The proof older voters have turned on Starmer’s Labour? Breakdown of viral election petition exhibits how areas with older residents dominate signatories accusing PM of breaking his guarantees

Labour’s alienation of older voters is today laid bare by analysis of the viral petition demanding another general election.

More than 2.6million signatures have already backed the call for a fresh vote – just five months after Sir Keir Starmer stormed to victory.

MailOnline can reveal 132 constituencies have already passed the 5 per cent mark in terms of voters wanting to choose another Prime Minister.

The bulk of these are pensioner hotspots, where at least a fifth of residents are over-65. Tories or Reform also won in the overwhelming majority.

Christchurch, Britain’s retirement capital, is among the constituencies on the list to have exceeded the threshold (5.3%).

Nigel Farage‘s Clacton (6.7%), Richard Tice’s Boston and Skegness (5.0%), and Lee Anderson’s Ashfield (5.4%) also feature.

The petition on the Parliament website was posted by ‘fed up’ father-of-two Michael Westwood, who complained that Sir Keir has ‘gone back on promises’.

His petition reads: ‘I believe the current Labour Government have gone back on the promises they laid out in the lead up to the last election.’

Conservative-voting Mr Westwood, who runs three pubs in the West Midlands, told MailOnline Labour ‘were putting the fear of God into people that everything was so bad’.

The poorly received budget from Rachel Reeves, which saw employers hit with an increase in national insurance tax, was another factor in his decision.

Acting legend Michael Caine waded into the debate yesterday by sharing the petition, which was also amplified online by billionaire Elon Musk, who is set to play a key role in Donald Trump‘s incoming administration.

Sir Keir yesterday dismissed demands for a fresh general election. Grilled about the public outcry on ITV‘s This Morning, he insisted that it just reminded him that ‘very many people didn’t vote Labour’.

‘I’m not surprised many of them want a re-run,’ he said. 

‘That isn’t how our system works. There will be plenty of people who didn’t want us in in the first place.

Despite securing 412 seats in the July 4 contest in one of the biggest Commons majorities in history, Labour only picked up 9.7million votes – or one in three.

Critics branded the victory a ‘loveless landslide’ and a ‘super meh-jority’ because it meant the other 55million people in Britain didn’t vote for Sir Keir.

Analysis of the result shows Labour was less likely to win in constituencies home to greater numbers of pensioners, meaning the data also shows that areas where didn’t Labour win are more likely to sign the petition – as opposed to Labour strongholds suddenly turning on their leader. 

Brentwood and Ongar, Essex saw the highest share of constituents sign the petition (7.1%), according to data published on the Government’s website.

It was followed by the Tory strongholds of Castle Point and Maldon, with Clacton in fourth. 

At the other end of the scale, four constituencies – East Ham, Manchester Rusholme, Walthamstow, and Foyle – had not yet hit the 1% mark as of 8.30am, MailOnline analysis shows.  

Although signatories have to say they are UK citizens or residents and provide an email and postcode, there is not any other verification.

House of Commons sources are satisfied most are legitimate, however.

Petitions can only trigger a debate in the Westminster Hall chamber, as long as they surpass the 100,000 signature threshold.

As many as 400,000 people a day are backing the landlord’s call for a new election, illuminating the depth of anger the public have with the PM and his Government.

Polls have been showing that Labour has taken a massive hit from a torrid first four months in power – including their own ‘freebies row’.

Support for Labour has slumped to a new record post-election low, with Sir Keir’s party now just three points behind the Tories and six ahead of Reform.

It marks a dramatic fall from its post-election high of 39 per cent which gave it an 11-point lead over the Conservatives.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Sir Keir have faced fury from farmers after they announced reforms to inheritance tax last month.

Under the plans, farmers will have to pay a 20 per cent rate on land and property they inherit worth more than £1million. Ministers have insisted it will only affect the wealthiest quarter of landowners.

But the National Farmers’ Union and others say the impact will be more widespread. Critics have warned the move could wipe out family-run farms with tight margins, as they will be forced to sell up in order to pay death duties.

Thousands of people, including TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson, protested in London last week against the inheritance tax raid, warning it could imperil the UK’s food supply.

Labour has also faced huge backlash over its controversial decision to scrap the winter fuel allowance – a policy that it called the ‘biggest attack on pensioners in a generation in our country’ when floated by Theresa May’s administration.

An internal impact assessment last week revealed that removing the hand-outs, worth up to £300, could push 100,000 pensioners into poverty.

In a scramble to quell a mounting revolt over her £40billion ‘tax-bomb’ Budget, Ms Reeves yesterday ruled out further tax rises while speaking at the Confederation of British Industry.

Business chiefs say her National Insurance raid will hit jobs, growth and investment.

CBI chairman Rupert Soames, grandson of Sir Winston Churchill, said business had been treated as a ‘cash cow’ to be ‘milked’.

Meanwhile, ministers have been hit with bad economic news, with the economy struggling and inflation higher than hoped.