{"id":22171,"date":"2026-06-21T19:15:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T19:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/reports-say-starmer-ready-to-resign-after-burnhams-emphatic-makerfield-victory-doubles-majority\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T19:15:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T19:15:12","slug":"reports-say-starmer-ready-to-resign-after-burnhams-emphatic-makerfield-victory-doubles-majority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/reports-say-starmer-ready-to-resign-after-burnhams-emphatic-makerfield-victory-doubles-majority\/","title":{"rendered":"Reports say Starmer ready to resign after Burnham\u2019s emphatic Makerfield victory doubles majority"},"content":{"rendered":"
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LONDON, June 21 — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was reflecting this weekend on the “political realities” that he faces, a senior minister said on Sunday, amid media reports the premier would resign within days.<\/p>\n

It follows veteran Labour politician and rival Andy Burnham’s victory in a crunch by-election on Friday, which paves the way for the 56-year-old to challenge the beleaguered Starmer to be party leader and prime minister.<\/p>\n

Any Labour leadership candidate must be a member of parliament.<\/p>\n

If Starmer does leave office this year, Britain will get its seventh prime minister in a decade — an unprecedented rate of churn in its modern history.<\/p>\n

Burnham — Greater Manchester mayor since 2017 — has made clear he intends to bid to lead the slumping centre-left party, warning in his by-election victory speech that it had a “final chance to change”.<\/p>\n

If successful, he would become prime minister by default, given that ruling Labour has a huge parliamentary majority.<\/p>\n

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Starmer, who is deeply unpopular with voters according to polling, has insisted he will fight any attempt to oust him.<\/p>\n

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New Labour MP Andy Burnham speaks to supporters and media after his Makerfield by‑election win, at Ashton Town FC in north‑west England on June 19, 2026. — AFP pic<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

But the emphatic nature of Burnham’s win in the Makerfield constituency in northwest England—where he nearly doubled Labour’s majority — has increased the internal pressure on Starmer to quit.<\/p>\n

Business Secretary Peter Kyle said on Sunday that Starmer was “making time to reflect on the political realities, challenges and opportunities that he finds himself in”.<\/p>\n

“He has been engaging in conversations with a wide, wide range of people,” Kyle told Sky News broadcaster after having what he said was a “frank” conversation with Starmer on Friday.<\/p>\n

‘Ready to resign’<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Observer<\/em> newspaper headlined on its cover on Sunday that Starmer was “expected to resign” the following day, while the Sunday Telegraph<\/em> also reported he was “ready” to go, citing allies of the embattled British leader.<\/p>\n

The Observer<\/em> said Starmer would “set out a timetable for his departure”, noting he had been holding weekend talks from Chequers, the countryside retreat for prime ministers.<\/p>\n

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper was among the senior ministers telling her boss to stand down, Sky News reported.<\/p>\n

Starmer, who took office in July 2024, has been clinging to power for months after a tenure littered with missteps, policy U-turns, scandals and ministerial resignations.<\/p>\n

He was nearly forced out in March, over his ill-fated decision to appoint ex-Jeffrey Epstein associate Peter Mandelson as the UK’s ambassador to Washington.<\/p>\n

Labour’s drubbing in local and regional polls in England, Scotland and Wales last month once again intensified the pressure on him.<\/p>\n

The fallout from the polls saw Makerfield’s previous Labour MP quit in order to allow Burnham to stand there.<\/p>\n

Burnham, a former MP and government minister under ex-prime ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, is due to be sworn back in to parliament on Monday.<\/p>\n

From the so-called soft-left wing of Labour, he reinforced his reputation as the party’s most popular figure by easily beating the hard-right populist Reform UK party’s candidate in this week’s by-election.<\/p>\n

Reform, led by Brexit architect Nigel Farage, had won all Makerfield’s wards in last month’s local elections there.<\/p>\n

Burnham has provided little detail about his plans for government if he wins power.<\/p>\n

UK media reported that he intends to replace finance minister Rache Reeves, while keeping interior minister Shabana Mahmood in post. — AFP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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LONDON, June 21 — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was reflecting this weekend on the “political realities” that he faces, a senior minister said on Sunday, amid media reports the premier would resign within days. It follows veteran Labour politician and rival Andy Burnham’s victory in a crunch by-election on Friday, which paves the way…<\/p>\n

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