May 12 (UPI) -- Four junior members of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Cabinet resigned from their roles Tuesday, after his Labour Party had a disastrous showing in parliamentary elections.
The Guardian reported that more than 80 members of Parliament have called for Starmer to resign his post. Starmer has resisted the calls amid the election shakeup.
"The country expects us to get on with governing," he told ministers during a Cabinet meeting Tuesday morning.
Four ministers announced they were quitting Tuesday, Jess Phillips, undersecretary of state for safeguarding and violence against women and girls, part of the Home Office; Zubir Ahmed, undersecretary of state for health innovation and safety, part of the Department of Health and Social Care; Alex Davies-Jones, undersecretary of state for victims and tackling violence against women and girls, part of the Home Office; and Miatta Fahnbulleh, undersecretary of state for devolution, faith and communities, part of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
Both Phillips and Ahmed have close relationships with Health Secretary Wes Streeting, who is seen as a possible challenger to Starmer, The New York Times reported.
