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Sir Keir Rodney Starmer KCB KC (/ ˈkɪər / ⓘ KEER; born 2 September 1962) is a British politician and barrister who has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2024 and as Leader of the Labour Party since 2020. He previously served as Leader of the Opposition from 2020 to 2024. He has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Holborn ...
Keir Starmer's tenure as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom began on 5 July 2024 when he accepted an invitation from King Charles III to form a government, succeeding Rishi Sunak of the Conservative Party, after the Labour Party had won the 2024 general election.
Keir Starmer, leader of the UK Labour Party and MP for Holborn and St Pancras, became the British Prime Minister following the 2024 United Kingdom general election, in which Labour won a significant majority.
Jeremy Corbyn. Keir Starmer served as Leader of the Opposition from April 2020, following the resignation of Jeremy Corbyn after Labour 's defeat at the 2019 general election and Starmer's election as Labour leader in the ensuing leadership election, until his party won a landslide victory at the 2024 general election in July 2024.
Starmer served as a legal officer for the campaign group Liberty until 1990. [2] He was a member of Doughty Street Chambers from 1990 onwards, primarily working on human rights issues. [3][2] While at Doughty Street Chambers, he met the solicitor Victoria Alexander, who he later married. [4]
Starmer has described the Labour Party as "deeply patriotic" and credits its most successful leaders, Clement Attlee, Harold Wilson, and Tony Blair, for policies "rooted in the everyday concerns of working people". [71] Starmer advocates a government based on "security, prosperity and respect". In a speech on 13 May 2023, Starmer stated:
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer with US President Joe Biden at the White House, July 2024. This is the list of international prime ministerial trips made by Keir Starmer, who has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 5 July 2024. Keir Starmer has made seven international trips to five countries during his premiership.
Electoral history of Keir Starmer. Official portrait, 2024. Keir Starmer is a British politician and barrister who has been Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2024 and Leader of the Labour Party since 2020. He has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Holborn and St Pancras since 2015, and was previously Leader of the Opposition from 2020 ...