Keir Starmer

The Right Honourable Sir

Keir Starmer

KCB KC MP
The Right Honourable Sir; Keir Starmer; KCB KC MP
	Starmer in 2024
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 5 July 2024
Monarch	Charles III
Deputy	Angela Rayner
Preceded by	Rishi Sunak
Leader of the Opposition
	In office; 4 April 2020 – 5 July 2024
Monarch	Elizabeth II; Charles III;
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson; Liz Truss; Rishi Sunak;
Deputy	Angela Rayner
Preceded by	Jeremy Corbyn
Succeeded by	Rishi Sunak
Leader of the Labour Party
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 4 April 2020
Deputy	Angela Rayner
Preceded by	Jeremy Corbyn
2016–2020
Shadow portfolios
Shadow Secretary of State
2016–2020	Exiting the European Union
Shadow Minister
2015–2016	Immigration
Member of Parliament; for Holborn and St Pancras;
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 7 May 2015
Preceded by	Frank Dobson
Majority	11,572 (30.0%)
Director of Public Prosecutions
	In office; 1 November 2008 – 1 November 2013
Appointed by	Patricia Scotland
Preceded by	Ken Macdonald
Succeeded by	Alison Saunders
Personal details
Born	Keir Rodney Starmer; 2 September 1962 (age 61); London, England
Political party	Labour
Spouse(s)	Victoria Jane Alexander (m. 2007)
Children	2
Residence	10 Downing Street, London; Chequers, Aylesbury;
Education	Reigate Grammar School; University of Leeds (LLB); St Edmund Hall, Oxford (BCL);
Occupation	Politician; barrister;
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Website	keirstarmer.com

Sir Keir Rodney Starmer KCB KC MP (born 2 September 1962) is a British politician and lawyer who has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 5 July 2024, and has served as the 19th leader of the Labour Party since 2020.^[1] He also served as the 35th Leader of the Opposition from 2020 until 2024. Since 2015, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Holborn and St Pancras, a constituency of the UK Parliament in Inner London. Starmer has been re-elected as the constituency's MP in the 2017 general election, and 2019 general election.

Starmer was the Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union in Jeremy Corbyn's Shadow Cabinet. He was Director of Public Prosecutions and Head of the Crown Prosecution Service from 2008 to 2013.^[2]

Labour leader[change | change source]

In January 2020, Starmer announced his candidacy for Labour Leader in the 2020 election.^[3] On 4 April 2020, Starmer was elected as leader of the Labour Party, and as the Labour had the second most number of seats in the House of Commons, this made him the Leader of the Opposition.^[4] He was elected as leader of the Labour Party in the first round of voting using the single transferable vote (stv) method of voting. Starmer won with 275,780 votes (56.2%). He got 40,417 (53.13%) of the affiliates vote, 225,135 (56.07%) of the Labour Party members vote, and 10,228 (78.64%) of the registered supporters vote.^[5]

Personal life[change | change source]

Starmer is an atheist,^[6] but has said that he "does believe in faith", and its power to bring people together. His wife, Victoria Alexander, is Jewish, and their two children are brought up in Jewish faith.^[7]