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The Resignation Watch

Tracking Labour exits as the Starmer government unravels

Westminster · Rolling tally

8 resignations from Sir Keir's government since the local elections.

After catastrophic local election losses on 7 May, ministers and parliamentary aides have been walking out and more than fifty Labour MPs have publicly called on the Prime Minister to set a timetable for his departure. Each entry below is automatically scraped from multiple reputable outlets and merged when more than one confirms the same exit.

Awaiting first scrape · using cached snapshot

The ledger

Filed under: Government departures
  1. №01
    2 hr ago
    Tue 12 May, 13:47

    Alex Davies-Jones

    Minister for Victims and Violence against Women and Girls

    MP for Pontypridd

    “I cannot in conscience continue while the country and the party are crying out for change at the top.”
    Minister
    Confidence · 1 source60%
  2. №02
    2 hr ago
    Tue 12 May, 13:04

    Jess Phillips

    Safeguarding Minister, Home Office

    MP for Birmingham Yardley

    “Real progress on violence against women has so often come because I have been willing to threaten to walk. Today I am walking.”
    Minister
    Confidence · 2 sources80%
  3. №03
    6 hr ago
    Tue 12 May, 09:20

    Miatta Fahnbulleh

    Minister for Devolution, Faith and Communities

    MP for Peckham

    “I urge the Prime Minister to do the right thing for the country and the party and set a timetable for an orderly transition.”
    Minister
    Confidence · 1 source60%
  4. №04
    20 hr ago
    Mon 11 May, 19:58

    Melanie Ward

    PPS at the Department for Justice

    MP for Cowdenbeath & Kirkcaldy

    PPS / Aide
    Confidence · 1 source50%
  5. №05
    21 hr ago
    Mon 11 May, 18:38

    Naushabah Khan

    PPS at the Cabinet Office

    MP for Gillingham & Rainham

    “The Prime Minister has lost the confidence of the party and the public.”
    PPS / Aide
    Confidence · 2 sources70%
  6. №06
    21 hr ago
    Mon 11 May, 18:10

    Tom Rutland

    PPS to the Environment Secretary, Emma Reynolds (Defra)

    MP for East Worthing & Shoreham

    “I no longer have faith that the Prime Minister can meet the scale of the moment.”
    PPS / Aide
    Confidence · 2 sources85%
  7. №07
    21 hr ago
    Mon 11 May, 18:09

    Joe Morris

    PPS to the Health Secretary, Wes Streeting

    MP for Hexham

    PPS / Aide
    Confidence · 2 sources80%
  8. №08
    21 hr ago
    Mon 11 May, 18:09

    Sally Jameson

    PPS at the Home Office

    MP for Doncaster Central

    PPS / Aide
    Confidence · 1 source50%

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