Coup Against UK PM Complicated as Rivals Lose Votes on Home Turf

Keir Starmer’s main leadership rivals went into Thursday’s local elections weighing a challenge against the prime minister. But Friday’s results showed some of them on increasingly shaky ground in their own constituencies, a factor complicating any potential coup.

For the first time in 47 years Labour lost control of Tameside, the local authority in former Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner’s constituency, after Reform gained 18 of 19 seats.