Keir Starmer withdrew the whip from more of his own backbenchers than any other Labour leader since at least 1988
Withdrawal of Labour whip under:
Previous leader
Starmer
Interim leader
Four suspended after welfare cuts rebellion
Starmer 30
2025
Seven lose whip after voting for SNP motion to scrap two-child benefit cap
2020
Corbyn
11
2015
Miliband 3
2010
Brown 7
Blair 6
Gordon Brown suspends four
over cash for access scandal
2005
2000
1995
Smith
Kinnock 3
partial
data
1990
Withdrawal of Labour whip under:
Previous leader
Starmer
Interim leader
Four suspended after welfare cuts rebellion
Starmer 30
2025
Seven MPs lose whip after voting for SNP motion to scrap two-child benefit cap
2020
Corbyn 11
2015
Miliband 3
2010
Brown 7
Blair 6
Gordon Brown suspends four
over cash for access scandal
2005
2000
1995
Smith
Kinnock 3
partial
data
1990
Withdrawal of Labour whip under:
Previous leader
Starmer
Interim leader
Kinnock 3
partial
data
Smith
Blair 6
Brown 7
Corbyn 11
Miliband 3
Starmer 30
Four including Chris Hinchliff suspended after welfare cuts rebellion
Seven including Rebecca Long Bailey lose whip after voting for SNP motion to scrap two-child benefit cap
Diane Abbott
Jeremy Corbyn
Gordon Brown suspends four
over cash for access scandal
Geoff Hoon
1990
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
2025
Withdrawal of Labour whip under:
Previous leader
Starmer
Interim leader
Kinnock 3
partial
data
Smith
Blair 6
Brown 7
Miliband 3
Corbyn 11
Starmer 30
Four including Chris Hinchliff suspended after welfare cuts rebellion
Seven including Rebecca Long-Bailey lose whip after voting for SNP motion to scrap two-child benefit cap
Diane Abbott
Jeremy Corbyn
Gordon Brown suspends four
over cash for access scandal
Geoff Hoon
1990
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
2025