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Sir Keir Starmer could suffer a local election defeat in his own backyard, a polling expert has warned. Tory peer Lord Hayward said Labour faces a threat from the Greens working with other left-wing groups in parts of the country such as London at the crunch May ballots across 136 English councils.

He said there was potential for a surge in votes for Zack Polanski's party in the London borough of Camden, which covers the Prime Minister's seat. Lord Hayward said: "Effectively Keir Starmer has nothing other than Labour councillors at the moment in his constituency.

"The question is, how many may he have on May 8? It may be a very interesting indication of the strength of the Greens, as to how many the Greens have taken in Camden."

Lord Hayward also highlighted Redbridge Council in Health Secretary Wes Streeting's seat, which he almost lost to a pro-Gaza independent candidate at the last general election.

He said: "Where they operate as a coalition and the Greens stay strong until May 7 and beyond, there is one person who most significantly will be impacted by that, and that is Wes Streeting."

Mr Streeting has been touted as a possible replacement for Sir Keir amid ongoing questions over his leadership.

Lord Hayward said: "His constituency is in Redbridge and he has only got a small parliamentary majority anyway.

"If you are arguing you want to be party leader, it is more difficult if you have just got heavily defeated at council elections."

Lord Hayward said the forthcoming ballots will be "truly national" and could largely determine the Prime Minister's future.

He said: "He may have felt that he survived a few weeks ago, but the question now is will he survive May 7?

"It is the most truly national elections, and also multi-party and multi-location elections."