Alex Davies-Jones
Labour MP for Pontypridd; resigned as Minister for Victims on 12 May 2026, calling on Starmer to set a departure timetable.
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Why did one of Labour's South Wales MPs become the first to demand Starmer set a timetable for leaving?
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Resigned as Minister for Victims on 12 May
UK Local Elections 2026: Eight resign in two days on Starmer- Who is Alex Davies-Jones and why did she resign?
- Alex Davies-Jones is the Labour MP for Pontypridd. She resigned as Minister for Victims on 12 May 2026, calling on Keir Starmer to set 'a timetable for your departure' — the most explicit departure demand of the wave of resignations that week.Source: LBC / Labour
- How many Labour ministers resigned over Starmer in May 2026?
- At least eight government figures resigned between 11 and 14 May 2026: four PPSs on 11 May, four junior ministers (including Davies-Jones) on 12 May, and Health Secretary Wes Streeting on 14 May.Source: LabourList / LBC
- What did Alex Davies-Jones say in her resignation letter?
- Davies-Jones called on Starmer to 'set out a timetable for your departure', making her the first of the 12 May resigners to use explicit departure language rather than a general loss-of-confidence statement.Source: Labour
Background
Alex Davies-Jones resigned as Minister for Victims on 12 May 2026, part of a wave of four junior ministerial resignations that day as Labour's internal crisis over Keir Starmer's leadership intensified after the May local elections. In her resignation letter, Davies-Jones called on Starmer to 'set out a timetable for your departure', making her the first of the day's four resigners to use explicit departure-timetable language rather than a simple loss-of-confidence formula.
Davies-Jones is Labour MP for Pontypridd in South Wales, a seat she has held since 2019. She served as a parliamentary private secretary before her ministerial appointment and has campaigned on domestic violence legislation and the victims' bill. Her resignation — alongside Zubir Ahmed, Miatta Fahnbulleh and Jess Phillips — followed four PPS resignations the previous day and preceded Wes Streeting's Cabinet-level departure on 14 May.
