Labour exodus continues as four MORE shadow ministers quit in protest at Jeremy Corbyn's leadership Monday June 27,2016

Four more members of the Labour frontbench quit this morning, bringing the total number of resignations to 15 following Jeremy Corbyn’s disastrous leadership in the EU referendum campaign.

24 HOURS THAT ROCKED THE PARTY

More than 20 Labour shadow ministers have quit within 24 hours, following Jeremy Corbyn's sacking of Hilary Benn.  

Monday June 27,2016

12.59pm: Shadow women and equalities minister Kate Green 

12.54pm: Susan Elan Jones stood down as shadow deputy Wales office minister 

12.45pm: Shadow Welsh secretary Nia Griffith resigns 

12.45pm: Shadow culture secretary Maria Eagle resigns  

12.20pm: Shadow housing minister John Healey quits

12.18pm: Shadow first secretary of state and shadow business secretary Angela Eagle quits

11.53am: Shadow energy secretary Lisa Nandy and shadow work and pensions secretary Owen Smith resign together and call for Tom Watson to be made 'caretaker leader'

11.35am: Jenny Chapman leaves as shadow education minister  

11.10am: Alex Cunningham quits as shadow natural environment minister  

10.30am: Tom Watson meets Jeremy Corbyn to tell him he has lost the confidence of the party but that it's 'up to you' whether he fights a second leadership election  

8.45am Jess Phillips, Parliamentary Private Secretary in the Education team

 8.43am Steve Reed, Department for Communities and Local Government team

 8.43am Yvonne Fovargue, Business, Innovation & Skills team

8.33am Wayne David, Scotland minister

8.30am Ruth Smeeth, Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Shadow Northern Ireland and Scotland teams

8.28am Neil Coyle, deputy Commons leader

8.07am Stephen Kinnock, Parliamentary Private Secretary to Angela Eagle, business 

7:53am Toby Perkins, armed forces 

7:49am Anna Turley, civil society. 

7.49am Diana Johnson, foreign minister   

Sunday June 26,2016

 9:24pm Chris Bryant, Commons leader

7:04pm Karl Turner, attorney general 

5:54pm Lord Falconer, justice 

5:01pm Vernon Coaker, Northern Ireland 

1:56pm Lucy Powell, education 

1:51pm Seema Malhotra, Treasury chief 

1:27pm Kerry McCarthy, environment 

1:02pm Lilian Greenwood, transport 

12:03pm Ian Murray, Scotland 

11:23am Gloria De Piero, young people 

8:22am Heidi Alexander, health 

1:40am Hilary Benn, shadow foreign secretary. SACKED 

WHO HAS GONE SO FAR?

Shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn (sacked after saying Corbyn should resign) 

Shadow health secretary Heidi Alexander

Equalities spokeswoman Gloria de Piero

Scottish secretary Ian Murray

Shadow education secretary Lucy Powell

Shadow transport secretary Lilian Greenwood

Shadow environment secretary Kerry McCarthy

Shadow chief Treasury secretary Seema Malhotra

Shadow defence secretary Vernon Coaker

Shadow justice secretary Lord Falconer

Shadow attorney general Karl Turner  

Shadow Commons leader Chris Bryant

Diana Johnson resigned as a shadow foreign minister, Anna Turley left her position as shadow minister for civil society and Toby Perkins resigned as shadow armed forces minister today.

Minutes later they were joined by Stephen Kinnock, son of former Labour leader Neil, who quit as Parliamentary Private Secretary to shadow business secretary Angela Eagle.

A defiant Jeremy Corbyn told his Labour critics to put up or shut up. In a statement, the Labour leader said he would not quit, despite a stream of senior Labour figures warning publicly that he is not up to the job.

Jeremy Corbyn is also facing a vote of no confidence by scores of his own MPs. They meet to discuss the move tonight, with up to 200 expected to back the motion in a secret ballot that could be held as early as tomorrow Tuesday June 28,2016

Almost 120 MPs from the centre of the party are also threatening to break away from the party to form an 'official opposition' in the Commons because they believe Corbyn is not capable of it.

Jeremy Corbyn said he would not 'betray the trust' of those who elected him and said he would 'reshape' the shadow cabinet over the next 24 hours and warned: 'Those who want to change Labour's leadership will have to stand in a democratic election, in which I will be a candidate.'

CONTROVERSIAL RULES THAT PROTECT LABOUR'S LEADER

Labour’s rulebook makes it difficult to oust the party leader.

The rules say anyone wanting to mount a formal leadership challenge needs to gather the public support of 51 Labour MPs and MEPs to trigger a contest. Any other contenders would need to gather a similar number of nominations.

Once the candidates are put on a ballot paper, it is simply one member one vote.

Under a controversial rule change introduced by former leader Ed Miliband, anyone can sign up to vote in the contest. The change saw tens of thousands joining the Labour Party to vote for Mr Corbyn last year, including activists from the hard Left and Greens.

Many MPs fear these activists would simply re-elect Mr Corbyn if he makes it back onto the ballot paper. But the party’s general secretary Iain McNicol is said to have had legal advice that this would not take place automatically.

The Labour leader would have to seek nominations if he wanted to stand again and might struggle to raise them.

But Unite union boss Len McCluskey said any attempt to keep Mr Corbyn off the ballot paper would split the party and almost certainly end up in court.

Many Labour MPs believe they could easily gather the 51 names needed but can’t unite around a single candidate.

In a separate bid to oust Mr Corbyn, Margaret Hodge has tabled a no-confidence motion to be heard next week by the Parliamentary party. But even if agreed, it would have no legal force.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn refused to answer questions from journalists about the attempted coup as he left his London home this morning