Who are the Labour rebels?

Today's newspapers are filled will reports of a coordinated coup against the prime minister as more Labour MPs emerge from the woodwork to demand that Gordon Brown faces a leadership contest.

Siobhain McDonagh

Photograph: Katie Collins/PA

The weekend's drama began to unfold when Siobhain McDonagh, a junior whip, was fired on Friday after becoming the first member of the government to call for a leadership election.

Joan Ryan

Photograph: Katie Collins/PA

Joan Ryan, a vice-chairman of the party, was sacked early yesterday when she too demanded a contest.

Janet Anderson

Janet Anderson, a former culture minister, was next to put her head above the parapet.

Fiona Mactaggart

Photograph: Martin Argles/The Guardian

Fiona Mactaggart, an ex-Home Office minister, then made it known she also wanted a challenge, telling the BBC: "I think we should give someone else a chance to take over."

Graham Stringer

Graham Stringer, a former Cabinet Office minister, used an article in the Mail on Sunday to call on Brown to resign.

George Howarth

Labour MP George Howarth, made a similar demand in the News of the World.

Barry Gardiner

Barry Gardiner, a special envoy to Brown, used a Sunday Times article to call for a leadership contest because "the public had stopped listening to Gordon Brown".

Greg Pope

Greg Pope, who just last year nominated Brown for the leadership, told the Sunday Times today: "We can't go on like this ... Party members need to have a say."

Frank Field and Jim Dowd

Frank Field. Photograph: Frank Baron

The Sunday Times also named Frank Field and Jim Dowd as being among those to have written to Labour chiefs demanding that leadership nominations papers be issued before the annual party conference starts in Manchester next weekend.

Peter Kilfoyle

Photograph: Don McPhee/The Guardian

Former minister Peter Kilfoyle told the Observer that the only way to restore confidence and order within the party was for a contest to be called.

John McDonnell and Gordon Prentice

John McDonnell. Photograph: Fiona Hanson/PA Wire

The Sunday Telegraph also added John McDonnell and Gordon Prentice to the list of rebels. They have both previously called for a leadership contest against Brown.

Charles Clarke

Photograph: Graeme Robertson

In addition, former cabinet minister Charles Clarke can probably be counted as one of the rebels, having told Gordon Brown last week that he had just months to improve his performance or he would face demands for his resignation.

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