Which Scottish Labour MPs have called for Sir Keir Starmer to resign as Prime Minister?
We take a look at which Scottish Labour MPs have called for Sir Keir Starmer to quit - and which ones are still backing him.
Almost 100 Labour MPs are now calling for Sir Keir Starmer to resign as Prime Minister after a drubbing in the Scottish, Welsh and English local elections last week.
This includes a number of Scottish Labour MPs, including junior ministers in Starmer’s wider cabinet.
At the moment, eyes are on UK Health Secretary Wes Streeting - his allies say he is preparing to resign on Thursday and trigger a leadership contest against Sir Keir.
Despite this, Sir Keir is determined to cling on. On Tuesday, he told his cabinet: “The past 48 hours have been destabilising for government and that has a real economic cost for our country and for families.
“The Labour Party has a process for challenging a leader and that has not been triggered.
“The country expects us to get on with governing - that is what I am doing and what we must do as a cabinet.”
The Scotsman has taken a look at just where each of the Scottish Labour MPs stand on Sir Keir’s future.
Calling for Starmer to resign
Dr Zubir Ahmed MP (Glasgow South West)
Richard Baker MP (Glenrothes and Mid Fife)
Maureen Burke MP (Glasgow North East)
Irene Campbell MP (North Ayrshire and Arran)
Graeme Downie MP (Dunfermline and Dollar)
Alan Gemmell MP (Central Ayrshire)
Brian Leishman MP (Alloa and Grangemouth)
Gordon McKee MP (Glasgow South)
Euan Stainbank MP (Falkirk)
Melanie Ward MP (Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy)
Backing Starmer
Scottish Secretary Douglas Alexander (Lothian East)
Johanna Baxter MP (Paisley and Renfrewshire South)
Chris Kane MP (Stirling and Strathallan)
Energy Security Minister Douglas McAllister (West Dunbartonshire)
Chris Murray MP (Edinburgh East and Musselburgh)
Tourism Minister Ian Murray (Edinburgh South)
Kirsteen Sullivan MP (Bathgate and Linlithgow)
Alison Taylor MP (Paisley and Renfrewshire North)
Yet to declare
Dr Scott Arthur MP (Edinburgh South West)
Torcuil Crichton MP (Na h-Eileanan an Iar)
Patricia Ferguson MP (Glasgow West)
Tracy Gilbert MP (Edinburgh North and Leith)
John Grady MP (Glasgow East)
Lillian Jones MP (Kilmarnock and Loudon)
Energy Consumer Minister Martin McCluskey (Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West)
Blair McDougall MP (East Renfrewshire)
Frank McNally MP (Coatbridge and Bellshill)
Scottish Minister Kirsty McNeill (Midlothian)
Katrina Murray MP (Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch)
Pamela Nash MP (Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke)
Gregor Poynton MP (Livingston)
Martin Rhodes MP (Glasgow North)
Energy Minister Michael Shanks (Rutherglen)
Kenneth Stevenson MP (Airdrie and Shotts)
Elaine Stewart MP (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock)
Imogen Walker MP (Hamilton and Clyde Valley)
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