 required.