A devastating set of local elections has left Sir Keir Starmer’s premiership on the brink. Calls for the prime minister to exit stage left are growing and have now surpassed the usual hard-left Corbynite suspects.

Furious backbenchers have vented that Sir Keir is simply too toxic on the doorstep to make a comeback and that the game is up. Downing Street this evening scrambled to rally the Cabinet to the prime minister’s defence. While, through gritted teeth no doubt, some have taken to backing him, there remains either a very noticeable silence or non-committal statement from a handful. They include: Wes Streeting, Lisa Nandy, Yvette Cooper and Shabana Mahmood.

Far more vocal are those who haven’t been prized with a plum government gig. Look out for the buzz words ‘clear transition as an indication of who is putting their weight behind Andy Burnham. So here they are: the Labour MPs demanding a new leader.

1. John McDonnell – ‘Keir will need to put party and country first in judging whether he is risking opening door to Farage.’
2. Ian Lavery – ‘Keir Hardie started the Labour Party… It could be another Keir – Keir Starmer – that could end the party forever.’
3. Simon Opher – ‘We need to change our leader. If we go into the next election with him, we are going to get slaughtered.’
4. Anneliese Midgley – ‘Unless that changes significantly and quickly it’s clear the PM can’t lead us into another election.’
5. Jonathan Brash – ‘The very best thing the prime minister can do now is address the nation tomorrow to set out a timetable for his departure.’
6. Clive Lewis – ‘A timetable for his departure is now necessary. The longer this is delayed, the greater the damage to the party and the country.’
7. Louise Haigh – ‘I think what is abundantly clear, is that unless the government delivers significant and urgent change, then the prime minister cannot lead us into another election.’
8. Richard Burgon – ‘It is clear that Keir has fought his last election as Labour leader and, deep down, he will know it.’
9. Graham Stringer – ‘I don’t think he can fight the next election if the Labour Party wants to survive.’
10. Conor Naismith – ‘In the wake of these catastrophic local elections results, with regret, it is clear to me that we need new leadership.’
11. Olivia Blake – ‘We need an orderly plan.’
12. Sarah Owen – ‘Unless Keir Starmer delivers tangible change and truly connects with the public on a human level, he can’t lead us into another election (locally or nationally). People want politics and politicians who are up-front and true to their values.’
13. David Baines – Warned Sir Keir is not the right person for the job and ‘his popularity has plummeted’.
14. Catherine McKinnell – ‘We must listen to the message sent by voters and urgently change so that we can deliver the change that people so desperately want to see.’
15. Kim Johnson – ‘Keir has faced his last election as leader. We need a timetable for a smooth transition this year.’
16. Debbie Abrahams – ‘If by the end of the year people at home are still not feeling the benefits of this Labour Government’s domestic agenda, Keir must do the right thing, put the country first and announce an orderly transition to a new leader.’
17. Clive Betts – ‘Unfortunately it is Keir as a person who the public are not listening to.’
18. Tony Vaughn – ‘I strongly believe that there must be an orderly transition of leadership well before the local elections next year.’
19. Catherine West – ‘The Labour Party need the chance to have an honest conversation about how we deliver the change we promised in 2024 and that requires new leadership which understands the urgent and real concerns of people across the UK.’
20. Abtisam Mohamed – ‘The Prime Minister should now agree a clear transition and timeline for new leadership…’
21. Barry Gardiner –  ‘Leadership brings with it responsibilities, and this defeat is Keir Starmer’s responsibility.’
22. Nadia Whittome – ‘I believe the Prime Minister should announce a timetable for his departure.’
23. Jon Trickett – ‘The message from my constituency is that it’s curtains for Keir.’
24. Kate Osborne – ‘Keir needs to resign.’
25. Andy McDonald – ‘We need a change of leader tied to change of policy – for a radical economic vision, with better incomes and higher living standards.’
26. Ruth Jones – ‘I think the Prime Minister should consider his position.’
27. Chris Hinchliff – ‘I do now believe that the Prime Minister should resign.’
28. Neil Duncan-Jordan – ‘We promised to do politics differently, but everything now looks tainted and grubby. All those responsible must seriously consider their positions.’
29. Ian Byrne – ‘The Prime Minister must now set out a clear timetable for his departure…’
30. Paula Barker
31. Beccy Cooper – Reposted call from Louise Haigh
32. Justin Madders – ‘There will come a point soon when, without fundamental change, it will become necessary to do that to try to win back the trust we have lost’
33. Terry Jermy – ‘Keir Starmer…needs to consider whether he is the right person to take the party and this government forward’
34. Imran Hussain – ‘Starmer has fought his last election as Labour leader, and I think he will know that too’
35. Brian Leishman – ‘If we don’t rediscover our radicalism then we are finished. Be real Labour’
36. Josh Simons – ‘He has lost the country’
37. Debbie Abrahams – ‘Keir must do the right thing, put the country first and announce an orderly transition to a new leader’
38. Apsana Begum – ‘Both leadership and policy’ must change
39. Irene Campbell – ‘I believe that the solution is likely to be a full and democratic contest to allow an orderly transition of leadership and for this to be achieved by the end of the year’
40. Cat Eccles – ‘If the leadership cannot deliver change quickly and convincingly, then Keir Starmer must put the country and party first and make way for a new leader capable of reconnecting Labour with the people it was elected to serve.’
41. Euan Stainbank – ‘The Prime Minister must set out a process for his departure and we must quickly reflect on the strategy and leadership north and south of the border which enabled this fifth SNP term.’
42. Rachael Maskell – Sir Keir ‘failed to instil confidence in his leadership – instead causing people to seek solutions outside of Labour at this election’.