Ministers have now joined the chorus of backbenchers calling on Sir Keir Starmer to stand down after the party suffered heavy losses across England, Scotland and Wales.
Victims minister Alex Davies-Jones also resigned shortly after.
Their resignations followed Miatta Fahnbulleh stepping down as faith and communities minister.
The Peckham MP told Sir Keir: “Our country faces enormous challenges and people are crying out for the scale of change that requires.
“The public does not believe that you can lead this change – and nor do I.”
Joe Morris quit his role as a Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Health Secretary Wes Streeting on Monday.
Tom Rutland, a PPS to Environment Secretary Emma Reynolds, has also stepped down.
Meanwhile, Sally Jameson, a PPS to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, also joined calls for Sir Keir to lay out a timetable for his departure from office.
At the local elections on May 7, Labour lost more than 1400 council seats, while Nigel Farage’s Reform UK and Zack Polanski’s Green Party secured historic wins, including their first London councils.
One of those is the MP for Hornsey and Friern Barnet Catherine West, who demanded the prime minister set a timetable of September for his departure.
Health secretary Wes Streeting, former deputy leader Angela Rayner, and Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham have all been mooted as contenders to replace Starmer should the opportunity arise.
But she stopped short of issuing a formal leadership challenge.
A longer timetable would allow time for Mr Burham to make a return to the Commons and join the leadership contest. His initial attempt to return to parliament in the Gordon and Denton by-election was blocked by Sir Keir.
Now, the number of MPs calling for Sir Keir’s departure is only growing.
Some have called for immediate change to leadership, while others have pushed for a timetabled departure this year.
Here is the full list of Labour MPs calling for Starmer to step down:
Full list of MPs calling for Starmer’s departure
- Connor Naismith, Crewe and Nantwich
- Euan Stainbank, Falkirk
- Simon Opher, Stroud
- Apsana Begum, Poplar and Limehouse
- Brian Leishman, Alloa and Grangemouth
- Graham Stringer, Blackley and Middleton
- David Baines, St Helens North
- Paula Barker, Liverpool Wavertree
- Andy McDonald, Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
- Chris Hinchcliff, North East Hertfordshire
- Barry Gardiner, Brent West
- Ruth Jones, Newport West and Islwyn
- Jonathan Brash, Hartlepool
- Jon Trickett, Normanton and Hemsworth
- Catherine West, Hornsey and Friern Barnet
- Tony Vaughan, Folkestone and Hythe
- Terry Jermy, Southwest Norfolk
- Imran Hussain, Bradford East
- Josh Simons, Makerfield
- Anna Dixon, Shipley
- John McDonnell, Hayes and Harlington
- Irene Campbell, North Ayrshire and Arran
- Rachael Maskell, York Central
- Navendu Mishra, Stockport
- Abtisam Mohamed, Sheffield Central
- Paulette Hamilton, Birmingham Erdington
- David Smith, North Northumberland
- Kim Johnson, Liverpool Riverside
- Ian Lavery, Blyth and Ashington
- Olivia Blake, Sheffield Hallam
- Nadia Whittome, Nottingham East
- Richard Burgon, Leeds East
- Clive Lewis, Norwich South
- Ian Byrne, Liverpool West Derby
- Kate Osborne, Jarrow and Gateshead East
- Louise Haigh, Sheffield Heeley
- Sarah Owen, Luton North
- Anneliese Midgley, Knowsley
- Neil Duncan-Jordan, Poole
- Beccy Cooper, Worthing West
- Cat Eccles, Stourbridge
- Justin Madders, Ellesmere Port and Bromborough
- Debbie Abrahams, Oldham East and Saddleworth
- Markus Campbell-Savours, Penrith and Solway
- Chris Curtis, Milton Keynes North
- Emma Lewell, South Shields
- Bell Ribeiro-Addy, Clapham and Brixton Hill
- Luke Myer, Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
- Peter Lamb, Crawley
- Julia Buckley, Shrewsbury
- Clive Betts, Sheffield South East
- Alan Gemmell, Central Ayrshire
- Fred Thomas, Plymouth Moor View
- Lorraine Beavers, Blackpool North and Fleetwood
- Catherine McKinnell, Newcastle North
- Paul Davies, Colne Valley
- Sarah Smith, Hyndburn
- Jas Athwal, Ilford South
- Jo Platt, Leigh and Atherton
- Tonia Antoniazzi, Gower
- Tom Rutland, PPS, East Worthing and Shoreham
- Sally Jameson, PPS, Doncaster Central
- Joe Morris, PPS, Hexham
- Sam Carling, North West Cambridgeshire
- Naushabah Khan, PPS, Gillingham and Rainham
- Yuan Yang, Earley and Woodley
- Lee Pitcher, Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme
- Rachel Taylor, North Warwickshire and Bedworth
- Melanie Ward, PPS, Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy
- Charlotte Nichols, Warrington North
- Alex McIntyre, Gloucester
- Mary Kelly Foy, City of Durham
- Ben Goldsborough, South Norfolk
- Maureen Burke, Glasgow North East
- Matt Bishop, Forest of Dean
- Sarah Hall, Warrington South
- Tahir Ali, Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley
- Jonathan Hinder, Pendle and Clitheroe
- Miatta Fahnbulleh, minister, Peckham
- Paul Foster, South Ribble
- Richard Baker, Glenrothes and Mid Fife
- James Asser, West Ham and Beckton
- Rebecca Long-Bailey, Salford
- Karl Turner, East Hull
- Lizzi Collinge, Morecambe and Lunesdale
- Jess Phillips, minister, Birmingham Yardley
- Alex Davies-Jones, minister, Pontypridd
