Labour’s five-step roadmap to potentially toppling Starmer
Labour MPs are quietly weighing a leadership challenge to Keir Starmer, but the process is opaque and uphill: would-be challengers must secure 81 MP backers (including the challenger) and submit names to General Secretary Hollie Ridley, followed by a brief NEC review, nominations of rivals, and then a countrywide push to win 5% of constituency parties or three affiliate bodies before a final vote by Labour members; with no clear heir apparent and Starmer under pressure, momentum and timing will determine whether a change occurs, and possible contenders include Angela Rayner, Wes Streeting, Shabana Mahmood, John Healey, and Al Carns.