Andy Burnham Seeks Parliament Seat to Oust Starmer as Nearly 100 Labour MPs Urge Him Out
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Updated · The New York Times · May 14
Andy Burnham Seeks Parliament Seat to Oust Starmer as Nearly 100 Labour MPs Urge Him Out
9 articles · Updated · The New York Times · May 14
Andy Burnham said he will contest a special election for a Commons seat, a step widely seen as positioning the Greater Manchester mayor to challenge Keir Starmer for Labour leader and prime minister.
Wes Streeting resigned as health secretary the same day but stopped short of launching a leadership bid, indicating he had not secured the 81 Labour lawmakers needed to trigger a formal contest.
Nearly 100 Labour MPs and several junior ministers have urged Starmer to step aside after devastating local election losses plunged the party into turmoil a week ago.
Josh Simons’s resignation from Parliament cleared Burnham’s route back to Westminster, and by Thursday he had emerged as the leading potential challenger from Labour’s left.
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