Analysis of the claim:

• A Labour leadership contest was indeed triggered on 22 June 2026 when Keir Starmer announced his resignation as Leader of the Labour Party and Prime Minister, with nominations set to open on 9 July¹.
• The contest was explicitly scheduled to conclude before the summer recess ends. The Institute for Government states that the new leader is "due to be in place by the end of the summer parliamentary recess"¹, and Starmer asked the National Executive Committee to set the timetable with the process to conclude before the summer recess².
• Parliament is set to reconvene in September 2026. The House of Lords is scheduled to return on Tuesday 1 September after the summer recess³, and sources indicate Parliament is expected to be back in session by early September⁴.
• Multiple sources confirm the new leader is expected to be in place before Parliament returns. This timeline is consistent across reports from the Institute for Government, Wikipedia, and other political commentary⁵¹.

Overall validity: 95%

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