Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale has become the latest senior figure to call on Jeremy Corbyn to resign.
Ms Dugdale told the BBC: "If I lost the confidence of 80 per cent of my parliamentary colleagues I could not do my job".
Earlier the vast majority of Labour MPs voted that they had no confidence in their leader.
Mr Corbyn lost the vote 172 to 40.
But the veteran socialist has insisted that he will not go.
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He said he would not "betray" his supporters by resigning, adding that the vote had no "constitutional legitimacy" under Labour party rules.
In a statement, he said: "I was democratically elected leader of our party for a new kind of politics by 60 per cent of Labour members and supporters, and I will not betray them by resigning.
"(This) vote by MPs has no constitutional legitimacy.
"We are a democratic party, with a clear constitution.
"Our people need Labour party members, trade unionists and MPs to unite behind my leadership at a critical time for our country."
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