Keir Starmer's future ahead of local elections nightmare - everything you need to know

Keir Starmer's future ahead of local elections nightmare - everything you need to knowKeir Starmer faces a nightmare set of results in this week's local elections - The Mirror looks at all the possibilities of what may or may not happen in the days afterCommentsNewsopinionSophie Huskisson Political Correspondent19:12, 03 May 2026View 3 ImagesKeir Starmer cautioned his MPs against descending into "political infighting" like the Tories(Image: Getty Images) There is not a Labour MP, a person in No10, nor an esteemed journalist who can predict what will happen in the aftermath of this week’s local elections. ‌ For months, Labour MPs have warned the end of Keir Starmer’s premiership is nigh. ‌ Some believed the Peter Mandelson scandal would be the end of him. Others felt Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar’s dramatic call for him to resign was his curtain call. ‌ I remember one MP remarking that Mr Starmer would be “finished” if Labour came third in the Gorton and Denton by-election behind the Greens and Reform - a result that became a reality. And yet Mr Starmer has clung on time and time again. One reason for this is there isn’t a successor with an organised campaign to unseat him. While Wes Streeting, Angela Rayner and Andy Burnham are all rumoured to have leadership ambitions, there is no clear route for either one of them to take over. OPINIONSophie Huskisson'Keir Starmer faces local election nightmare - but some MPs are calling for cool heads'Local elections