Most Labour Members Want Keir Starmer Replaced As Leader Before Next Election

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<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/68d8ef2d18000045dd5d065b.jpg?ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="Keir Starmer arrives with his wife Victoria at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool." data-caption="Keir Starmer arrives with his wife Victoria at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool." data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="Ian Forsyth via Getty Images" />Keir Starmer arrives with his wife Victoria at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool.</div><div class="content-list-component text"><p>Most <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/labour-party/">Labour </a>members want <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/keir-starmer/">Keir Starmer </a>to be replaced as party leader before the next general election, a damning new poll has found.</p><p>The Survation analysis for the LabourList website found that 53% believe a new leader should be in charge the next time voters go to the polls.</p><p>Only 31% back Starmer still being leader then, despite the party winning a landslide election victory just 15 months ago.</p><p>The grim findings for the prime minister were revealed as Labour members begin to gather in Liverpool for the party’s annual conference.</p><p>They increase the pressure on Starmer to use the event to convince his critics that he can turn around the government’s fortunes.</p><p>He will make his keynote speech on Tuesday, in which he is expected to set out his vision for the UK’s future and say he is in a “battle for the soul of the country” against <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/nigel-farage/">Nigel Farage </a>and Reform UK.</p><p>On Sunday With <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/laura-kuenssberg/">Laura Kuenssberg </a>on BBC1, the PM insisted he ne
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