Keir Starmer and Rebecca Long-Bailey are favourites to be next leader of Labour amid battle between Corbynites and centrists for soul of the party
- Moderate Keir Starmer and his Corbynite rival are both 3/1 to become leader
- Yvette Cooper in second position at 8/1 if Mr Corbyn steps down as expected
- Party set to languish on 191 seats – down 71 on 2017 – and trailing Tories by 86
Keir Starmer and Rebecca Long-Bailey are the leading contenders to take over from Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader amid a battle between left-wingers and centrists for the soul of the party.
Moderate Mr Starmer and his Corbynite rival are both 3/1 to become leader if Mr Corbyn steps down as expected, with Yvette Cooper in second position at 8/1.
Whoever is successful will face a huge battle to rebuild the party as it looks set to languish on just 191 seats – down 71 on 2017 – and trailing the Conservatives by a massive 86.
Keir Starmer is joint favourite to replace Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader, according to the latest odds
Mr Starmer and Rebecca Long-Bailey (pictured are at 3/1 to become leader if Mr Corbyn steps down as expected
Ladbrokes puts Angela Rayner on 10/1 while Laura Pidcock trails the four on 12/1.
However, the young left-winger could be set to leave her seat if Labour’s collapse in the north continues.
She is followed by John McDonnell and Lisa Nandy on 16/1.
Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry is not included in the Ladbrokes odds, but elsewhere is listed at 17/1 .
Jessica O’Reilly of Ladbrokes said: ‘If the exit polls are on the money, it is now surely a case of when, not if, Jeremy Corbyn resigns from the Labour party.’
Yvette Cooper in second position at 8/1 followed by shadow Education Secretary Angela Rayner on 10/1, according to Ladbrokes
Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry was not included in the Ladbrokes odds, but elsewhere is listed at 17/1
John McDonnell – who will be under huge pressure to step down as Shadow Chancellor if Labour’s election disaster materialises – has odds of 16/1