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Labour party members are expressing a preference for Andy Burnham over Keir Starmer as their leader. Polling indicates that members believe Burnham would lead the party to victory in the next election, while many feel Starmer should step down. Despite generally approving of Starmer's performance, only a small percentage want him to lead into the next election.
- ▪Labour members prefer Andy Burnham over Keir Starmer as their leader.
- ▪Polling shows that 66% of members think Starmer has done a good job as PM, but only 28% want him to lead into the next election.
- ▪Angela Rayner has the highest favorability ratings among potential leadership candidates.
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7m ago04.07 EDTGood morning. A week ago, at cabinet, Keir Starmer delivered a “put up or shut up” message to his critics. Wes Streeting, his leading opponent, decided to do neither – declining to launch a leadership bid, but going public with his lack of confidence in the PM and resigning. And then Andy Burnham found a potential seat, meaning that, if Burnham can win the byelection, a leadership challenged has not been averted, just postponed.We don’t have any byelection polling from Makerfield yet. But last night YouGov released some detailed polling on what Labour members think about the leadership which is worth flagging up because the views of members will influence the way events pan out in the weeks ahead.Here are the main points.
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