Labour likely to win next election with Burnham as leader, say party members –

Labour members think party likely to win next election with Burnham as leader, but not Starmer, poll suggests Good 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 challenge 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. - Labour members would rather have Burnham than Starmer as leader.

Here are the figures when members were asked to rank eight possible candidates. When YouGov boiled it down to a choice between Starmer and Burnham, Burnham was ahead by a factor of 3 to 2.