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Sir Keir Starmer has vowed he will not resign even if Labour loses today’s crucial by-election in Batley and Spen.
The Labour leader’s spokesman insisted yesterday that he is on a ‘four-year path’ to lead the party back into power and will not stand down if he oversees another electoral defeat.
The constituency in West Yorkshire has voted Labour since 1997, but there are real concerns in the party that it could be seized by the Conservatives.
New polling suggests as many as four in ten Labour members would want Sir Keir to stand down after a loss there.
Sir Keir Starmer has vowed he will not resign even if Labour loses today’s crucial by-election in Batley and Spen. The constituency in West Yorkshire has voted Labour since 1997, but there are real concerns in the party that it could be ceased by Conservations (pictured: Sir Keir and Labour candidate Kim Leadbeater)
Sir Keir’s spokesman played down the prospect of victory for his party by saying it ‘has always been a marginal seat’ and that winning ‘was always going to be challenging’. ‘Keir is not going to resign,’ he responded when asked by journalists at a Westminster briefing. He added: ‘Keir has been absolutely clear that this is a four-year path to get back into power and he is determined to lead the party into the next general election and to take us back into government.’
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