London: UK
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has resigned, triggering a Labour Party leadership
contest. Candidates must first secure the backing of 81 Labour MPs,
representing 20 percent of the party's parliamentary strength, before receiving
nominations from either 5 percent of constituency Labour parties or three
affiliated organisations, which must include two trade unions representing 5
percent of affiliated membership.
After
securing nominations, candidates will be put to a vote among party members, who
rank them in order of preference. A contender is declared the winner if they
receive more than 50 percent of first preferences, with elimination rounds
following if no candidate reaches that threshold. Labour's National Executive
Committee will set the timetable for the election.
The party's last leadership contest in 2020 ran for approximately three months, with nominations opening in early January and the result announced in early April.
