Who could challenge Keir Starmer as prime minister?

The prime minister's political future hangs in the balance, after his Health Secretary Wes Streeting resigned from government. Although he has not yet triggered a leadership contest, Streeting's allies previously told the BBC they expected him to challenge Sir Keir Starmer as soon as Thursday. It comes after a handful of ministers and nearly 90 MPs called on the prime minister to go, if not immediately then in the near future. However, there is not a consensus among Labour MPs about who they would want to replace Sir Keir as leader of the Labour Party and of the country. Downing Street has said Sir Keir will fight any leadership challenge mounted against him. Although no one else has publicly said they would stand, here are some potential contenders. Streeting had been health secretary since Labour came to power in 2024 after shadowing the position in opposition for three years previously. He was first elected to Parliament in 2015 having previously served as president of the National Union of Students and a London councillor. In his 2023 memoir, he wrote about growing up in a council flat in London's East End, visiting his bank robber grandfather in jail and growing up as a gay Ch