{"id":343896,"date":"2026-05-15T15:00:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T14:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-is-the-process-for-challenging-the-labour-leader\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T15:00:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T14:00:21","slug":"what-is-the-process-for-challenging-the-labour-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-is-the-process-for-challenging-the-labour-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the process for challenging the Labour leader?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/VKeFQaEgA4Q\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"What is the process for challenging the Labour leader?\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VKeFQaEgA4Q\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>With Wes Streeting&#8217;s resignation, and Andy Burnham plotting a return to Westminster, Keir Starmer could very soon have a leadership challenge on his hands. <\/p>\n<p>But how can a leadership contest be triggered, and what are the rules? ITV News explains.<\/p>\n<p>To mount a leadership contest, 20% of the party&#8217;s MPs \u2014 or 81 colleagues \u2014 need to back a replacement candidate first.<\/p>\n<p>Once the leadership contest is triggered, other candidates can join the race if they also have the backing of at least 81 MPs. Starmer, however, will automatically be on the ballot paper.<\/p>\n<p>He would also continue in the role while the contest was in progress.<\/p>\n<p>In Labour&#8217;s 126-year history, there has never been an official leadership challenge mounted at a sitting prime minsiter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Wes Streeting&#8217;s resignation, and Andy Burnham plotting a return to Westminster, Keir Starmer could very soon have a leadership challenge on his hands. But how can a leadership contest be triggered, and what are the rules? ITV News explains. To mount a leadership contest, 20% of the party&#8217;s MPs \u2014 or 81 colleagues \u2014 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":343897,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128812],"tags":[131700,143190,128994],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-343896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-itv-news","tag-resignation","tag-streetings","tag-with"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What is the process for challenging the Labour leader? | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch What is the process for challenging the Labour leader? for free, here on News ISC. 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